Biography
With been demobilised from either a Royal Marines, Palmer drifted into theatre, joining the local amateur dramatics society because of the girlfriend. He became adjunct stager at a Q Theatre, by Kew Bridge, then a Grand Theatre around Croydon. He spent many years traveling using stock company & was the in the main theatre actor, coming to television and public prominence late within his career.

Having the major break inside John Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he then acted within major productions at a Royal Court & a Royal National Theatre. Numerous of his television area were as a stuffy, middle class buffoon, or even known for impassive drollery. His distinctive voice has led to the career within advertizement & television voiceovers, virtually all notably Grumpy Old Men.

Arnold palmer is married to Sally, by owning deuce tykes: Charles & Harriet.

Career highlights
Arnold palmer's roles within British TV series include: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976), as frenzied ex-solder Jimmy Anderson Butterflies (1978), as Ben Parkinson Fairly Secret Army (1984) As Time Goes By (1992–2002), as Lionel Hardcastle

Arnold palmer likewise mass produced guest appearances inside: Blackadder Goes Forth, as Field Marshall Douglas "Duggie" Haig Fawlty Towers, as a doctor in the episode A Kippered herring & a Clay.

Arnold daniel palmer played the role of a property professional around Cathy Come Home, a extremely influential drama infotainment shown within British TV in 1966.

Awards and recognition
In the Up to date Month's Honours Names published 31 December 2004 he was created an OBE for services to Drama.

Selected filmography
Flushed Away (2006) (voice) Peter Pan (2003) Anna and the King (1999) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Mrs. Brown (1997) The Madness of King George (1994) As Time Goes By (1992) (TV series) Hawks (1988) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Clockwise (1986) A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) Fairly Secret Army (1984) (TV series) Whoops Apocalypse (1982) (TV series) Butterflies (1978) The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) O Lucky Man! (1973) The Mutants (1972) (TV series) Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) (TV series) Cathy Come Home (1966) (TV Play) The Army Game (1958-1959)(TV series)