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David Tomlinson

Acting Born May 7, 1917 Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK 24 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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Known for

Hawaii Five-O

as Blake
Film

Mary Poppins

as Mr. Banks
Film

Due West: Our Sex Journey

as Self (archive footage)

Surface

as Sir Roger Avery

Full filmography

  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Blake
  • Mary Poppins (1964) as Mr. Banks
  • The Love Bug (1968) as Peter Thorndyke
  • The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • Theatre Night (1957) as David Warren
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) as Emelius
  • Tom Jones (1963) as Lord Fellamar
  • War-Gods of the Deep (1965) as Harold Tufnell-Jones
  • The Magic Box (1952) as Lab Asst
  • The Water Babies (1978) as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear
  • The Liquidator (1965) as Quadrant
  • The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) as Lord Tony Pym
  • Easy Money (1948) as Martin Latham
  • Broken Journey (1948) as Jimmy Marshall
  • Hotel Sahara (1951) as Captain Puffin Cheyne
  • The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) as Sir Roger Avery
  • So Long at the Fair (1950) as Johnny Barton
  • Dominique (1980) as Attorney
  • The Truth About Spring (1965) as Skelton
  • Marry Me (1949) as David Haig
  • School for Secrets (1946) as Mr. Watlington
  • I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Intelligence Officer
  • "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) as Steve
  • Helter Skelter (1949) as Nick Martin