David Tomlinson
English actor (1917-2000) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English stage, film and television actor, singer and comedian.
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The World of HammerSeries1980
DominiqueFilm, Attorney1975
From Hong Kong with LoveFilm, Sir John Mac Gregor1971
Bedknobs and BroomsticksFilm, Emelius1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Blake1965
The LiquidatorFilm, Quadrant1964
Mary PoppinsFilm, Mr. Banks1958
Further Up the CreekFilm, Lt. Fairweather1957
Theatre NightSeries, David Warren1956
Three Men in a BoatFilm, J1955
All for MaryFilm, Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller1952
Castle in the AirFilm, Earl of Locharne1950
So Long at the FairFilm, Johnny Barton1949
Helter SkelterFilm, Nick Martin1947
Fame Is the SpurFilm, Lord Liskeard1946
I See a Dark StrangerFilm, Intelligence Officer1941
"Pimpernel" SmithFilm, Steve1917Born7 May 1917People around David
Ken Annakin Directed Miranda and Three Men in a Boat
Dick Van Dyke Duets: A Man Has Dreams (1964)- Lionel Jeffries Directed The Water Babies and Wombling Free
- Robert Stevenson Directed Mary Poppins (1964)
Val Guest Directed Carry on Admiral and Up the Creek- Bill Walsh Produced Mary Poppins (1964)
- Betty Box Produced So Long at the Fair and Miranda
- Zena Marshall Also in So Long at the Fair and Miranda
Bill Owen Also in Easy Money and The Way to the Stars- Marjorie Fielding Also in Quiet Wedding and Fame Is the Spur
- John Paddy Carstairs Directed Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
Margaret Rutherford Also in Quiet Wedding and Miranda
Joan Hickson Also in I See a Dark Stranger (1946)- Terence Fisher Directed So Long at the Fair and Marry Me!
John Le Mesurier Also in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1981)
Jack Warner Also in Easy Money and Here Come the Huggetts- Susan Shaw Also in Marry Me! and Here Come the Huggetts
- Kathleen Harrison Also in I See a Dark Stranger and All for Mary
Amy Veness Also in Here Come the Huggetts (1948)- Esma Cannon Also in Marry Me! and Further Up the Creek
- Sydney Box Produced So Long at the Fair (1950)
Richard M. Sherman Also in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)- Bonar Colleano Also in The Way to the Stars (1945)
Jean Simmons Also in Dominique and The Way to the Stars
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Mary Poppins 1964
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971
The Love Bug 1968
Tom Jones 1963
War-Gods of the Deep 1965
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 3
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Having been described as both a leading actor and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles with The Walt Disney Company as the patriarch father George Banks in Mary Poppins (1964), hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug (1968) and the friendly con man Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 2002.
