David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson | |
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Tomlinson as George Banks in Mary Poppins, 1964 | |
| Born | David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson 7 May 1917 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 24 June 2000 (aged 83) Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1940–1980 |
| Spouses | Mary Lindsay Hiddingh
(m. 1943; died 1943)Audrey Freeman (m. 1953) |
| Children | 4 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1940–1945 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Unit | Film Unit |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English stage, film and television actor, singer and comedian. Having been described as both a leading man and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles with The Walt Disney Company as authoritarian father 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.