George Reeves

★ Acting #10,281

1914 - 1959 (age 45) • Acting

Born: 1/5/1914 in Woolstock, Iowa, USA

Died: 6/16/1959 (age 45)

Known for: Acting

George Reeves

★ Acting #10,281

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

I Love Lucy

79%

Superman (uncredited)

1951

The Blue Gardenia

65%

Sam Haynes

1953

Superman and the Mole Men

53%

Superman / Clark Kent

1951

Adventures of Superman

67%

Superman

1952

The Wonderful World of Disney

79%

James Stephen (archive footage)

1954

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

82%

Self (archive footage)

2016

So Proudly We Hail

59%

Lt. John Summers

1943

Superpowered: The DC Story

74%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Superpowered: The DC Story

74%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

82%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

70%

Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)

2010

Television: The First Fifty Years

Superman (archive footage)

1999

Death In Hollywood

68%

1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

57%

(archive footage)

1990

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes

80%

1989

The Story of Superman

100%

Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)

1989

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

60%

Self (archive footage)

1982

The Movie Orgy

68%

Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)

1968

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

58%

James Stephen

1956

Superman in Exile

83%

Superman

1954

Superman Flies Again

77%

Superman

1954

Superman's Peril

Superman

1954

Superman and the Jungle Devil

87%

Superman

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

79%

James Stephen (archive footage)

1954

Superman and Scotland Yard

73%

Superman

1954

Stamp Day for Superman

55%

Superman / Clark Kent

1954

Forever Female

69%

George Courtland

1953

From Here to Eternity

73%

Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)

1953

From Here to Eternity

73%

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1953

The Blue Gardenia

65%

Sam Haynes

1953

Adventures of Superman

67%

Superman

1952

Adventures of Superman

67%

Director

1952

Rancho Notorious

65%

Wilson

1952

Bugles in the Afternoon

54%

Lt. Smith

1952

Superman and the Mole Men

53%

Superman / Clark Kent

1951