David Tomlinson
Acting
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
Born: May 7, 1917
Place of Birth: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known For
Wombling Free
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 nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.
Mary Poppins
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
"Pimpernel" Smith
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 of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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.
School for Secrets
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 Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Landfall
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 live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
So Long at the Fair
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 she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
The Wooden Horse
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
The Truth About Spring
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 young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Sir Roger Avery
as Attorney
as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear
as Roland Frogmorton
as Sir John Mac Gregor
as Emelius
as Peter Thorndyke
as Blake
as Quadrant
as Harold Tufnell-Jones
as Skelton
as Mr. Banks
as Lord Fellamar
as Lt. Fairweather
as Lt. Fairweather
as Tom Baker
as David Warren
as Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller
as Frank Betterton
as Basil Topham
as Earl of Locharne
as Lab Asst
as Captain Puffin Cheyne
as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
as Phil
as Johnny Barton
as Binks
as Lord Tony Pym
as Nick Martin
as David Haig
as Harold Hinchley
as Count Max Kardak
as Harold Hinchley
as Robert Clitheroe
as Tom Bishop
as Ronnie Waring
as Jimmy Marshall
as Charles
as Martin Latham
as Lord Liskeard
as Lancelot Handel Crowther
as Mr. Watlington
as Intelligence Officer
as Smith
as 'Prune' Parsons
as Steve
as Willie Bagshott
as John Royd