George Reeves

Actor George Reeves was best known as Superman on the popular 1950s television show The Adventures of Superman. The series made him a household name, but brought an end to his film career.

George Reeves, Actor: Adventures of Superman. George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, to Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. Brewer. He was of German, English, and Scottish descent. Reeves was raised in Pasadena, California, and educated at Pasadena Junior College. He was a skilled amateur boxer and musician. He interned as an actor at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, and was discovered there. He was cast as Brent ...

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George Reeves was a well-known and well-liked Hollywood actor known for making Westerns, but the one role he could never shrug off was that of TV's first Superman, one for which he was so connected to, he believed he'd never get serious work again. When he was found shot in the head in his Beverly Hills home, police quickly ruled his death a suicide. However, many people believe that he was murdered.

With his broad shoulders, sturdy chin and six-foot-one frame, George Reeves made a motion-picture-perfect Superman. The second actor to portray the DC Comics superhero, after serial star Kirk Alyn, Reeves helped popularize the character as television's first Kryptonian on Adventures of Superman, and as the first Superman filmed in color. It would be a role that, for better and worse, would come to dominate and define his career. Though he is most widely known for wearing the blue, red and yellow tights, Reeves had a rather fascinating movie career that stretched from Army training films to Oscar winning pictures. He appeared alongside legends like James Cagney and Frank Sinatra.To salute the Man of Steel on the day of his birth, here are seven things you might not know about George Reeves.

Actor, Comedian, Artist. Born Philip Edward Hartmann in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, he was one of eight children. He grew up in Connecticut and Southern California and described himself as a class clown.

Was it suicide? Was it a hit? Nobody knows for sure, but the death of George Reeves, the original Superman, has all the elements of a classic Hollywood mystery, as a new movie shows. John Patterson reports.

George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman.[1][2] His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing topic; the official finding was suicide, but some believe that he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.[1][2][3][4][5][6]