David Tomlinson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English film 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 07, 1917
Deathday: June 24, 2000
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Mary Poppins
1964-12-17
Mary Poppins
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-17
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980-08-08
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Overview: Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
Genres: Comedy Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-08
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Tom Jones
1963-08-24
Tom Jones
Overview: Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Genres: Comedy Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-24
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-07
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I See a Dark Stranger
1946-07-04
I See a Dark Stranger
Overview: Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-04
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The Love Bug
1968-12-23
The Love Bug
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-23
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War-Gods of the Deep
1965-05-26
War-Gods of the Deep
Overview: A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew of former smugglers, the three plot to escape...
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-26
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Hotel Sahara
1951-07-09
Hotel Sahara
Overview: World War II farce about the hotel of the title
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-09
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The Wooden Horse
1950-10-16
The Wooden Horse
Overview: True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-16
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School for Secrets
1946-12-23
School for Secrets
Overview: Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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My Brother's Keeper
1948-08-19
My Brother's Keeper
Overview: War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-19
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Carry on Admiral
1957-05-14
Carry on Admiral
Overview: Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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Wombling Free
1977-12-31
Wombling Free
Overview: The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-31
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Easy Money
1948-01-20
Easy Money
Overview: A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-20
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Made in Heaven
1952-11-01
Made in Heaven
Overview: Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-01
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Miranda
1948-04-06
Miranda
Overview: A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-06
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Journey Together
1945-10-01
Journey Together
Overview: Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-01
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Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951-07-02
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Overview: Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-02
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Helter Skelter
1949-01-07
Helter Skelter
Overview: A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-07
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Dominique
1980-03-06
Dominique
Overview: The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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The Truth About Spring
1965-03-30
The Truth About Spring
Overview: Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-30
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Further Up the Creek
1958-10-28
Further Up the Creek
Overview: The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-28
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Up the Creek
1958-05-13
Up the Creek
Overview: Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-13
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Broken Journey
1948-04-14
Broken Journey
Overview: A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision -- whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-14
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Quiet Wedding
1941-04-19
Quiet Wedding
Overview: A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-19
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Landfall
1949-09-30
Landfall
Overview: A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-30
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Three Men in a Boat
1956-12-23
Three Men in a Boat
Overview: Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-23
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Here Come the Huggetts
1948-12-02
Here Come the Huggetts
Overview: The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-02
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Vote for Huggett
1949-02-01
Vote for Huggett
Overview: A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-01
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So Long at the Fair
1950-05-31
So Long at the Fair
Overview: Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-31
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Castle in the Air
1952-06-01
Castle in the Air
Overview: The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-01
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'Pimpernel' Smith
1941-07-28
'Pimpernel' Smith
Overview: Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-28
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948-10-06
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Overview: Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-06
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Marry Me
1949-06-07
Marry Me
Overview: The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-07
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The Chiltern Hundreds
1949-09-27
The Chiltern Hundreds
Overview: Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-27
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A Friend Indeed
1973-04-17
A Friend Indeed
Overview: Sir Lionel Hibury is visiting an old friend in Rome, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sir Lionel is not pleased when daughter, Sheila, become romantically involved with a wealthy young man staying in the flat above them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-17
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The Master of Bankdam
1947-08-20
The Master of Bankdam
Overview: Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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The Liquidator
1965-11-01
The Liquidator
Overview: Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it was himself. This leads to complications.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-01
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The Way to the Stars
1945-06-16
The Way to the Stars
Overview: Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-16
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Follow That Horse!
1960-07-11
Follow That Horse!
Overview: A race horse swallows a microfilm and is pursued by the major superpowers spy agencies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-11
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Love in Waiting
1948-10-11
Love in Waiting
Overview: The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-11
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The Magic Box
1952-01-01
The Magic Box
Overview: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Fame Is the Spur
1947-09-23
Fame Is the Spur
Overview: A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-23
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All for Mary
1955-12-21
All for Mary
Overview: In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord's daughter. When the two come down with chicken pox they are put in the charge of fellow guest Miss Cartwright, who turns out to be Humpy's old nanny. The two Englishmen unite not only against her tyranny but against a dense Greek who is also after Mary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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Warning to Wantons
1949-01-04
Warning to Wantons
Overview: Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her strict convent school for the heady pleasures of high society. Seventeen-year-old Renee slips away from her convent school, joins her fashionable mother and launches herself into Society with one aim: to conquer the hearts of all the men she encounters. Setting her sights on Max, a bridegroom-to-be, her expert scheming and manipulative behaviour soon ensures that he falls under her spell... but his fiancee isn't giving up without a fight
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-04
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The Water Babies
1978-06-23
The Water Babies
Overview: Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime. Tom runs away and jumps into a river where, instead of drowning, he finds himself transformed into a mystical aquatic creature. Swimming and breathing effortlessly, he discovers a colorful underwater world replete with creatures both cruel and kind.
Genres: Family Fantasy Animation Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-23
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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953-09-22
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Overview: An American soldier stationed in England is ready to go on his honeymoon with his new wife when his ex-wife, a gorgeous blonde, shows up and insists that they're still married. His two buddies try to help him out of his predicament, but his troubles are only just starting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-22
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Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2001-03-20
Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Overview: A short but informative documentary on the the 1971 Disney movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," which discusses the making of the film, the origins of the songs (including portions of two that were dropped in pre-production), the pre-release edits supposedly made against the creators' wishes, and the 1996 reinstatement of those cut scenes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-20
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From Hong Kong with Love
1975-12-17
From Hong Kong with Love
Overview: Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les Charlots with scenes shot in Hong Kong. Mickey Rooney featured in the film as well as Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, stars of the James Bond films who appeared as M and Moneypenny respectively.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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My Wife's Family
1941-07-22
My Wife's Family
Overview: A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-22
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