David ‘Mr Banks’ Tomlinson took his medicine, landed a part in Mary Poppins – and made a fortune 

BIOGRAPHY DISNEY’S BRITISH GENTLEMAN: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DAVID TOMLINSON   by Nathan Morley (History Press £20, 255 pp) Where this country excels is in its reliable character actors — Ian Carmichael, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis, Robert Morley and, among others, David Tomlinson, whom Noel Coward unforgettably described as looking like ‘a very old … Read more