Person    | Male  Born 4/6/1927  Died 5/11/2020

Geoffrey Palmer, OBE

Categories: TV & Radio

Actor. Born London. Was directed at the National Theatre by Laurence Olivier.

He died, aged 93 years, on 5 November 2020 at his home in Buckinghamshire. 

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Geoffrey Palmer, OBE

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