ACTOR · FROM HENLEY ON THAMES, UK
David Tomlinson
1917–200052 credits since 1941
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ABOUT DAVID
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born7 May 1917
Died24 June 2000
BirthplaceHenley on Thames, UK
Known forActing
On Cineora22 of 52 titles
Known for
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IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 22
- Average IMDb
- 6.4
- Highest rated
- Mary PoppinsIMDb 7.8
- Working since
- 1941
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Filmography
The 1980s
2 titles · IMDb 5.2 on averageMovieas Sir Roger Avery
Movieas Attorney
The 1970s
5 titles · IMDb 5.7 on averageMovieas Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear
as Roland Frogmorton
Movieas Sir John Mac Gregor
A Friend Indeed
Not on Cineoraas Sir John Holt
Movieas Emelius
The 1960s
8 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
Seriesas Blake · 2 episodes
Movieas Peter Thorndyke
Movieas Quadrant
Movieas Harold Tufnell-Jones
Movieas Skelton
Movieas Mr. Banks
Movieas Lord Fellamar
Follow That Horse!
Not on CineoraThe 1950s
15 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
as Lt. Fairweather
as Lt. Fairweather
as Tom Baker
as David Warren · 1 episode
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as Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller
as Frank Betterton
The 1940s
22 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
as Binks
as Lord Tony Pym
as Nick Martin
as David Haig
as Harold Hinchley
as Count Max Kardak
as Harold Hinchley
as Robert Clitheroe
Often works with
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John Le MesurierWar-Gods of the Deep, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu and 1 more
Bill WalshWriter · Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and 1 more
Don DaGradiWriter · Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and 1 more
Robert StevensonDirector · Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and 1 more
Edward ScaifeCinematographer · The Water Babies, The Liquidator and 1 more
Jean SimmonsSo Long at the Fair and Dominique
John MillsThe Way to the Stars and The Truth About Spring
Glynis Johns
