George Reeves

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-01-05 (45 years old)

Deathday

1959-06-16

Place of Birth

Woolstock, Iowa, USA

George Reeves

Biography

George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program titled 'Adventures of Superman'. His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing issue. The official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.

Acting

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Brent Tarleton

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)

1953

The Blue Gardenia

as Sam Haynes

1952

1951

Superman and the Mole Men

as Superman / Clark Kent

1941

Blood and Sand

as Capt. Pierre Lauren

1941

Dead Men Tell

as Bill Lydig

1956

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

as James Stephen

1943

Border Patrol

as Don Enrique Perez

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Colt Comrades

as Lin Whitlock

1943

Hoppy Serves a Writ

as Steve Jordan

1943

Bar 20

as Lin Bradley

1947

Variety Girl

as George Reeves (uncredited)

1941

Lydia

as Bob Willard

1940

Torrid Zone

as Sancho

1952

1950

The Good Humor Man

as Stuart Nagle

1948

Jungle Jim

as Bruce Edwards

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. John Summers

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

as John Sturgis

1949

Special Agent

as Paul Devereaux

1943

Buckskin Frontier

as Jeff Collins

1940

'Til We Meet Again

as Jimmy Coburn

1953

Forever Female

as George Courtland

1940

1948

Jungle Goddess

as Mike Patton

1942

Blue, White, and Perfect

as Juan Arturo O'Hara

1954

Stamp Day for Superman

as Superman / Clark Kent

1944

Winged Victory

as Lieutenant Thompson

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Gambling on the High Seas

as Excited Reporter

1940

Tear Gas Squad

as Joe McCabe

1940

Ladies Must Live

as George Halliday

1948

The Sainted Sisters

as Sam Stoaks

1940

Argentine Nights

as Eduardo Estaban

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1940

Always a Bride

as Michael Stevens

1942

Sex Hygiene

as Pool player

1987

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as (archive footage)

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)

1940

1939

Smashing the Money Ring

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

1940

Calling All Husbands

as Dan Williams

1939

Four Wives

as Laboratory Man (uncredited)

1939

Espionage Agent

as Warrington's Secretary

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Superman (archive footage)

1940

Calling Philo Vance

as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

1941

Man at Large

as Bob Grayson

1940

Virginia City

as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)

1943

Leather Burners

as Harrison Brooke

1940

Pony Express Days

as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Distraught Player (uncredited)

1954

Superman's Peril

as Superman

1954

1954

1989

The Story of Superman

as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)

1948

Thunder in the Pines

as Jeff Collins

1943

The Kansan

as Jesse James

1939

Ride, Cowboy, Ride

as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner

1942

The Mad Martindales

as Julio Rigo

1949

The Mutineers

as Thomas Nagle

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Wounded Messenger

1939

On Dress Parade

as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)

1945

Time to Kill

as Frank

1941

The Lady and the Lug

as Doug Abbott

1949

The Great Lover

as Williams

2010

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

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