David Tomlinson - wikipedia David Tomlinson For other people named David Tomlinson, see David Tomlinson ( disambiguation ). David Tomlinson Tomlinson in Mary Poppins, 1964 David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson ( 1917 - 05 - 07 ) 7 May 1917 Henley - on - Thames, Oxfordshire, England 24 June 2000 ( 2000 - 06 - 24 ) ( aged 83 ) Westminster, London, England Cause of death Stroke Occupation Actor Years active 1940 -- 1980 Spouse ( s ) Mary Lindsay Hiddingh ( m. September 1943 -- 2 December 1943 ; her death ) Audrey Freeman ( m. 17 May 1953 -- 24 June 2000 ; his death ) Children David Tomlinson Jr William Tomlinson Henry Tomlinson James Tomlinson Military career Allegiance United Kingdom Service / 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 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. In 2002, two years after his death, Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend. Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Personal life and death 4 Filmography 5 Television 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early Life Tomlinson was born in Henley - on - Thames, Oxfordshire on 7 May 1917, to Florence Elizabeth Tomlinson ( née Sinclair - Thomson ) ( 1890 - 1986 ) and a well - respected London solicitor father Clarence Samuel Tomlinson ( 1883 - 1978 ). 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. His stage career grew from amateur stage productions to his 1940 film debut in Quiet Wedding. His career was interrupted when he entered Second World War service as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF. During the war, he served as a flight instructor in Canada and made three films. His flying days continued after the war and he crashed a Tiger Moth plane near his back garden after he lost consciousness while flying. Film career David Tomlinson was best known for his role as George Banks, head of the Banks family, in the Disney film Mary Poppins ( 1964 ). Mary Poppins brought Tomlinson continued work with Disney, asking him to appear in The Love Bug ( 1968 ) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks ( 1971 ). Throughout the rest of Tomlinson 's film career, he never steered far from comedies. His final acting appearance was in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu ( 1980 ), which was also the final film of Peter Sellers. Tomlinson retired from acting at age 63 to spend more time with his family. Personal Life and death Tomlinson was first married to Mary Lindsay Hiddingh, daughter of L. Seton Lindsay, the vice president of the New York Life Insurance Company. She had been widowed in 1941 when her husband, Major A.G. Hiddingh, was killed in action, leaving her to care for their two young sons. Tomlinson married Mary in September 1943. On 2 December 1943, Hiddingh killed herself and her two sons in a murder - suicide by jumping from a hotel in New York City. Tomlinson 's second wife was actress Audrey Freeman ( born 12 November 1931 ), whom he married on 17 May 1953, and the couple remained together for 47 years until his death. They had four sons : David Jr. ( born 1954 ), William ( born 1959 ), Henry ( born 1963 ) and James ( born 1956 ). Tomlinson died peacefully in his sleep at King Edward VII 's Hospital, Westminster, at 4 a.m. on 24 June 2000, after suffering from a sudden stroke. He was 83 years old. He was interred at his estate grounds in Mursley, Buckinghamshire. Filmography Garrison Follies ( 1940 ) ( uncredited ) Quiet Wedding ( 1941 ) as John Royd My Wife 's Family ( 1941 ) as Willie Bagshott `` Pimpernel '' Smith ( 1941 ) as Steve Name Rank and Number ( 1941 ) The Way to the Stars ( 1945 ) as ' Prune ' Parsons Journey Together ( 1945 ) as Smith I See a Dark Stranger ( 1946 ) as Intelligence Officer School for Secrets ( 1946 ) as Mr. Watlington Fame Is the Spur ( 1947 ) as Lord Liskeard Master of Bankdam ( 1947 ) as Lancelot Handel Crowther Easy Money ( 1948 ) as Martin Latham Miranda ( 1948 ) as Charles Broken Journey ( 1948 ) as Jimmy Marshall My Brother 's Keeper ( 1948 ) as Ronnie Waring Sleeping Car to Trieste ( 1948 ) as Tom Bishop Love in Waiting ( 1948 ) as Robert Clitheroe Here Come the Huggetts ( 