George Reeves
- Acting
- January 5, 1914 · Woolstock, Iowa, USA
- June 16, 1959
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Superpowered: The DC Story · Self
- Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime · Self
- The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour · (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics · Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
- Television: The First Fifty Years · Superman (archive footage)
- Death In Hollywood · Self
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths · Self
- Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
- The Story of Superman · Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! · Self
- The Movie Orgy · Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
- Westward Ho, The Wagons! · James Stephen
- Superman Flies Again · Superman
- Superman's Peril · Superman
- Superman in Exile · Superman
- Superman and the Jungle Devil · Superman
- The Wonderful World of Disney · James Stephen (archive footage)
- Superman and Scotland Yard · Superman
- Stamp Day for Superman · Superman / Clark Kent
- Forever Female · George Courtland
- From Here to Eternity · Undetermined Role (uncredited), Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
- The Blue Gardenia · Sam Haynes
- Adventures of Superman · Superman, Director
- Rancho Notorious · Wilson
- Bugles in the Afternoon · Lt. Smith
- Superman and the Mole Men · Superman / Clark Kent
- I Love Lucy · Superman (uncredited)
- The Good Humor Man · Stuart Nagle
- The Adventures of Sir Galahad · Sir Galahad
- Samson and Delilah · Wounded Messenger
- The Great Lover · Williams
- Special Agent · Paul Devereaux
- Lights Out
- The Mutineers · Thomas Nagle
- Suspense · Roger Sherman, Bill Reed
- Jungle Jim · Bruce Edwards
- Thunder in the Pines · Jeff Collins
- Jungle Goddess · Mike Patton
- The Sainted Sisters · Sam Stoaks
- Variety Girl · George Reeves (uncredited)
- Champagne for Two
- Time to Kill · Frank
- Winged Victory · Lieutenant Thompson
- Bar 20 · Lin Bradley
- The Kansan · Jesse James
- So Proudly We Hail · Lt. John Summers
- The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith · Tom Smith
- Colt Comrades · Lin Whitlock
- Leather Burners · Harrison Brooke
- Buckskin Frontier · Jeff Collins
- Border Patrol · Don Enrique Perez
- Hoppy Serves a Writ · Steve Jordan
- The Mad Martindales · Julio Rigo
- Sex Hygiene · Pool player
- Blue, White and Perfect · Juan Arturo O'Hara
- Breakdowns of 1941 · Self
- Man at Large · Bob Grayson
- Lydia · Bob Willard
- Blood and Sand · Capt. Pierre Lauren
- Dead Men Tell · Bill Lydig
- The Lady and the Lug · Doug Abbott
- The Strawberry Blonde · Harold
- Meet the Fleet · Benson
- Father Is A Prince · Gary Lee
- Always a Bride · Michael Stevens
- Knute Rockne All American · Distraught Player (uncredited)
- Calling All Husbands · Dan Williams
- Argentine Nights · Eduardo Estaban
- Ladies Must Live · George Halliday
- Pony Express Days · William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
- Gambling on the High Seas · Excited Reporter
- Torrid Zone · Sancho
- Tear Gas Squad · Joe McCabe
- 'Til We Meet Again · Jimmy Coburn
- Virginia City · Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
- Calling Philo Vance · Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
- The Fighting 69th · Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
- Four Wives · Laboratory Man (uncredited)
- Gone with the Wind · Brent Tarleton