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person_profile-Terry Kilburn

Terry Kilburn Age: 98

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Terry Kilburn

Date of Birth:

Nov 25, 1926

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Terry Kilburn

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Terence E. Kilburn (born 25 November 1926), known for his acting work prior to 1953 as Terry Kilburn, is an English-American actor. Born in London, he moved to Hollywood in the U.S. at the age of 10, and is best known for his roles as a child actor, in films such as A Christmas Carol (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) in the late 1930s and the early 1940s.

    Kilburn was born in West Ham, Essex, in Greater London in 1926, to working-class parents. He did some unpaid acting as a young child, and an agent encouraged him to go to Hollywood. Kilburn and his mother immigrated to the U.S. in 1937, and his father arrived the following year. A talent scout for MGM discovered him rehearsing for Eddie Cantor's radio show, and he was cast in the British-set film Lord Jeff (1938).

    Known for his innocent, dreamy, doe-eyed look, Kilburn achieved fame at the age of 11 portraying Tiny Tim in the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film version of A Christmas Carol, and also as four generations of the Colley family in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). He also played leading roles in two films which starred Freddie Bartholomew: Lord Jeff (1938) and Swiss Family Robinson (1940). He was featured in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) with Basil Rathbone.

    In addition to Lord Jeff (1938), Kilburn worked alongside Mickey Rooney in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939), A Yank at Eton (1942), and National Velvet (1944). In 1946 he was in Black Beauty. In his early 20s, in 1947 and 1948, he was in four back-to-back Bulldog Drummond films, as Seymour, a reporter; and in 1950 he had small roles in two seagoing films.

    After high school, Kilburn concentrated on stage work, and studied drama at UCLA. He made his Broadway debut, credited as Terrance Kilburn, as Eugene Marchbanks in a 1952 revival of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. He thereafter remained committed to live performances, as both actor and director.

    After 1952 he was credited on screen as Terence Kilburn. His final feature film role was a small part in Lolita (1962). Between 1951 and 1969, he was also in nearly a dozen teleplays, television movies, and television series episodes.

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Filmography of

Terry Kilburn

Found 25 Movies in total

Lolita

Man (as Terence Kilburn) ( Actor )

... 1962

Fiend Without a Face

Capt. Al Chester ( Actor )

... 1958

Slaves of Babylon

King Cyrus ( Actor )

... 1953

Only the Valiant

Trooper Saxton ( Actor )

... 1951

Fortunes of Captain Blood

Kenny Jensen ( Actor )

... 1950

Tyrant of the Sea

Dick Savage ( Actor )

... 1950

The Red Danube

Sloppily-dressed Airman ( Actor )

... 1949

13 Lead Soldiers

Seymour ( Actor )

... 1948

The Challenge

Seymour ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

Seymour - Cub Reporter ( Actor )

... 1947

Song of Scheherazade

Midshipman Lorin ( Actor )

... 1947

Black Beauty

Joe ( Actor )

... 1946

National Velvet

Theodore 'Ted' ( Actor )

... 1945

Mercy Island

Wiccy ( Actor )

... 1941

Swiss Family Robinson

Ernest Robinson ( Actor )

... 1940

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

Errand Boy ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

They Shall Have Music

Limey ( Actor )

... 1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III ( Actor )

... 1939

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Stickin Plaster ( Actor )

... 1939

The Great Man Votes

Student ( Actor )

... 1939

Sweethearts

Brother ( Actor )

... 1938

A Christmas Carol

'Tiny Tim' Cratchit ( Actor )

... 1938

Lord Jeff

Albert Baker ( Actor )

... 1938