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David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English stage, film and television actor and comedian. Having been described as both a leading man and a character 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. Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 2002.
Birth Name
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson
Born
Monday, 07 May 1917
Died
Saturday, 24 June 2000
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saving Mr. Banks | Mr. Banks | 2013 |
| The Boys | George Banks / Emelius | 2009 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Sir Roger Avery | 1980 |
| Dominique | Lawyer / Attorney | 1979 |
| 20/20 | Self | 1978 |
| The Water Babies | Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear | 1978 |
| Wombling Free | Roland Frogmorton | 1977 |
| From Hong Kong with Love | Sir John Mac Gregor | 1975 |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Emelius | 1971 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saving Mr. Banks | Mr. Banks | 2013 |
| The Boys | George Banks / Emelius | 2009 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Sir Roger Avery | 1980 |
| Dominique | Lawyer / Attorney | 1979 |
| 20/20 | Self | 1978 |
| The Water Babies | Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear | 1978 |
| Wombling Free | Roland Frogmorton | 1977 |
| From Hong Kong with Love | Sir John Mac Gregor | 1975 |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Emelius | 1971 |
| The Love Bug | Peter Thorndyke | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Blake | 1968 |
| The Golden Shot | Self | 1967 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| The Liquidator | Quadrant | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| City in the Sea | Harold Tufnell-Jones | 1965 |
| The Truth About Spring | Charles Skelton / Skelton | 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | Mr. George W. Banks | 1964 |
| Tom Jones | Lord Fellamar | 1963 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Charles Pinfold | 1961 |
| Follow That Horse! | Dick Lanchester | 1960 |
| Further Up the Creek | Lt. Fairweather / Lt. Humphrey Fairweather | 1958 |
| Up the Creek | Lt. Humphrey Fairweather / Lt. Fairweather | 1958 |
| The Ship Was Loaded | Tom Baker | 1957 |
| Three Men in a Boat | J | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Tom Swinley | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Tom Pettigo | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Peter Thorndyke | 1954 |
| Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary | Frank Betterton | 1953 |
| Made in Heaven | Basil Topham | 1952 |
| Castle in the Air | Earl of Locharne / The Earl of Locharne | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Assistant in Laboratory / Lab Asst | 1952 |
| Hotel Sahara | Captain Puffin Cheyne | 1951 |
| Calling Bulldog Drummond | Algernon 'Algy' Longworth / Algernon "Algy" Longworth | 1951 |
| The Wooden Horse | Phil Roe / Phil | 1950 |
| So Long at the Fair | Johnny Barton | 1950 |
| Landfall | Binks | 1949 |
| The Amazing Mr. Beecham | Lord Tony Pym | 1949 |
| Marry Me | David Haig | 1949 |
| Vote for Huggett | Harold Hinchley | 1949 |
| Helter Skelter | Nick Martin | 1949 |
| Warning to Wantons | Count Max Kardak | 1949 |
| Here Come the Huggetts | Harold Hinchley | 1948 |
| Sleeping Car to Trieste | Tom Bishop | 1948 |
| Love in Waiting | Robert Clitheroe | 1948 |
| My Brother's Keeper | Ronnie Waring | 1948 |
| Broken Journey | Jimmy Marshall | 1948 |
| Miranda | Charles | 1948 |
| Easy Money | Martin (segment The Stafford Story) / Martin Latham | 1948 |
| The Master of Bankdam | Lancelot Handel Crowther | 1947 |
| Fame Is the Spur | Lord Liskeard | 1947 |
| Secret Flight | Mr. Watlington | 1946 |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Intelligence Officer | 1946 |
| Journey Together | Smith | 1945 |
| Johnny in the Clouds | 'Prune' Parsons | 1945 |
| 'Pimpernel' Smith | Steve | 1941 |
| Quiet Wedding | John Royd / Janet's Brother John | 1941 |
| My Wife's Family | Willie Bagshott | 1941 |
