<P> David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson ( 7 May 1917 -- 24 June 2000 ) was an English stage , film and television actor 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 . In 2002 , two years after his death , Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend . </P>
<P> David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson ( 7 May 1917 -- 24 June 2000 ) was an English stage , film and television actor 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 . In 2002 , two years after his death , Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend . </P>
who played mr banks in mary poppins movie
who played mr banks in mary poppins movie
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson