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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 ...
Actor: Radar Patrol vs. Spy King. 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).
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- March 14, 1999
Actor: Radar Patrol vs. Spy King. 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).
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- Oxford, New Jersey, USA
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- The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Mar 17, 1999 · March 17, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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...
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Mar 20, 1999 · Mr. Alyn, who was born in Oxford, N.J., on Oct. 8, 1910 and whose name was originally John Feggo Jr., began his show business career in New York, first in vaudeville acts and later in chorus...
Oct 8, 2022 · By PETER BOSCH. 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.
Horror. Sci-fi. DC. Kirk Alyn (b. October 8, 1910 – d.March 14, 1999) became the first actor to portray Superman/Clark Kent in a live action film in two 15 chapter Columbia serials entitled Superman and Atom Man vs. Superman. In 1952 he portrayed Blackhawk in another 15 chapter serial entitled Blackhawk: Fearless...
