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David Cecil McAlister Tomlinson was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 7 May 1917, the son of Clarence Samuel Tomlinson (1883–1978), a well-respected London solicitor, and Florence Elizabeth, née Sinclair-Thomson (1890–1986). He attended Tonbridge School and left to join the Grenadier Guards for 16 months. His father then secured him a job as a clerk at Shell Mex House.
David Tomlinson. Actor: Mary Poppins. David Tomlinson is best known for his role as George Banks in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). As a youth he spent a short spell in the guards. He joined the RAF in WW2 where he survived the trauma of a plane crash on his first solo flight due to engine failure, then becoming a flying instructor for the remainder of the war.
Jun 4, 2021 · Actor David Tomlinson's life plagued by tragedy and misfortune despite finding fame EXCLUSIVE: He made a name for himself as one of Hollywood's brightest British stars playing Mr Banks in the ...
David Tomlinson. Actor: Mary Poppins. David Tomlinson is best known for his role as George Banks in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). As a youth he spent a short spell in the guards. He joined the RAF in WW2 where he survived the trauma of a plane crash on his first solo flight due to engine failure, then becoming a flying instructor for the remainder of the war.
Jun 9, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE Mary Poppins actor David Tomlinson - who played George Banks in the popular kid's film - had suffered a devastating tragedy when he lost his first wife. The star's son James only learned ...
Jan 18, 2019 · New theatre production The Life I Lead, explores the life behind the personas of David Tomlinson. The Disney Legend who died at age 83, starred as Mr Banks in 1964's Mary Poppins.
David Tomlinson. Actor: Fellow Travelers. David is best known for his role as Eddie Kofler in the Paramount +, Showtime series Fellow Travelers Soon after he was cast as the main antagonist in the Lifetime thriller The Hillsdale Adoption Scam He also made appearances in Lifetime's Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story and the Netflix series Sex/Life
Dec 26, 2018 · Tomlinson remarried in 1953, and he and his wife Audrey went on to have four sons. As well as Henry, there is David, who is now 64, James, 62, and William, 58.
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson 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 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.
Noel Coward once described actor David Tomlinson as looking like a “very old baby.” David himself said, “I may look like a disappointed spaniel, but by nature I am cheerful.” “Cheer” is what David spread to many a Disney audience with his performances in such Disney movies as the Oscar ®-winning Mary Poppins in 1964, The Love Bug in 1969, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks in 1971.
