English actor and comedian (born 1917)

David Tomlinson

David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English stage, film and television actor, singer and comedian. Having been described as both a leading actor and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles with The Walt Disney Company as the patriarch father George Banks in Mary Poppins (1964), hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug (1968) and the friendly con man Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 2002.

Born

1917

May 7

Died

2000

Era

1910s

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1917 Born
2000 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

351 The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.
558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
1104 The Seljuk emirs of Mosul and Mardin defeat the Crusader States of Antioch and Edessa.
1190 The Crusader army of emperor Frederick Barbarossa defeats an army of the Rum Seljuks in the battle of Philomelion.

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The world in 1917

When David arrived

april 12 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
april 16 Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
april 2 American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
april 6 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.

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Same-day contemporaries

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David Hume 1711–1776 Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711) Derek Taylor 1932–1997 English journalist and author (died 1997) Dick Williams 1929–2011 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929) Domenico Bartolucci 1917–2013 Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013) Earl Thomas 1989– American football player Eva Perón 1919–1952 Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919) Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 German pianist and composer (born 1833) Lisa Raitt 1968– Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport MrBeast 1998– American YouTuber

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1917

Augusto Roa Bastos 1917–2005 Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917) Cleveland Amory 1917–1998 American author and activist (born 1917) Dinah Shore 1917–1994 American actress and singer (born 1916) Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917) Domenico Bartolucci 1917–2013 Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013) Donald Davidson 1917–2003 American philosopher and academic (born 1917) El Santo 1917–1984 Mexican professional wrestler (born 1917) Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 American activist and philanthropist (born 1917) Herbert A. Hauptman 1917–2011 American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

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