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Terry Kilburn

Terry Kilburn

Actor · b. 1926 · West Ham, Essex, Greater London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terence Edward 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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  • Movie7.3

    Lolita

    1962 · 2.3K votes

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    National Velvet

    1945 · 127 votes

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    A Christmas Carol

    1938 · 155 votes

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    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939 · 142 votes

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    Only the Valiant

    1951 · 45 votes

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    The Red Danube

    1949 · 11 votes

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    They Shall Have Music

    1939 · 11 votes

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    The Fan

    1949 · 22 votes

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    Sweethearts

    1938 · 13 votes

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    Lord Jeff

    1938 · 10 votes

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    The Great Man Votes

    1939 · 7 votes

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    Fiend Without a Face

    1958 · 92 votes

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    Swiss Family Robinson

    1940 · 32 votes

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    Tyrant of the Sea

    1950 · 2 votes

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    Song of Scheherazade

    1947 · 5 votes

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    Slaves of Babylon

    1953 · 4 votes

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    Mercy Island

    1941 · 4 votes

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    13 Lead Soldiers

    1948 · 5 votes

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  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

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    MGM Parade

    1955 · 2 votes