David Tomlinson

Born: 1917-05-07

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

as Mr. Banks
Released: 1964-12-17

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins,...

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Emelius
Released: 1971-10-07

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric...

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The Love Bug

as Peter Thorndyke
Released: 1968-12-23

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of...

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The Liquidator

as Quadrant
Released: 1965-11-01

Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual...

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Tom Jones

as Lord Fellamar
Released: 1963-08-24

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...

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The Water Babies

as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear
Released: 1978-06-23

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...

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Dominique

as Attorney
Released: 1980-03-06

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

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War-Gods of the Deep

as Harold Tufnell-Jones
Released: 1965-05-26

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover...

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From Hong Kong with Love

as Sir John Mac Gregor
Released: 1975-12-17

Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan...

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Miranda

as Charles
Released: 1948-04-06

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see...

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The Way to the Stars

as 'Prune' Parsons
Released: 1945-06-16

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of...

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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sir Roger Avery
Released: 1980-08-08

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...

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My Brother's Keeper

as Ronnie Waring
Released: 1948-08-19

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive...

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The Truth About Spring

as Skelton
Released: 1965-03-30

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a...

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I See a Dark Stranger

as Intelligence Officer
Released: 1946-07-04

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are...

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Vote for Huggett

as Harold Hinchley
Released: 1949-02-01

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front...

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School for Secrets

as Mr. Watlington
Released: 1946-12-23

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They...

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'Pimpernel' Smith

as Steve
Released: 1941-07-26

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American...

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Landfall

as Binks
Released: 1949-09-30

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a...

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Sleeping Car to Trieste

as Tom Bishop
Released: 1948-10-06

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

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Helter Skelter

as Nick Martin
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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Broken Journey

as Jimmy Marshall
Released: 1948-04-14

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a...

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The Magic Box

as Lab Asst
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Calling Bulldog Drummond

as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
Released: 1951-07-02

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

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Journey Together

as Smith
Released: 1945-10-01

Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with...

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Further Up the Creek

as Lt. Fairweather
Released: 1958-10-28

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...

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Castle in the Air

as Earl of Locharne
Released: 1952-06-01

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman....

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Hotel Sahara

as Captain Puffin Cheyne
Released: 1951-07-09

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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Carry on Admiral

as Tom Baker
Released: 1957-05-14

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the...

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Easy Money

as Martin Latham
Released: 1948-01-20

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an...

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The Wooden Horse

as Phil
Released: 1950-10-16

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

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So Long at the Fair

as Johnny Barton
Released: 1950-05-31

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They...

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Up the Creek

as Lt. Fairweather
Released: 1958-05-13

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS...

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Fame Is the Spur

as Lord Liskeard
Released: 1947-09-23

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately...

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All for Mary

as Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller
Released: 1955-12-21

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both...

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Quiet Wedding

as John Royd
Released: 1941-04-19

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

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Wombling Free

as Roland Frogmorton
Released: 1977-12-31

The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the...

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The Chiltern Hundreds

as Lord Tony Pym
Released: 1949-09-27

Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory...

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Three Men in a Boat

as J
Released: 1956-12-23

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...

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Here Come the Huggetts

as Harold Hinchley
Released: 1948-12-02

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for...

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Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Self
Released: 2001-03-20

A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks,"...

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Warning to Wantons

as Count Max Kardak
Released: 1949-01-04

Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star...

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Made in Heaven

as Basil Topham
Released: 1952-11-01

Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family...

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Love in Waiting

as Robert Clitheroe
Released: 1948-10-11

The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.

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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

as Frank Betterton
Released: 1953-09-22

Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Blake
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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