Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 5, 1914
Died
June 16, 1959
Age
45
Place of Birth
Woolstock, Iowa, USA
Popularity
1.1
George Reeves
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.
Also known as
George Keefer Brewer · George Bessolo
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Known For
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951 · TV
5.1
Suspense
1949 · TV
6.0
Lights Out
1949 · TV
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
6.6
Adventures of Superman
1952 · TV
7.4
Superpowered: The DC Story
2023 · TV
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV
8.2
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016 · TV
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie
7.3
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Movie
6.5
Blood and Sand
1941 · Movie
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Movie
Filmography
2023
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV · Self (archive footage)
7.4
2016
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
TV · Self (archive footage)
8.2
2014
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour
Movie · (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
0.0
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Movie · Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
7.0
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · Superman (archive footage)
0.0
1990
Death In Hollywood
Movie · Self (archive footage)
6.8
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie · Self (archive footage)
5.7
1989
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
Movie
8.0
1989
The Story of Superman
Movie · Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
10.0
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · Self (archive footage)
6.0
1968
The Movie Orgy
Movie · Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
6.8
1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Movie · James Stephen
5.8
1954
Superman's Peril
Movie · Superman
0.0
1954
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Movie · Superman
8.7
1954
Superman in Exile
Movie · Superman
8.3
1954
Superman Flies Again
Movie · Superman
7.7
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · James Stephen (archive footage)
7.9
1954
Superman and Scotland Yard
Movie · Superman
7.3
1954
Stamp Day for Superman
Movie · Superman / Clark Kent
5.3
1953
Forever Female
Movie · George Courtland
6.9
1953
From Here to Eternity
Movie · Undetermined Role (uncredited)
7.3
1953
From Here to Eternity
Movie · Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
7.3
1953
The Blue Gardenia
Movie · Sam Haynes
6.5