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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).
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).
Mar 24, 1999 · Tue 23 Mar 1999 22.26 EST. If Kirk Alyn, who has died aged 88, had known about the Superman Curse, he would never have taken on the role in two 15-part movie serials, Superman (1948) and Atom...
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 Woodlands, Tex., just...
The first actor to play the role of Superman on film, Kirk Alyn passed away on Sunday, March 14, 1999 in a hospital in suburban Houston, Texas at the age of 88. Alyn portrayed the Man of Steel in two 15-part movie serials in 1948 and 1950.
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 two...
