Terry Kilburn
Biography
Terry Kilburn is an English-American actor best known for his childhood roles during Hollywood's Golden Age. Born in London, he moved to Hollywood at age 10. After doing unpaid acting as a young child and being encouraged by an agent, he was discovered by an MGM talent scout while rehearsing for Eddie Cantor's radio show and cast in Lord Jeff (1938). He became famous at 12 for playing Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (1938), and he portrayed members of the Colley family across four generations in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). His other films include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), and National Velvet (1944). He studied drama at UCLA and made his Broadway debut in a 1952 revival of Candida. He also worked in television and served as artistic director for the Meadow Brook Theatre at Oakland University from 1970 to 1994.
99years old
Turns 100 on November 25in 43 days
- Born London
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 20 years1938 to 1958
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Early training
Terry Kilburn studied drama at UCLA after high school and made his Broadway debut in 1952 as Eugene Marchbanks in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's Candida.
Behind the camera
Kilburn held the role of artistic director at Meadow Brook Theatre, which belongs to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, from 1970 until 1994.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips1939 Drama, Romanceas John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III
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Films together
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.