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George Reeves
George Reeves

George Reeves

ActingBorn January 5, 1914Died June 16, 1959 (age 45)Woolstock, Iowa, USA

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.

Filmography

2023
Superpowered: The DC Story

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2016
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)

Movie
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

as Superman (archive footage)

Movie
1989
The Story of Superman

as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)

Movie
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1968
The Movie Orgy

as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)

Movie
1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!

as James Stephen

Movie
1954
Superman's Peril

as Superman

Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as James Stephen (archive footage)

TV
1954Movie
1954
Stamp Day for Superman

as Superman / Clark Kent

Movie
1953
Forever Female

as George Courtland

Movie
1953
From Here to Eternity

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Movie
1953
From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)

Movie
1953
The Blue Gardenia

as Sam Haynes

Movie
1952TV
1952Movie
1952Movie
1951
Superman and the Mole Men

as Superman / Clark Kent

Movie
1951
I Love Lucy

as Superman (uncredited)

TV
1950
The Good Humor Man

as Stuart Nagle

Movie
1949Movie
1949
Samson and Delilah

as Wounded Messenger

Movie
1949
The Great Lover

as Williams

Movie
1949
Special Agent

as Paul Devereaux

Movie
1949
The Mutineers

as Thomas Nagle

Movie
1949TV
1949
Suspense

as Bill Reed

TV
1949
Suspense

as D.P. Bradford

TV
1949
Suspense

as Roger Sherman

TV
1948
Jungle Jim

as Bruce Edwards

Movie
1948
Thunder in the Pines

as Jeff Collins

Movie
1948
Jungle Goddess

as Mike Patton

Movie
1948
The Sainted Sisters

as Sam Stoaks

Movie
1947
Variety Girl

as George Reeves (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Time to Kill

as Frank

Movie
1944
Winged Victory

as Lieutenant Thompson

Movie
1943
Bar 20

as Lin Bradley

Movie
1943
The Kansan

as Jesse James

Movie
1943
So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. John Summers

Movie
1943
Colt Comrades

as Lin Whitlock

Movie
1943
Leather Burners

as Harrison Brooke

Movie
1943
Buckskin Frontier

as Jeff Collins

Movie
1943
Border Patrol

as Don Enrique Perez

Movie
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ

as Steve Jordan

Movie
1942
The Mad Martindales

as Julio Rigo

Movie
1942
Sex Hygiene

as Pool player

Movie
1942
Blue, White and Perfect

as Juan Arturo O'Hara

Movie
1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Man at Large

as Bob Grayson

Movie
1941
Lydia

as Bob Willard

Movie
1941
Blood and Sand

as Capt. Pierre Lauren

Movie
1941
Dead Men Tell

as Bill Lydig

Movie
1941
The Lady and the Lug

as Doug Abbott

Movie
1941Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Always a Bride

as Michael Stevens

Movie
1940
Knute Rockne All American

as Distraught Player (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Calling All Husbands

as Dan Williams

Movie
1940
Argentine Nights

as Eduardo Estaban

Movie
1940
Ladies Must Live

as George Halliday

Movie
1940
Pony Express Days

as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Movie
1940
Gambling on the High Seas

as Excited Reporter

Movie
1940
Torrid Zone

as Sancho

Movie
1940
Tear Gas Squad

as Joe McCabe

Movie
1940
'Til We Meet Again

as Jimmy Coburn

Movie
1940
Virginia City

as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Calling Philo Vance

as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Fighting 69th

as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Four Wives

as Laboratory Man (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Gone with the Wind

as Brent Tarleton

Movie
1939
On Dress Parade

as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Smashing the Money Ring

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1939
The Monroe Doctrine

as John Sturgis

Movie
1939
Espionage Agent

as Warrington's Secretary

Movie
1939
Ride, Cowboy, Ride

as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 5, 1914
Day of DeathJune 16, 1959
Place of BirthWoolstock, Iowa, USA
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