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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.
Terry Kilburn Biography / Wiki
| Name | Terry Kilburn |
| Also Know | Terence E. Kilburn, Terence Kilburn, Terrence Kilburn, Terrance Kilburn, Terence Kilbourne |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | West Ham, Essex, Greater London, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1926-11-25 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 95 |
| Deathday |
Terry Kilburn Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| A Christmas Carol | ‘Tiny Tim’ Cratchit | 1938-12-16 | Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser’s miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, pres… |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips | John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III | 1939-07-28 | A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life…. |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Ernest Robinson | 1940-02-08 | A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves… |
| Slaves of Babylon | King Cyrus | 1953-10-21 | The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shephe… |
| Fiend Without a Face | Capt. Al Chester | 1958-07-03 | An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent… |
| Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Seymour – Cub Reporter | 1947-05-15 | “Bulldog” Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with… |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Billy | 1939-09-01 | Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off†his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holm… |
| Lord Jeff | Albert Baker | 1938-06-17 | Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a ca… |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Seymour | 1947-09-04 | Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate…. |
| They Shall Have Music | Limey | 1939-08-18 | The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the… |
| 13 Lead Soldiers | Seymour | 1948-04-30 | Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldie… |
| Black Beauty | Joe | 1946-08-29 | Based on Anna Sewell’s novel. In rural England of the 1880’s, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her … |
| Tyrant of the Sea | Dick Savage | 1950-02-22 | In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napol… |
| The Challenge | Seymour | 1948-04-02 | Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold…. |
| Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Stickin Plaster | 1939-07-21 | Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school’s annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as m… |
| National Velvet | Theodore ‘Ted’ | 1945-01-26 | Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velv… |
| Only the Valiant | Trooper Saxton | 1951-04-13 | Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteer… |
| Sweethearts | Brother | 1938-12-30 | Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes…. |
| Lolita | Man (as Terence Kilburn) | 1962-06-13 | Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at… |
| The Great Man Votes | Student | 1939-01-13 | In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, … |
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