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Robert Palmer (II) (1949–2003)

Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department

Trivia:

His first big break into the music business was a stint as lead singer for The Alan Bown Set in the late sixties. See more trivia »

Born:

Robert Allen Palmer
in Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 54) in Paris, France
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2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting (writer: "Addicted To Love")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Cançons per seduir (2012) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / performer: "Simply Irresistible")
 
1996-2011 EastEnders (TV series)
– Episode dated 2 August 2011 (2011) (performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
– Episode dated 5 September 1996 (1996) (performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
2010-2011 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top 20 Perform Again (2011) (performer: "Addicted to Love")
– Top 11 Perform (2010) (writer: "Addicted to Love")
 
2007-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– 80's Good, Bad & Ugly (2010) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / performer: "Simply Irresistible")
– Adults Only 20 to 01: Saucy Songs (2009) (writer: "Addicted To Love" / performer: "Addicted To Love")
– Amazing Moments in Music (2007) (writer: "Addicted To Love" / performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
2009-2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
– Episode #5.13 (2010) (performer: "Bad Case of Loving You")
– Episode #4.11 (2009) (performer: "Addicted to Love")
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
– Episode #6.90 (2010) (writer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited / performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
2009 Karaoke Revolution (Video Game) ("Addicted To Love" / as Robert Allen Palmer)
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #9.2 (2009) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" - uncredited)
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round 1: Part 1 (2009) ("Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
2009 Cold Case (TV series)
– Breaking News (2009) ("Simply Irresistible" - uncredited)
 
2008 Pineapple Express (writer: "Woke Up Laughing" / performer: "Woke Up Laughing")
 
2008 Skins (TV series)
– Sketch (2008) (performer: "Addicted To Love" - uncredited)
 
2007 Nancy Drew (writer: "Looking for Clues")
 
2007 Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (Video Game) ("Stickwitu")
 
2006 Just My Luck (performer: "Some Guys Have All the Luck")
 
2005 Reunion (TV series)
– 1986 (2005) (performer: "Addicted to Love")
 
2005 Brit Awards 2005 (TV special) (writer: "Addicted To Love")
 
2004 Little Black Book (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / performer: "Simply Irresistible", "Bad Case of Loving You Doctor, Doctor")
 
2004 A Cinderella Story (writer: "The Best Day Of My Life")
 
2004 What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (documentary) (writer: "Addicted to Love" / performer: "Addicted to Love")
 
2003 Wonderland (performer: "Spanish Moon" 1974)
 
2003 100 Most Irresistible Women (TV documentary) ("Simply Irresistible")
 
2003 Bringing Down the House (writer: "Simply Irresistible" 1988 / performer: "Simply Irresistible" 1988)
 
2002 I Love the '80s (TV series documentary)
– 1987 (2002) (performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
2002 Scrubs (TV series)
– My First Step (2002) (performer: "Bad Case of Loving You Doctor, Doctor")
 
2002 Contact (TV movie) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / performer: "Simply Irresistible")
 
2000 Saving Grace (performer: "Witchcraft")
 
2000 American Psycho (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / as Robert Allen Palmer / performer: "Simply Irresistible")
 
1999 Zärtliche Begierde (TV movie) (performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
1997 Addicted to Love (writer: "Addicted to Love")
 
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (writer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE" / performer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE", "BAD CASE OF LOVIN' YOU")
 
1996 Ballykissangel (TV series)
– Fallen Angel (1996) (writer: "Addicted To Love" - uncredited / performer: "Addicted To Love" - uncredited)
 
1996 Fort Alpha (TV series)
 
1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
– Show #10 (1995) (performer: "Respect Yourself", "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley")
 
1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Party (1995) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" / performer: "Simply Irresistible")
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter (writer: "Addicted to Love" / performer: "Addicted to Love")
 
1993 True Romance (performer: "Love Is A Tender Trap")
 
1991-1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV series)
– If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (1992) (performer: "Bad Case of Loving You Doctor, Doctor" - uncredited)
– The Cheese Stands Alone (1991) (performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1991 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
– Wildfire (1991) (writer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited / performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1991 Northern Exposure (TV series)
– Spring Break (1991) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" - uncredited)
 
1990 Pretty Woman (writer: "Life In Detail" / performer: "Life In Detail")
 
1990 Screen Two (TV series)
– Small Zones (1990) (writer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1990 Diese Drombuschs (TV series)
– Abschied im Zorn (1990) (performer: "Simply Irresistible")
 
