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George Reeves

Acting

Born January 5, 1914 · Woolstock, Iowa, USA

Died June 16, 1959

Also known as George Keefer Brewer · George Bessolo

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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography32 titles

Special Agent

1949as Paul Devereaux

BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime

2016as Self (archive footage)

I Love Lucy

1951as Superman (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

1939as Brent Tarleton

Superpowered: The DC Story

as Self (archive footage)

From Here to Eternity

1953as Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)

Buckskin Frontier

1943as Jeff Collins

The Strawberry Blonde

1941as Harold

Torrid Zone

1940as Sancho

Forever Female

1953as George Courtland

Death In Hollywood

1990

Adventures of Superman

1952as Superman

Samson and Delilah

1949as Wounded Messenger

The Blue Gardenia

1953as Sam Haynes

Rancho Notorious

1952as Wilson

Blood and Sand

1941as Capt. Pierre Lauren

Lydia

1941as Bob Willard

'Til We Meet Again

1940as Jimmy Coburn

Border Patrol

1943as Don Enrique Perez

Knute Rockne All American

1940as Distraught Player (uncredited)

Virginia City

1940as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)

Leather Burners

1943as Harrison Brooke

The Kansan

1943as Jesse James

Hoppy Serves a Writ

1943as Steve Jordan

Lights Out

Colt Comrades

1943as Lin Whitlock

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

1956as James Stephen

The Fighting 69th

1940as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990as (archive footage)

Suspense

Bar 20

1943as Lin Bradley