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| name        = George Reeves 
| image       = Stamp Day for Superman (cropped).jpg
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| caption     = 
| birth_name  = George Keefer Brewer 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1914|1|5}} 
| birth_place = [[Woolstock, Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_date  = {{death date|1959|6|16}} (aged 45) 
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. 
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| death_cause = [[gun]]shot wound of headSuicide]] by [[gun]]shot
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| known_for   = 
| occupation  = Actor
}}
'''George Reeves''' (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]].

== Biography ==
Reeves was born with the name of George Keefer Brewer in [[Woolstock, Iowa|Woolstock]], [[Iowa]], [[U.S.]], son of Don Brewer and Helen Lescher. He moved to California at a young age with his mother Helen. Reeves, started to acting in high school and then continuing to serve on student scenarios. In 1943, 17 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Reeves momentarily abandoned his career in Hollywood and was enrolled in aviation until the end of [[World War II]]. After a successful career as Superman, Reeves died on June 16, 1959.

== Career ==
He began his career playing small roles in [[Short subject|short movies]] and movies as Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939 short) and the classic movie starring [[Clark Gable]], Gone with the Wind (1939), Reeves play of role Stuart Tarleton. In the 1940 Reeves continued to make appearances in movies such as Blood and Sand (1941) with [[Tyrone Power]], So Proudly We Hail! (1943), Winged Victory (1944), Samson and Delilah (1949), and the Western starring by [[William Boyd]](contracted; show full){{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, George}}
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1959 deaths]]
[[Category:Actors from Iowa]]
[[Category:Actors who committed suicide]]
[[Category:American movie actors]]
[[Category:American television actors]]
[[Category:Suicides by firearm in the United States]]