1989 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
– Robert Palmer/Atlantic Starr/Stephanie Mills (1989) (writer: "Simply Irresistible" - uncredited, "She Makes My Day" - uncredited / performer: "Simply Irresistible" - uncredited, "She Makes My Day" - uncredited)
 
1989 Dream Baby (TV movie) (writer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1988 Midnight Caller (TV series)
– After It Happened (1988) (performer: "Bad Case of Loving You Doctor, Doctor")
 
1988 Cocktail (writer: "Addicted To Love" / performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
1988 Casual Sex? (performer: "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On")
 
1988 You Can't Hurry Love (writer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE" / performer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE")
 
1988 Return of the Living Dead Part II ("Looking For Clues", "Bad Case of Lovin You Doctor, Doctor")
 
1988 Sweet Lies (writer: "SWEET LIES", "MONOGAMY", "WOKE UP LAUGHING" / performer: "SWEET LIES", "MONOGAMY")
 
1987 Simon & Simon (TV series)
– Lost Lady (1987) (performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1987 The Bedroom Window (writer: "Hyperactive" / performer: "Hyperactive")
 
1987 Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn (TV movie) (performer: "Riptide")
 
1986 The Morning After (writer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE" / performer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE")
 
1986 The Wraith (writer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE" / performer: "ADDICTED TO LOVE")
 
1986 The Color of Money (writer: "Let Yourself In For It" / performer: "My Baby's In Love With Another Guy", "Let Yourself In For It")
 
1986 The A-Team (TV series)
– The Sound of Thunder (1986) (writer: "Addicted To Love" / performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
1986 Dangerously Close (performer: "Addicted To Love")
 
1986 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Griffin Dunne/Rosanne Cash (1986) (writer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited / performer: "Addicted to Love" - uncredited)
 
1986 Women in Rock (video documentary) (writer: "Doctor, Doctor")
 
1981 King of the Mountain ("LOOKING FOR CLUES")
 
1981 Derrick (TV series)
– Kein Garten Eden (1981) (writer: "Johnny and Mary" / performer: "Johnny and Mary")
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1994-1999 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
– Episode dated 4 October 1999 (1999) … Musical Guest
– Episode dated 11 March 1997 (1997) … Musical Guest
– Episode #3.184 (1994) … Musical Guest
 
1986 Captain Eo Grand Opening (TV movie)
 
1981 Bananas (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1981)
 
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1992 Ridin' High: The Video (video) (music producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2003 Addictions (video)
Himself
 
2003 My Kinda People (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Terry and Gaby Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
1999-2003 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #21.2 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #13.3 (1999) … Himself
 
2003 50 Sexiest Video Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 November 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Top of the Pops 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
1999 The Martin Short Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 TFI Friday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1997 Songs & Visions (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Gala Miss España 1996 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995-1996 Zona franca (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 1995 (1995)
 
1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Show #10 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Husk lige tandbørsten (TV series)
Himself
– Fillippinerne eller Fårup? (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Michael Ball (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1994) … Himself
 
1992 Robert Palmer: Ridin' High (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Ven al Paralelo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.111 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Ridin' High: The Video (video)
Himself
 
1982-1991 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 1991 (1991) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 May 1986 (1986) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Robert Palmer/Atlantic Starr/Stephanie Mills (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Live from Her Majesty's (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 America's Top 10 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 September 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Kippevel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 James Brown & Friends: Set Fire to the Soul (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Tocata (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 January 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 MTV Video Music Awards 1986 (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1986 The Tube (TV series)
Performer
– Episode #4.25 (1986) … Performer
 
1985 Àngel Casas show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1985) … Himself
 
1982 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.4 (1982) … Himself
 
1981 Lena Maria Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Musikladen (TV series)
– Episode #1.56 (1980)
 
1978 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself-Singer
– Episode #21.32 (1978) … Himself-Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2011 Love Lust (TV series documentary)
 
2007-2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Member of the groups "The Mandrakes" (1967), "The Alan Bown Set" (1968-70), "Dada" (1970), "Vinegar Joe" (1970-74, both with Elkie Brooks ), Power Station (with members of Duran Duran and Chic, 1985). See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

His first big break into the music business was a stint as lead singer for The Alan Bown Set in the late sixties. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn