KIRK ALYN
ACTING
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.
Scalps 1983
The Trap 1946
No Time to Be Young 1957
The Eddy Duchin Story 1956
Atom Man vs. Superman 1950
The Three Musketeers 1948
Superman 1948
Gambling House 1950
Fast and Loose 1930
Mystery Broadcast 1943
Aerial Gunner 1943
The Girl Who Dared 1944
Blackhawk 1952
Call of the Rockies 1944
Forty Thieves 1944
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King 1949
You Were Never Lovelier 1942
The Man from the Rio Grande 1943
Overland Mail Robbery 1943
Daughter of Don Q 1946
Beginning of the End 1957
When Worlds Collide 1951
Action in the North Atlantic 1943
A Guy Named Joe 1943
Lucky Jordan 1942
Little Miss Broadway 1947
The Time of Their Lives 1946
Swing Shift Maisie 1943
Naked City 1958
Highway Patrol 1955
Battlestar Galactica 1978