1948 ) as Harold Hinchley Warning to Wantons ( 1949 ) as Count Max Kardak Vote for Huggett ( 1949 ) as Harold Hinchley Marry Me ! ( 1949 ) as David Haig Helter Skelter ( 1949 ) as Nick Martin The Chiltern Hundreds ( 1949 ) as Lord Tony Pym Landfall ( 1949 ) as Binks So Long at the Fair ( 1950 ) as Johnny Barton The Wooden Horse ( 1950 ) as Phil Calling Bulldog Drummond ( 1951 ) as Algernon ' Algy ' Longworth Hotel Sahara ( 1951 ) as Captain Puffin Cheyne The Magic Box ( 1951 ) as Assistant in Laboratory Castle in the Air ( 1952 ) as Earl of Locharne Made in Heaven ( 1952 ) as Basil Topham Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary ? ( 1953 ) as Frank Betteron All for Mary ( 1955 ) as Humphrey ' Humpy ' Miller Three Men in a Boat ( 1956 ) as Jerome Carry on Admiral ( 1957 ) ( note : not a Carry On film ) as Tom Baker Up the Creek ( 1958 ) as Lt. Humphrey Fairweather Further Up the Creek ( 1958 ) as Lt. Humphrey Fairweather Follow That Horse ! ( 1960 ) as Dick Lanchester Tom Jones ( 1963 ) as Lord Fellamar Mary Poppins ( 1964 ) as George Banks The Truth About Spring ( 1964 ) as Skelton The City Under the Sea ( 1965 ) as Harold Tufnell - Jones The Liquidator ( 1965 ) as Quadrant The Love Bug ( 1968 ) as Peter Thorndyke Bedknobs and Broomsticks ( 1971 ) as Professor Emilius Browne From Hong Kong with Love ( 1975 ) as Sir John Mac Gregor Wombling Free ( 1977 ) as Roland Frogmorton The Water Babies ( 1978 ) as Sir John / Voice of Polar Bear Dominique ( 1978 ) as Lawyer The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu ( 1980 ) as Sir Roger Avery ( final film role ) Television The Birdcage Room ( TV Film ) ( 1954 ) - Lord Tempest All for Mary ( Outside Broadcast of the theatre production, 1954 ) - Clive Norton Theatre Royal ( 1955 ) - episode - The No Man - Tom Pettigo Theatre Night ( 1957 ) - episode - Dear Delinquent - David Warren ITV Play of the Week ( 1960 ) - episode - The Happy Man - Tom Swinley Comedy Playhouse ( 1967 ) - episode - Loitering With Intent - Charles Pinfold Hawaii Five - O ( 1976 ) - episode - Nine Dragons - Blake References ^ Jump up to : `` Mary Poppins Star Dies ''. BBC News. BBC. 24 June 2000. Jump up ^ General Register Office of England and Wales -- Birth Register for June Quarter of 1917, Henley Registration District, reference 3a 1531, listed as David C.M. Tomlinson, mother 's maiden name as Sinclair - Thomson ^ Jump up to : `` David Tomlinson ''. Telegraph.co.uk. 26 June 2000. Jump up ^ `` Whatever happened to the cast of Mary Poppins ? ''. www.thetelegraph.com. The Telegraph. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Niagara Falls Gazette '' ( PDF ). 2 Dec 1943. Retrieved 7 May 2018. Jump up ^ General Register Office of England and Wales -- Death Register for June 2000, Westminster Registration District, reference C49C 281, listed as David Cecil Tomlinson with a date of birth of 7 May 1917 Further reading Luckier Than Most, Tomlinson 's autobiography, published in 1990. External links Biography portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Tomlinson. David Tomlinson on IMDb David Tomlinson at Find a Grave Mary Poppins Star Dies -- BBC News obituary from 2000 David Tomlinson at the Disney Legends website BNE : XX1288058 BNF : cb140290996 ( data ) GND : 142438200 ISNI : 0000 0001 0653 428X LCCN : n94092892 MusicBrainz : 6e63f7ac - 932f - 4ea8 - be3c - 03e0624b5886 SUDOC : 158938046 VIAF : 24801185 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Tomlinson&oldid=841247530 '' Categories : 1917 births 2000 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors People from Henley - on - Thames Royal Air Force pilots of World War II Grenadier Guards soldiers Royal Air Force officers People educated at Tonbridge School 20th - century English male actors Male actors from Kent Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from April 2012 Articles with hCards Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Cymraeg Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 14 May 2018, at 19 : 18. 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Question: who played mr banks in mary poppins movie
Answer: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson