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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 as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and as hapless antagonist ...
David's first wife, Mary Lindsay Hiddingh, committed a murder-suicide on December 2, 1943 by taking her two children Michael 8 and John Hiddingh 6 and jumping out of a hotel window in New York. Mary was 34 and had been suffering from depression by the loss of her first husband A.G. Hiddingh who was killed in action during World War II.
- May 7, 1917
- June 24, 2000
David's first wife, Mary Lindsay Hiddingh, committed a murder-suicide on December 2, 1943 by taking her two children Michael 8 and John Hiddingh 6 and jumping out of a hotel window in New York. Mary was 34 and had been suffering from depression by the loss of her first husband A.G. Hiddingh who was killed in action during World War II.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- May 7, 1917
- 2 min
- June 24, 2000
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 ...
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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. Hiddingh’s suicide was a burden he ...
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English film actor, who was best known for playing the role of George Banks in the 1964 Disney classic Mary Poppins. He also voiced several cartoon characters in that film. He later portrayed Professor Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and the villainous Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug. He was considered to play Barnaby in Babes in Toyland, Bagheera in ...
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.
