Difference between revisions 7861572 and 7862228 on simplewiki

{{Infobox person
| 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.]]
(contracted; show full)

After a successful career, 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]] Border Patrol (1943), Colt Comrades (1943), Bar 20 (1943). George Reeves got his first starring role in 1948 movie Jungle Goddess (1948), as Mike Patton, an explorer rescuing a young woman who has been kidnapped by an African tribe. He also accompanied [[Johnny Weissmuller]] in the Tarzan saga Jungle Jim (1948).

In the 1950s Reeves starred in several movies including Rancho Notorious (1952) with [[Marlene Dietrich]] - [[Arthur Kennedy]] and directed by [[Fritz Lang]], Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) with [[Ray Milland]], The Blue Gardenia (1953) by [[Fritz Lang]], and without being listed in the credits had a role in [[Fred Zinnemann]] movie, From Here to Eternity (1953) with [[Burt Lancaster]], Reeves as Sgt. Maylon Stark.

== Superman ==
He started work in television in 1948, and in 1952 he was hired to play the double character of Superman and Clark Kent in Adventures of Superman. The series was a success without precedent in American television and made Reeves famous. George Reeves played Superman for 1024 episodes broadcast between 1952 and 1958.

== Television work ==
Reeves had guest appearances in television series such as ''Kraft Television Theatre'' (1949-1952), ''Believe It or Not'' (1950), ''The Ford Television Theatre'' (1952), ''Fireside Theatre'' (1952), and ''I Love Lucy'' (1957) playing Superman.

==Other websites==
* {{IMDb name|1660}}
* {{tv.com person|79537}}
* {{tcmdb name|59286}}
* {{Find a Grave|1284}}

{{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]]