Kirk Alyn
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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 to act for feature movies, but he was successful only in gaining bit parts for low-budget movies before obtaining the role of Superman in 1948. During World War II he served in the United States Navy. Alyn also featured in movie serials, including Federal Agents Vs. Underworld Inc., Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King and Blackhawk. Alyn played Superman for the first live-action Superman movie serial, released in 1948. The serial consisted of 15 episodes which recounted Superman’s arrival on Earth, getting a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet newspaper, and meeting Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. After playing Superman, he again suffered casting problems. Apart from featuring in some similar comic book-type serials, he had few roles in television series and movies, some even uncredited, until he retired.
Known for
Credits
Superman (1978)
as Sam Lane (uncredited)
Time Warp (1981)
Actor
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Aramis' Friend (uncredited)
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)
as Chris Calvert
The Trap (1946)
as Sgt. Reynolds
Banning (1967)
as Bidder (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
as Julia's Groom (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Brazilian Gun Captain (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
The Girl Who Dared (1944)
as Josh Carroll
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Officer in Heaven (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
as Young Man at Wadsworths' Party (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
Beginning of the End (1957)
as Bomber Pilot
Superman (1948)
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
Call of the Rockies (1944)
as Ned Crane
Superbman: The Other Movie (1981)
as Pa Cant
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
Daughter of Don Q (1946)
as Cliff Roberts
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
The Halloween Planet (1981)
as The Watcher
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
as Self
Lucky Jordan (1942)
as Pearl's Boyfriend
Blackhawk (1952)
as Blackhawk
No Time to Be Young (1957)
as Mike
Scalps (1983)
as Prof. Manchen
Gambling House (1950)
as FBI Man (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast (1943)
as Young Policeman (uncredited)
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)
as Editor Tom Traynor
Forty Thieves (1944)
as Jerry Doyle
The Story of Superman (1989)
as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Victory Aircraft Official (Uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway (1947)
as Mel O'Brien
Aerial Gunner (1943)
as Officer in Canteen (uncredited)
Fast and Loose (1930)
as Man Seated at Table in Speakeasy
Pistol Packin' Mama (1943)
as J. Leslie Burton III
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949)
as Inspector David Worth
Private Lessons (1934)
as John Humphries
Overland Mail Robbery (1943)
as Tom Hartley