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Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the Blackhawk movie serial in ...
Kirk Alyn. Actor: Superman. Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948).
Kirk Alyn. Actor: Superman. Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948).
Mar 20, 1999 · Kirk Alyn, a dancer and B-movie actor whose muscular physique won him the first film role of Superman in the 1940's, died on Sunday in a hospital near his home in the...
Mar 14, 1999 · Kirk Alyn (1910–1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play Superman in live-action in Superman serial and Atom Man vs. Superman as well as Blackhawk in the Blackhawk serial, and Sam Lane in Superman: The Movie.
KIRK ALYN was the strapping actor who in 1948 became the screen's first Superman, playing the comic strip "man of steel" in two enormously popular serials. During the...
Oct 8, 2022 · Kirk Alyn (real name: John Feggo) was born 112 years ago on Oct. 8, 1910 (he died at age 88 in 1999). Superman, of course, was his most famous movie serial portrayal – twice without actual billing as Superman and Clark Kent! – but he appeared in others before and after.
May 5, 2020 · Kirk Alyn portrayed the Man of Steel in two 15-part movie serials in 1948 and 1950. Columbia Pictures hired him because he looked like Superman’s mild-mannered, comic book alter ego, Clark Kent, and had dance training that helped him to dive out of windows and leap over cameras.
6'2" American KIRK ALYN was SUPERMAN from age 37 until he was 39 years old when he appeared in two 15-chapter movie serials. 1948. Superman movie serial, widely considered the first live-action...
Mar 17, 1999 · Kirk Alyn, the first movie Superman, died Sunday at a hospital near Houston after a long illness. He was 88. Alyn portrayed the Man of Steel in two 15-part movie serials in 1948 and 1950.
