ACTOR

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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Tomlinson has received more than 2,618,329 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). David Tomlinson is the 2,595th most popular actor (up from 2,726th in 2019), the 2,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,448th in 2019) and the 318th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Tomlinsons by language

Over the past year David Tomlinson has had the most page views in the with 324,377 views, followed by Italian (37,525), and German (34,027). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (122.72%), Welsh (87.50%), and Egyptian Arabic (78.11%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Tomlinson ranks 2,595 out of 13,578. Before him are Vernon Wells, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Yvonne Furneaux, Kate Walsh, Rachel Roberts, and Yevgeny Vakhtangov. After him are Lee Jung-jae, Zlatko Burić, Luis Mariano, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Jane Badler, and Margaux Hemingway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, David Tomlinson ranks 161. Before him are Red Auerbach, Leopoldo Trieste, June Allyson, Philipp von Boeselager, Zainab al Ghazali, and Fadwa Tuqan. After him are Suzy Delair, Ivan Bodiul, Imre Németh, Olga Sanfirova, Bertil Nordahl, and Aníbal Paz. Among people deceased in 2000, David Tomlinson ranks 132. Before him are Jean Peters, Edward Gorey, Charles Gray, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Ferenc Farkas, and Poul Hartling. After him are Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Spyros Markezinis, Jerzy Giedroyc, Gus Hall, Jean Carzou, and Antti Hyvärinen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Tomlinson ranks 2,312 out of 8,785. Before him are Jackie Oliver (1942), Claude Rains (1889), Teddy Sheringham (1966), Veronica Cartwright (1949), John Playfair (1748), and Rachel Roberts (1927). After him are John Scott Haldane (1860), Murray Head (1946), Martin Donnelly (1964), John Machin (1680), Edward Wilson (1872), and Julian Bream (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Tomlinson ranks 318. Before him are Charles Gray (1928), Richard Johnson (1927), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Claude Rains (1889), Veronica Cartwright (1949), and Rachel Roberts (1927). After him are Murray Head (1946), Jamie Dornan (1982), Sarah Siddons (1755), Patrick Troughton (1920), Ray Cooney (1932), and John Mahoney (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Love Bug
Peter Thorndyke
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
Dec 23o 19686.524 / 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Emelius
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.
Oct 7o 19717.031 / 10
Mary Poppins
Mr. George W. Banks
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
Dec 17o 19647.573 / 10