Kirk Alyn

Kirk Alyn

Birthday: 1910-10-08

Deathday: 1999-03-14

Place of birth: Oxford, New Jersey, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0001906

Biography:

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. During World War II he served in the United States Navy. Alyn also featured in movie serials, including Federal Agents Vs. Underworld Inc., Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King and Blackhawk. Alyn played Superman for the first live-action Superman movie serial, released in 1948. The serial consisted of 15 episodes which recounted Superman’s arrival on Earth, getting a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet newspaper, and meeting Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. After playing Superman, he again suffered casting problems. Apart from featuring in some similar comic book-type serials, he had few roles in television series and movies, some even uncredited, until he retired.

Played in movies:

The Story of Superman

Score: 10.0

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

Score: 8.5

Superman

Score: 7.2

Action in the North Atlantic

Score: 7.1

You Were Never Lovelier

Score: 7.1

The Time of Their Lives

Score: 7.0

The Three Musketeers

Score: 6.7

The Trap

Score: 6.7

A Guy Named Joe

Score: 6.6

Swing Shift Maisie

Score: 6.5

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Score: 6.4

When Worlds Collide

Score: 6.3

Mystery Broadcast

Score: 6.2

The Eddy Duchin Story

Score: 6.1

Banning

Score: 6.1

Gambling House

Score: 6.1

No Time to Be Young

Score: 6.1

Superman

Score: 6.0

Lucky Jordan

Score: 6.0

Call of the Rockies

Score: 6.0

The Girl Who Dared

Score: 5.7

Atom Man vs. Superman

Score: 5.6

Blackhawk

Score: 5.2

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

Score: 5.0

Pistol Packin' Mama

Score: 5.0

Private Lessons

Score: 5.0

Fast and Loose

Score: 4.9

The Halloween Planet

Score: 4.5

Aerial Gunner

Score: 4.4

Time Warp

Score: 4.3

Beginning of the End

Score: 3.8

Scalps

Score: 3.8

Forty Thieves

Score: 3.5

Little Miss Broadway

Score: 0.0

Daughter of Don Q

Score: 0.0

Overland Mail Robbery

Score: 0.0

The Man from the Rio Grande

Score: 0.0

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

Score: 0.0

Superbman: The Other Movie

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Superpowered: The DC Story

Score: 7.4

Battlestar Galactica

Score: 7.1

Dennis the Menace

Score: 6.5

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

The Donna Reed Show

Score: 6.2

Highway Patrol

Score: 5.8

Naked City

Score: 5.5

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Score: 5.3

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Score: 5.0