George Reeves
Born: 1914-01-05 in Woolstock, Iowa, USA
Died: 1959-06-16
Known For: Acting
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)
2016
- Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
1999
- Television: The First Fifty Years as Superman (archive footage)
1990
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1989
- The Story of Superman as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
1982
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1968
- The Movie Orgy as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
1956
- Westward Ho, The Wagons! as James Stephen
1954
- Superman in Exile as Superman
- Superman Flies Again as Superman
- Stamp Day for Superman as Superman / Clark Kent
- The Wonderful World of Disney as James Stephen (archive footage)
- Superman and the Jungle Devil as Superman
- Superman and Scotland Yard as Superman
- Superman's Peril as Superman
1953
- The Blue Gardenia as Sam Haynes
- From Here to Eternity as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Forever Female as George Courtland
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Superman
- Rancho Notorious as Wilson
- Bugles in the Afternoon as Lt. Smith
1951
- I Love Lucy as Superman (uncredited)
- Superman and the Mole Men as Superman / Clark Kent
1950
- The Good Humor Man as Stuart Nagle
1949
- Samson and Delilah as Wounded Messenger
- Lights Out
- Suspense
- The Great Lover as Williams
- Special Agent as Paul Devereaux
- The Adventures of Sir Galahad as Sir Galahad
- The Mutineers as Thomas Nagle
1948
- Jungle Jim as Bruce Edwards
- Jungle Goddess as Mike Patton
- Thunder in the Pines as Jeff Collins
- The Sainted Sisters as Sam Stoaks
1947
- Variety Girl as George Reeves (uncredited)
- Champagne for Two
1945
- Time to Kill as Frank
1944
- Winged Victory as Lieutenant Thompson
1943
- Leather Burners as Harrison Brooke
- Colt Comrades as Lin Whitlock
- The Kansan as Jesse James
- Bar 20 as Lin Bradley
- Border Patrol as Don Enrique Perez
- Hoppy Serves a Writ as Steve Jordan
- So Proudly We Hail as Lt. John Summers
- The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Tom Smith
- Buckskin Frontier as Jeff Collins
1942
- Blue, White, and Perfect as Juan Arturo O'Hara
- The Mad Martindales as Julio Rigo
- Sex Hygiene as Pool player
1941
- Lydia as Bob Willard
- The Lady and the Lug as Doug Abbott
- The Strawberry Blonde as Harold
- Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dead Men Tell as Bill Lydig
- Blood and Sand as Capt. Pierre Lauren
- Man at Large as Bob Grayson
1940
- Virginia City as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
- Always a Bride as Michael Stevens
- Argentine Nights as Eduardo Estaban
- Calling Philo Vance as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
- The Fighting 69th as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
- Meet the Fleet as Benson
- 'Til We Meet Again as Jimmy Coburn
- Knute Rockne All American as Distraught Player (uncredited)
- Pony Express Days as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
- Father Is A Prince as Gary Lee
- Ladies Must Live as George Halliday
- Gambling on the High Seas as Excited Reporter
- Calling All Husbands as Dan Williams
- Torrid Zone as Sancho
- Tear Gas Squad as Joe McCabe
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Brent Tarleton
- Four Wives as Laboratory Man (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent as Warrington's Secretary
- Smashing the Money Ring as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
- The Monroe Doctrine as John Sturgis
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner
- On Dress Parade as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)