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George Reeves
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| name        = George Reeves 
| image       = Stamp Day for Superman (cropped).jpg
| alt         = 
| 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 = [[Suicide]] by [[gun]]shot
| other_names = 
| 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 acting in high school and then continued to serve on student productions. In 1943, 17 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Reeves enrolled in aviation until the end of [[World War II]], putting his acting career on hold. 

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). In the classic movie starring [[Clark Gable]], Gone with the Wind (1939), Reeves played 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]]