Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Complete Filmography

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2001
as Self
A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," which discusses the making of the film, the origins of th...

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Sir Roger Avery
Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ing...

Dominique
1980
as Attorney
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.

The Water Babies
1978
as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young ap...

Wombling Free
1977
as Roland Frogmorton
The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nic...

From Hong Kong with Love
1975
as Sir John Mac Gregor
Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les...
A Friend Indeed
1973
as Sir John Holt
Sir Lionel Hibury is visiting an old friend in Rome, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sir Lionel is not pleased when daughter, Sheila, become rom...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Emelius
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when th...

The Love Bug
1968
as Peter Thorndyke
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky riv...

The Liquidator
1965
as Quadrant
Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it was hims...

War-Gods of the Deep
1965
as Harold Tufnell-Jones
A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their k...

The Truth About Spring
1965
as Skelton
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a...

Mary Poppins
1964
as Mr. Banks
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in thei...

Tom Jones
1963
as Lord Fellamar
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Follow That Horse!
1960
A race horse swallows a microfilm and is pursued by the major superpowers spy agencies.

Further Up the Creek
1958
as Lt. Fairweather
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship ...

Up the Creek
1958
as Lt. Fairweather
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out...

Carry On Admiral
1957
as Tom Baker
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of...

Three Men in a Boat
1956
as J
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

All for Mary
1955
as Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller
In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord's daughter. Wh...

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
as Frank Betterton
An American soldier stationed in England is ready to go on his honeymoon with his new wife when his ex-wife, a gorgeous blonde, shows up and insists t...

Made in Heaven
1952
as Basil Topham
Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.

Castle in the Air
1952
as Earl of Locharne
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction fo...

The Magic Box
1952
as Lab Asst
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to i...

Hotel Sahara
1951
as Captain Puffin Cheyne
World War II farce about the hotel of the title

Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

The Wooden Horse
1950
as Phil
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

So Long at the Fair
1950
as Johnny Barton
Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the ...

Landfall
1949
as Binks
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to...

The Chiltern Hundreds
1949
as Lord Tony Pym
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generati...

Marry Me
1949
as David Haig
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on...

Vote for Huggett
1949
as Harold Hinchley
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a ...

Helter Skelter
1949
as Nick Martin
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

Warning to Wantons
1949
as Count Max Kardak
Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the r...

Here Come the Huggetts
1948
as Harold Hinchley
The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' ...

Love in Waiting
1948
as Robert Clitheroe
The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.

Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Tom Bishop
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

My Brother's Keeper
1948
as Ronnie Waring
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan ...

Broken Journey
1948
as Jimmy Marshall
A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batte...

Miranda
1948
as Charles
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.

Easy Money
1948
as Martin Latham
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the co...

Fame Is the Spur
1947
as Lord Liskeard
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to ...

The Master of Bankdam
1947
as Lancelot Handel Crowther
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.

School for Secrets
1946
as Mr. Watlington
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of B...

I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Intelligence Officer
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits h...

Journey Together
1945
as Smith
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

The Way to the Stars
1945
as 'Prune' Parsons
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in...

'Pimpernel' Smith
1941
as Steve
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his exca...

My Wife's Family
1941
as Willie Bagshott
A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at th...

Quiet Wedding
1941
as John Royd
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.