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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 serial in ...
Kirk Alyn. Actor: Daughter of Don Q. Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948).
Actor: Radar Patrol vs. Spy King. Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948).
Apr 2, 2023 · Kirk Alyn was an American actor born on October 8, 1910, in Oxford, New Jersey. He was known for his portrayal of Superman in the 1948 movie serial, “Superman,” which was the first live-action adaptation of the iconic superhero.
Kirk Alyn, as the first actor to play Superman in a live-action film, is forever assured a footnote in histories of popular culture, but from a serial buff’s perspective he is notable for more than his Superman association.
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.
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. Hollywood's first "Man of Steel" was born John Feggo Jr. in Oxford, N.J. on Oct. 8, 1910. He began his show business career in New York, first in vaudeville acts and later in chorus lines under the stage name of Kirk Alyn.
KIRK ALYN was the strapping actor who in 1948 became the screen's first Superman, playing the comic strip "man of steel" in two enormously popular serials.
