Mary Poppins Cast

Mary Poppins Cast

Meet the Cast

Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews)

British Nanny Airways After Mary Poppins flies away on her umbrella at the movie's end (Southwest Airlines was apparently booked, and an umbrella is cheaper anyway) we're left wondering: who or wha...

Mr. George Banks (David Tomlinson)

Stuck in a Bank Shaped Cage This guy is tied up in more knots than Stretch Armstrong. He's kind of a head case—dude needs a foot massage, a long beach vacation, and maybe some daily anti-anxiety...

Jane Banks and Michael Banks (Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber)

Despite their notorious rep, these kids aren't juvenile delinquents drinking moonshine in the graveyard and tripping old ladies. No. Jane and Michael are pretty good kids. They're just misunderstoo...

Bert (Dick Van Dyke)

What with the way the economy is these days (or back in 1910), Bert's got to hold down three jobs: he's a one-man band, a chimney sweep, and a chalk-sidewalk-drawer-person. He's also someone who ha...

Mrs. Winifred Banks (Glynis Johns)

Winifred Banks is a trailblazing feminist, who fights for women's right to vote…and ignores her kids, Jane and Michael. She can't even pick a decent nanny—all six of her former nanny choices al...

Mr. Dawes Sr. and Mr. Dawes Jr. (Dick Van Dyke and Arthur Malet)

It's all about the Benjamins for these two—or maybe we should say they're all about the Austens. (Fun Econ/Lit fact: Jane Austen appears on the ten pound note). Our point is, they like money. Daw...

Uncle Albert (Ed Wynn)

Mary Poppins has an uncle, Albert. Who knew? We assumed that she was some sort of eternally existing god-being, who helped children throughout the ages. But, apparently, she's got an uncle.Uncle Al...

Ellen and Mrs. Brill (Hermione Baddeley and Reta Shaw)

Sweeping, dusting, and… breezily musing on someone's potential suicide? Such are the pastimes that occupy Ellen, one of the Bank's family's maids. (The other is Mrs. Brill). The maids don't play...

Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen)

This character is a one-trick pony. A retired navy admiral, he fires a cannon signaling the time of day from the top of his roof. This adds comic moments to the film as the Banks family scrambles t...

The Constable (Arthur Treacher)

The constable's a kind-hearted guy who's always looking out for other people. And—bonus—he knows how to score some free food. Gotta get that bangers n' mash, guv'nor. He brings Jane and Michael...

Katie Nanna (Elsa Lanchester)

This lady's had it up to here with Jane and Michael, despite how likeable they are. An uptight and evidently incompetent nanny, she abandons the Banks family at their hour of need, when Jane and Mi...

Pigeon Lady (Jane Darwell)

Bird woman isn't actually a part-bird, part-woman hybrid created by an evil scientist. And it's not a sequel to the film Birdman, either. She's just a woman who feeds the birds on the steps of St....

Mr. Binnacle, Admiral Boom's Servant (Don Barclay)

This guy assists Admiral Boom in launching his cannon. That's the only thing you can say about him, aside from the fact that he's probably a racist like Admiral Boom (see Admiral Boom's character s...