Kirk Alyn
Birthday
1910/10/08
Day of death
1999/03/14 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oxford, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
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Biography
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. Alyn started as a chorus boy for Broadway plays, appearing in notable musicals such as Girl Crazy, Of Thee I Sing, and Hellzapoppin' during the 1930s. He also worked as a singer and dancer in vaudeville before relocating to Hollywood during the early 1940s...Read more
Acting
(1983) Scalps
as Prof. Manchen
(1946) The Trap
as Sgt. Reynolds
(1957) No Time to Be Young
as Mike
(1956) The Eddy Duchin Story
as Young Man at Wadsworths' Party (uncredited)
(1950) Atom Man vs. Superman
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
(1948) The Three Musketeers
as Aramis' Friend (uncredited)
(1981) Superbman: The Other Movie
as Pa Cant
(1948) Superman
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
(1950) Gambling House
as FBI Man (uncredited)
(1930) Fast and Loose
as Man Seated at Table in Speakeasy
(1943) Mystery Broadcast
as Young Policeman (uncredited)
(1943) Aerial Gunner
as Officer in Canteen (uncredited)
(1944) The Girl Who Dared
as Josh Carroll
(1934) Private Lessons
as John Humphries
(1952) Blackhawk
as Blackhawk
(1981) Time Warp
as ---
(1943) Pistol Packin' Mama
as J. Leslie Burton III
(1944) Call of the Rockies
as Ned Crane
(1944) Forty Thieves
as Jerry Doyle
(1949) Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as Chris Calvert
(1989) The Story of Superman
as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
(1942) You Were Never Lovelier
as Julia's Groom (uncredited)
(1949) Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
as Inspector David Worth
(1943) The Man from the Rio Grande
as Editor Tom Traynor
(1943) Overland Mail Robbery
as Tom Hartley
(1946) Daughter of Don Q
as Cliff Roberts
(1982) The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
(1957) Beginning of the End
as Bomber Pilot
(1988) Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Self
(1951) When Worlds Collide
as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
(1978) Superman
as Sam Lane (uncredited)
(1981) The Halloween Planet
as The Watcher
(1943) Action in the North Atlantic
as Brazilian Gun Captain (uncredited)
(1949) A Guy Named Joe
as Officer in Heaven (uncredited)
(1942) Lucky Jordan
as Pearl's Boyfriend
(1947) Little Miss Broadway
as Mel O'Brien
(1946) The Time of Their Lives
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
(1943) Swing Shift Maisie
as Victory Aircraft Official (Uncredited)
(1967) Banning
as Bidder (uncredited)
(1958) Naked City
as Sgt. Muller
(1955) Highway Patrol
as Coordinating Officer at Headquarters
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Bill Waterman
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1955) Buffalo Bill Jr.
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Kit Carson
as ---
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as Old Man
(2023) Superpowered: The DC Story
as Self (archive footage)