George Reeves
Acting • Born 1914-01-05 – Died 1959-06-16
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
87 credits
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Brent Tarleton
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
The Blue Gardenia
Movie • 1953
Sam Haynes
Rancho Notorious
Movie • 1952
Wilson
Superman and the Mole Men
Movie • 1951
Superman / Clark Kent
Blood and Sand
Movie • 1941
Capt. Pierre Lauren
Dead Men Tell
Movie • 1941
Bill Lydig
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Movie • 1956
James Stephen
Border Patrol
Movie • 1943
Don Enrique Perez
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Colt Comrades
Movie • 1943
Lin Whitlock
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Movie • 1943
Steve Jordan
Bar 20
Movie • 1943
Lin Bradley
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
George Reeves (uncredited)
Lydia
Movie • 1941
Bob Willard
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie • 1941
Harold
Torrid Zone
Movie • 1940
Sancho
Bugles in the Afternoon
Movie • 1952
Lt. Smith
The Good Humor Man
Movie • 1950
Stuart Nagle
Jungle Jim
Movie • 1948
Bruce Edwards
So Proudly We Hail
Movie • 1943
Lt. John Summers
The Monroe Doctrine
Movie • 1939
John Sturgis
Special Agent
Movie • 1949
Paul Devereaux
Buckskin Frontier
Movie • 1943
Jeff Collins
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Jimmy Coburn
Forever Female
Movie • 1953
George Courtland
Father Is A Prince
Movie • 1940
Gary Lee
Jungle Goddess
Movie • 1948
Mike Patton
Blue, White, and Perfect
Movie • 1942
Juan Arturo O'Hara
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Movie • 1949
Sir Galahad
Stamp Day for Superman
Movie • 1954
Superman / Clark Kent
Winged Victory
Movie • 1944
Lieutenant Thompson
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Gambling on the High Seas
Movie • 1940
Excited Reporter
Champagne for Two
Movie • 1947
Tear Gas Squad
Movie • 1940
Joe McCabe
Ladies Must Live
Movie • 1940
George Halliday
The Sainted Sisters
Movie • 1948
Sam Stoaks
Argentine Nights
Movie • 1940
Eduardo Estaban
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Always a Bride
Movie • 1940
Michael Stevens
Sex Hygiene
Movie • 1942
Pool player
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
Meet the Fleet
Movie • 1940
Benson
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
Smashing the Money Ring
Movie • 1939
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Calling All Husbands
Movie • 1940
Dan Williams
Four Wives
Movie • 1939
Laboratory Man (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
Movie • 1939
Warrington's Secretary
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Superman (archive footage)
Calling Philo Vance
Movie • 1940
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Man at Large
Movie • 1941
Bob Grayson
Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
Leather Burners
Movie • 1943
Harrison Brooke
Pony Express Days
Movie • 1940
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Knute Rockne All American
Movie • 1940
Distraught Player (uncredited)
Superman and Scotland Yard
Movie • 1954
Superman
Superman's Peril
Movie • 1954
Superman
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Movie • 1954
Superman
Superman in Exile
Movie • 1954
Superman
Superman Flies Again
Movie • 1954
Superman
The Story of Superman
Movie • 1989
Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
Thunder in the Pines
Movie • 1948
Jeff Collins
The Kansan
Movie • 1943
Jesse James
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
Movie • 1939
Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner
The Mad Martindales
Movie • 1942
Julio Rigo
The Mutineers
Movie • 1949
Thomas Nagle
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Wounded Messenger
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Movie • 1943
Tom Smith
On Dress Parade
Movie • 1939
Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
Time to Kill
Movie • 1945
Frank
The Lady and the Lug
Movie • 1941
Doug Abbott
The Great Lover
Movie • 1949
Williams
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Movie • 2010
Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie • 1989
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Superman (uncredited)
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Superman
Suspense
TV • 1949
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
TV • 2016
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
James Stephen (archive footage)
Suspense
TV • 1949
Roger Sherman
Suspense
TV • 1949
Bill Reed
Suspense
TV • 1949
D.P. Bradford
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)