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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 ...
Kirk Alyn was a Broadway and vaudeville performer who became the first actor to portray Clark Kent / Superman in live-action. He appeared in the 1948 serial Superman and its sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as other movies and TV shows.
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Kirk Alyn was the first actor to play Clark Kent / Superman in live-action, which he did in Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). He also appeared in several other movies and TV shows, such as The Halloween Planet (1981) and Radar Patrol vs. Spy King.
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- March 14, 1999
May 5, 2020 · Learn about Kirk Alyn, the actor who played Superman in two 15-part movie serials in 1948 and 1950. Find out how he got the role, how he made Superman fly, and how he reprised it in 1978.
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...
Mar 17, 1999 · 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 15-part movie serials in 1948 and 1950.
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.