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 EnglishAmerican actor Born in London he moved to Hollywood in the US 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 workingclass 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 US in 1937 and his father arrived the following year A talent scout for MGM discovered him rehearsing for Eddie Cantors radio show and he was cast in the Britishset film Lord Jeff 1938 Known for his innocent dreamy doeeyed look Kilburn achieved fame at the age of 11 portraying Tiny Tim in the 1938 MetroGoldwynMayer 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 backtoback 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 Shaws 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