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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 5, 1914
Died
June 16, 1959
Place of Birth
Woolstock, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
- George Keefer Brewer
- George Bessolo
George Reeves
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Superman (archive footage)
The Flash
2023
8.1
Self (archive footage)
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
7.0
Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
🎬
0.0
Superman (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
5.7
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
10.0
Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
The Story of Superman
1989
🎬
0.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.5
Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
Credits
The Flash
as Superman (archive footage)
2023
6.7
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
as Self (archive footage)
2016
8.1
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
2010
7.0
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.5
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Superman (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
5.7
The Story of Superman
as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
1989
10.0
🎬
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as (archive footage)
1987
0.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
The Movie Orgy
as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
1968
6.5
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
as James Stephen
1956
5.5
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Superman
1954
10.0
Superman in Exile
as Superman
1954
10.0
Superman's Peril
as Superman
1954
0.0
Superman Flies Again
as Superman
1954
10.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as James Stephen (archive footage)
1954
7.8
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Superman
1954
10.0
Stamp Day for Superman
as Superman / Clark Kent
1954
5.6
Forever Female
as George Courtland
1953
6.7
From Here to Eternity
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1953
7.3
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
1953
7.3
The Blue Gardenia
as Sam Haynes
1953
6.5
Adventures of Superman
as Superman
1952
6.7
Rancho Notorious
as Wilson
1952
6.5
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Lt. Smith
1952
5.1
Superman and the Mole Men
as Superman / Clark Kent
1951
5.3
I Love Lucy
as Superman (uncredited)
1951
7.9
The Good Humor Man
as Stuart Nagle
1950
6.0
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
as Sir Galahad
1949
6.2
Samson and Delilah
as Wounded Messenger
1949
6.5
The Great Lover
as Williams
1949
6.8
Special Agent
as Paul Devereaux
1949
0.0
Lights Out
1949
5.3
The Mutineers
as Thomas Nagle
1949
0.0
Suspense
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Roger Sherman
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Bill Reed
1949
4.9
Suspense
as D.P. Bradford
1949
4.9
Jungle Jim
as Bruce Edwards
1948
5.3
Thunder in the Pines
as Jeff Collins
1948
3.7
Jungle Goddess
as Mike Patton
1948
2.6
The Sainted Sisters
as Sam Stoaks
1948
7.0
Variety Girl
as George Reeves (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Champagne for Two
1947
5.8
🎬
Time to Kill
as Frank
1945
0.0
Winged Victory
as Lieutenant Thompson
1944
5.5
Bar 20
as Lin Bradley
1943
3.8
The Kansan
as Jesse James
1943
5.3
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. John Summers
1943
5.5
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Tom Smith
1943
10.0
Colt Comrades
as Lin Whitlock
1943
5.6
Leather Burners
as Harrison Brooke
1943
5.8
Buckskin Frontier
as Jeff Collins
1943
6.0
Border Patrol
as Don Enrique Perez
1943
6.0
Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Steve Jordan
1943
6.5
The Mad Martindales
as Julio Rigo
1942
5.0
Sex Hygiene
as Pool player
1942
5.1
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Juan Arturo O'Hara
1942
6.3
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
7.0
Man at Large
as Bob Grayson
1941
6.0
Lydia
as Bob Willard
1941
6.5
Blood and Sand
as Capt. Pierre Lauren
1941
6.4
Dead Men Tell
as Bill Lydig
1941
6.3
🎬
The Lady and the Lug
as Doug Abbott
1941
0.0
The Strawberry Blonde
as Harold
1941
6.9
Meet the Fleet
as Benson
1940
5.7
Father Is A Prince
as Gary Lee
1940
5.0
Always a Bride
as Michael Stevens
1940
4.5
Knute Rockne All American
as Distraught Player (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Calling All Husbands
as Dan Williams
1940
6.0
Argentine Nights
as Eduardo Estaban
1940
0.0
Ladies Must Live
as George Halliday
1940
6.0
Pony Express Days
as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
1940
6.0
Gambling on the High Seas
as Excited Reporter
1940
4.7
Torrid Zone
as Sancho
1940
6.4
Tear Gas Squad
as Joe McCabe
1940
4.8
'Til We Meet Again
as Jimmy Coburn
1940
6.2
Virginia City
as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Calling Philo Vance
as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
1940
5.8
The Fighting 69th
as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Four Wives
as Laboratory Man (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Gone with the Wind
as Brent Tarleton
1939
7.9
On Dress Parade
as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Smashing the Money Ring
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
1939
5.0
The Monroe Doctrine
as John Sturgis
1939
6.7
Espionage Agent
as Warrington's Secretary
1939
5.9
🎬
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner
1939
3.0