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David Tomlinson

1917 - 2000

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David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) 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 with The Walt Disney Company as authoritarian father 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. Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Tomlinson is the 1,149th most popular actor (up from 2,595th in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,313th in 2019) and the 169th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, David Tomlinson ranks 1,149 out of 13,578. Before him are Libuše Šafránková, Ving Rhames, Theda Bara, Mark Strong, Michael Massee, and Hilary Swank. After him are Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Daniel Radcliffe, Ruan Lingyu, Michael Rooker, and Paolo Villaggio.

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Among people born in 1917, David Tomlinson ranks 87. Before him are Pál Maléter, Herbert Lom, Magda Szabó, Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, and Henry Ford II. After him are Yigael Yadin, Ettore Sottsass, Maurice Trintignant, Augusto Roa Bastos, Atle Selberg, and Roque Máspoli. Among people deceased in 2000, David Tomlinson ranks 66. Before him are Jan Karski, Claude Sautet, Noboru Takeshita, Keizō Obuchi, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento. After him are Maurice Richard, Hubert Maga, Don Budge, Michael Smith, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Loretta Young.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Tomlinson ranks 1,373 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Leakey (1913), Mark Strong (1963), John Toshack (1949), George Fox (1624), Glenn Tipton (1947), and Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940). After him are Isabella Bird (1831), John Christie (1899), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Jimmy Savile (1926), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), and Ælfheah of Canterbury (954).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Tomlinson ranks 169. Before him are John Nettles (1943), James Faulkner (1948), David Warner (1941), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Clive Owen (1964), and Mark Strong (1963). After him are Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), Keira Knightley (1985), Geraldine McEwan (1932), Jeremy Brett (1933), and Julia Ormond (1965).

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