[ After 1952, he was credited on screen as Terence Kilburn. His final feature film role was a small part in '']Lolita
''Lolita'' is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humber ...
'' (1962). Between 1951 and 1969, he was also in nearly a dozen teleplay
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s, television movies, and television series episodes.
After Hollywood: Directing plays in Michigan
From 1970 to 1994, Kilburn was artistic director of Oakland University
Oakland University is a public research university in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland, operating under the Mi ...
's Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan
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Rochester was the first European settleme ...
. Meadow Brook Theatre is Michigan's only LORT
The League of Resident Theatres (LORT) is the largest professional theater association of its kind in the United States, with 75 member theaters located in every major market in the U.S., including 29 states and the District of Columbia. LORT me ...
theatre. It presents classic plays, comedies, and musicals, and is known for its annual production of Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol
''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...
'', adapted by Kilburn's partner, Charles Nolte
Charles Nolte (November 3, 1923 – January 14, 2010) was an American stage and film actor, director, playwright, and educator.
Career
Nolte was born in Duluth, Minnesota and moved to Wayzata, Minnesota with his family in the early 1930s. ...
.
Personal life
Since 1994 Kilburn has resided in Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
, Minnesota. His partner of over 50 years, actor Charles Nolte
Charles Nolte (November 3, 1923 – January 14, 2010) was an American stage and film actor, director, playwright, and educator.
Career
Nolte was born in Duluth, Minnesota and moved to Wayzata, Minnesota with his family in the early 1930s. ...
, died in January 2010.
Filmography
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1926 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male child actors
American male stage actors
American male radio actors
American gay actors
English male film actors
English male child actors
English male stage actors
English male radio actors
English gay actors
English LGBT people
20th-century English male actors
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
British expatriates in the United States