David Tomlinson

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 7, 1917 (83 years old)
Died
June 24, 2000
Place of Birth
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Fantasy
Career Span
1941 – 2001

David Tomlinson

10 wins
49 nominations
10 Oscars
50 credits

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David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug.

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Personal Info

Born
May 7, 1917
From
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1941 – 2001

Award Recognition

10
Wins
49
Nominations
10
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2001

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Self

1980

Dominique as Attorney
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Sir Roger Avery Award

1978

The Water Babies as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear Award

1977

Wombling Free as Roland Frogmorton

1975

From Hong Kong with Love as Sir John Mac Gregor

1973

A Friend Indeed as Sir John Holt

1971

Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Emelius Award

1968

The Love Bug as Peter Thorndyke

1965

War-Gods of the Deep as Harold Tufnell-Jones
The Liquidator as Quadrant Award
The Truth About Spring as Skelton

1964

Mary Poppins as Mr. Banks Award

1963

Tom Jones as Lord Fellamar Award

1960

Follow That Horse!

1958

Further Up the Creek as Lt. Fairweather Award
Up the Creek as Lt. Fairweather

1957

Carry on Admiral as Tom Baker

1956

Three Men in a Boat as J Award

1955

All for Mary as Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller

1953

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? as Frank Betterton

1952

The Magic Box as Lab Asst
Castle in the Air as Earl of Locharne Award
Made in Heaven as Basil Topham

1951

Calling Bulldog Drummond as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
Hotel Sahara as Captain Puffin Cheyne

1950

So Long at the Fair as Johnny Barton Award
The Wooden Horse as Phil

1949

Landfall as Binks Award
The Chiltern Hundreds as Lord Tony Pym
Helter Skelter as Nick Martin
Marry Me as David Haig
Vote for Huggett as Harold Hinchley
Warning to Wantons as Count Max Kardak

1948

Sleeping Car to Trieste as Tom Bishop Award
Easy Money as Martin Latham Award
Miranda as Charles
Here Come the Huggetts as Harold Hinchley
My Brother's Keeper as Ronnie Waring
Broken Journey as Jimmy Marshall
Love in Waiting as Robert Clitheroe

1947

Fame Is the Spur as Lord Liskeard
The Master of Bankdam as Lancelot Handel Crowther

1946

School for Secrets as Mr. Watlington
I See a Dark Stranger as Intelligence Officer

1945

Journey Together as Smith Award
The Way to the Stars as 'Prune' Parsons

1941

'Pimpernel' Smith as Steve
Quiet Wedding as John Royd
My Wife's Family as Willie Bagshott

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Mary Poppins
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Love Bug
Dominique
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Tom Jones
War-Gods of the Deep

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