Cast
Kirk Alyn
Acting
Cast
Kirk Alyn
Known for
Acting
Born
1910-10-08
From
Oxford, New Jersey, USA
Died
1999-03-14
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.
★7.2
MOVIE1978
Superman
as Sam Lane (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1948
The Three Musketeers
as Aramis' Friend (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1951
When Worlds Collide
as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Brazilian Gun Captain (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1946
The Trap
as Sgt. Reynolds
★7.2
MOVIE1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1942
You Were Never Lovelier
as Julia's Groom (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1967
Banning
as Bidder (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1950
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
★6.3
MOVIE1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Young Man at Wadsworths' Party (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1948
Superman
as Superman, alias Clark Kent
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as Chris Calvert
★6.7
MOVIE1944
A Guy Named Joe
as Officer in Heaven (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1950
Gambling House
as FBI Man (uncredited)
★4.0
MOVIE1957
Beginning of the End
as Bomber Pilot
★9.0
MOVIE1943
Overland Mail Robbery
as Tom Hartley
★6.1
MOVIE1944
The Girl Who Dared
as Josh Carroll
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Aerial Gunner
as Officer in Canteen (uncredited)
MOVIE1981
Superbman: The Other Movie
as Pa Cant
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Swing Shift Maisie
as Victory Aircraft Official (Uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1944
Forty Thieves
as Jerry Doyle
★4.5
MOVIE1981
The Halloween Planet
as The Watcher
★6.7
MOVIE1943
Mystery Broadcast
as Young Policeman (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Self
★4.2
MOVIE1981
Time Warp
★6.4
MOVIE1957
No Time to Be Young
as Mike
★7.4
MOVIE1942
Lucky Jordan
as Pearl's Boyfriend
★9.0
MOVIE1946
Daughter of Don Q
as Cliff Roberts
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Call of the Rockies
as Ned Crane
★3.9
MOVIE1983
Scalps
as Prof. Manchen
★5.3
MOVIE1930
Fast and Loose
as Man Seated at Table in Speakeasy
★10.0
MOVIE1989
The Story of Superman
as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Private Lessons
as John Humphries
★6.2
MOVIE1952
Blackhawk
as Blackhawk
★8.0
MOVIE1943
The Man from the Rio Grande
as Editor Tom Traynor
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
as Inspector David Worth
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Little Miss Broadway
as Mel O'Brien
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Pistol Packin' Mama
as J. Leslie Burton III