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Former classic films child actor - still alive, now 92
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on November 22, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Terry Kilburn appeared in movies of so long ago that I was surprised to discover this morning that he's still alive and now 92.
Kilburn was a prominent child and teen actor, whose film career (which continued, less significantly, into adulthood) began during the late 1930s, with appearances in well-received and still-popular classics such as A Christmas Carol (1938), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Random Harvest (1942), and National Velvet (1944). He ceased appearing in films in 1962 and on television in 1969.
I've never been a Terry Kilburn enthusiast. Still, I appreciate his part in Hollywood's "Golden Age" film history.
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Reply by QuitePleasant
on November 22, 2019 at 7:52 PM
This is amazing about Terry Kilburn.
In addition to his surviving 1938's excellent adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," another of his co-stars, who plays one of his elder sisters, checks in at age 94 now, June Lockhart, born June 25, 1925.
In addition to her surviving "Lassie" fame as the farm's third mother figure, "Lassie's" second mother checks in at age 93, Cloris Leachman, born April 30, 1926.
In addition, Miss Lockhart survives "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) by some 75 years, along with the actress who plays the baby sister of her beau, one 82-year-old Margaret O'Brien, born January 15, 1937
In addition, Miss Lockhart and Miss O'Brien each appears in a different episode of "Murder, She Wrote," starring a now-age-94 Angela Lansbury, born October 16, 1925.
What wonderful news to hear that these fine talents have had some of the longest acting careers in Hollywood history.
Back to Terry Kilburn, who, on the other hand, sort of went on to second or third careers after acting, but he does fit into some very nice company.
Reply by rudely_murray
on November 23, 2019 at 7:01 AM
Oddly, I just watched National Velvet, in which he has a small role, a couple of days ago. Like many I remember him best as Colley in Goodbye Mr Chips.
I do recall reading a few years ago when his life partner Charles Nolte, also an actor, passed away. They had been together for more than half a century, which is something worth celebrating.
Reply by genplant29
on November 23, 2019 at 7:25 AM
Here's an article about and picture of Terry Kilburn from 2013. I can definitely see traces of his childhood face in his elderly face (though doubt I'd have ever been able to guess who the picture is of had it not been identified). That picture was taken when he was I guess 86, and he certainly was looking terrific for such an age!
That's neat, Quite, that also June Lockhart (as well as the other mentioned actresses) is still alive! She's someone who I've not seen/heard about in a long time, therefore who I had presumed might have passed on. I used to love watching the Lassie t.v. series when I was a kid.