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Terry Kilburn

 
Actor: Terry Kilburn
  • Born: Nov 25, 1928 in London, England, UK
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
  • Career Highlights: Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Swiss Family Robinson
  • First Major Screen Credit: A Christmas Carol (1938)

Biography

The son of a London bus conductor, Terry Kilburn spent his childhood as a vaudeville performer, doing an act consisting of celebrity imitations. Unlike other professional children cursed with "stage parents," Kilburn talked his mom and dad into bringing him to Hollywood to give movies a try. He made his American debut as a regular on Eddie Cantor's radio show, then made his first film appearance in MGM's Lord Jeff (1938). The best of his early roles included Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (1938) and four separate roles (representing four generations of boy's-school students) in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). After high school, Kilburn decided to give movies second priority and concentrate on stage work. He studied drama at UCLA, then made his Broadway bow in a 1952 revival of Shaw's Candida. Though he would continue to sporadically show up in films like Fiend Without a Face (1958) and Lolita (1962), Terence Kilburn ("Terry" no more) would remain committed to live performances, as both actor and director; for many years, he has been artistic director of Rochester, Michigan's Meadow Brook Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Terry Kilburn (born 25 November 1926) is an English former child actor. He is sometimes credited as Terence Kilburn or Terrance Kilburn.

Kilburn achieved fame portraying Tiny Tim in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol and as four generations of the Colley family in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). In 1944, he appeared in The Keys of the Kingdom, a film starring Gregory Peck. He was also featured in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone (1939).

As of January 2009 he resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), and is an avid and prolific painter.



 
 
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