David Tomlinson

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​

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Mary Poppins (1964)

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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 their lives but also spreads happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Dick Van Dyke  •  David Tomlinson  •  Glynis Johns

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 their lives but also spreads happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Dick Van Dyke  •  David Tomlinson  •  Glynis Johns

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

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Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Angela Lansbury  •  David Tomlinson  •  Roddy McDowall  •  Sam Jaffe

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Angela Lansbury  •  David Tomlinson  •  Roddy McDowall  •  Sam Jaffe

Miranda (1948)

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Glynis Johns  •  Googie Withers  •  Griffith Jones  •  John McCallum

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Glynis Johns  •  Googie Withers  •  Griffith Jones  •  John McCallum

The Love Bug (1968)

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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 rival plots to steal him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Michele Lee  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Joe Flynn

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 rival plots to steal him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Michele Lee  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Joe Flynn

The Magic Box (1952)

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 include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boulting
CAST:  Robert Donat  •  Margaret Johnston  •  Maria Schell  •  Richard Attenborough

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 include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boulting
CAST:  Robert Donat  •  Margaret Johnston  •  Maria Schell  •  Richard Attenborough

Tom Jones (1963)

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?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Richardson
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Susannah York  •  Hugh Griffith  •  Edith Evans

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?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Richardson
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Susannah York  •  Hugh Griffith  •  Edith Evans

The Wooden Horse (1950)

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Lee
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  David Tomlinson  •  Anthony Steel  •  David Greene

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Lee
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  David Tomlinson  •  Anthony Steel  •  David Greene

'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Howard
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Mary Morris  •  Hugh McDermott

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Howard
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Mary Morris  •  Hugh McDermott

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

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 ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Helen Mirren  •  David Tomlinson  •  Sid Caesar

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 ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Helen Mirren  •  David Tomlinson  •  Sid Caesar

The Way to the Stars (1945)

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 the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  John Mills  •  Rosamund John  •  Stanley Holloway

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 the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  John Mills  •  Rosamund John  •  Stanley Holloway

So Long at the Fair (1950)

Vicky Barton and her brother, Johnny, take a trip to the 1896 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in a hotel. When the sister gets up the next morning, she finds her brother and his room had disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher  •  Antony Darnborough
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  David Tomlinson  •  Marcel Poncin

Vicky Barton and her brother, Johnny, take a trip to the 1896 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in a hotel. When the sister gets up the next morning, she finds her brother and his room had disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher  •  Antony Darnborough
CAST:  Jean Simmons  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  David Tomlinson  •  Marcel Poncin

War-Gods of the Deep (1965)

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  David Tomlinson  •  Tab Hunter  •  Susan Hart

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  David Tomlinson  •  Tab Hunter  •  Susan Hart

Warning to Wantons (1949)

Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her strict convent school for the heady pleasures of high society. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald B. Wilson
CAST:  Harold Warrender  •  Anne Vernon  •  David Tomlinson  •  Sonia Holm

Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her strict convent school for the heady pleasures of high society. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald B. Wilson
CAST:  Harold Warrender  •  Anne Vernon  •  David Tomlinson  •  Sonia Holm

My Brother's Keeper (1948)

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 to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jane Hylton  •  David Tomlinson  •  Bill Owen

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 to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Roome
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jane Hylton  •  David Tomlinson  •  Bill Owen

Made in Heaven (1952)

Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Petula Clark  •  Zonja Ziemann  •  Athene Seyler

Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Petula Clark  •  Zonja Ziemann  •  Athene Seyler

Marry Me (1949)

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 the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Susan Shaw  •  Derek Bond  •  Patrick Holt  •  Carol Marsh

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 the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Susan Shaw  •  Derek Bond  •  Patrick Holt  •  Carol Marsh

Dominique (1980)

The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Cliff Robertson  •  Jean Simmons  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Simon Ward

The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Cliff Robertson  •  Jean Simmons  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Simon Ward

Quiet Wedding (1941)

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Derek Farr  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Athene Seyler

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  Derek Farr  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Athene Seyler

Three Men in a Boat (1956)

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Laurence Harvey  •  David Tomlinson  •  Shirley Eaton

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Annakin
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Laurence Harvey  •  David Tomlinson  •  Shirley Eaton

The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

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 generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Cecil Parker  •  David Tomlinson  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Tom Macaulay

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 generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  Cecil Parker  •  David Tomlinson  •  Marjorie Fielding  •  Tom Macaulay
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