George Reeves
Birthday: Born in 1914-01-05 in Woolstock, Iowa, USA
Deathday: 1959-06-16
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program titled 'Adventures of Superman'. His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing issue. The official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.
TV Credits
I Love Lucy
Character: Superman (uncredited)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends....
Adventures of Superman
Character: Superman
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-m...
Suspense
Character:
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed....
Lights Out
Character:
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contribu...
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Hosts Ryan & Shane discuss mysteries surrounding notorious unsolved crimes....
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character: James Stephen (archive footage)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, m...
Suspense
Character: Roger Sherman
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed....
Suspense
Character: Bill Reed
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed....
Suspense
Character: D.P. Bradford
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed....
Movie Credits
Gone with the Wind
Character: Brent Tarleton
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era....
The Movie Orgy
Character: Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities....
The Blue Gardenia
Character: Sam Haynes
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances....
Rancho Notorious
Character: Wilson
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price....
Superman and the Mole-Men
Character: Superman / Clark Kent
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy....
Blood and Sand
Character: Capt. Pierre Lauren
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring....
Dead Men Tell
Character: Bill Lydig
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder....
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Character: James Stephen
The pioneering trail to Oregon was littered with constant danger. Yet, the hope of the "promised land" keeps American families westward bound despite overwhelming odds. A calm, clear-thinking pioneer attempts to lead a wagon train through territory occupied by Pawnees and Sioux. Along the way, the hardy settlers face horse thieves, kidnappers, and unpredictable Indian attacks in their push to establish a new life in the rugged West....
Border Patrol
Character: Don Enrique Perez
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff....
Breakdowns of 1941
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941....
Colt Comrades
Character: Lin Whitlock
Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself....
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Character: Steve Jordan
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them....
Bar 20
Character: Lin Bradley
Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them....
Variety Girl
Character: George Reeves (uncredited)
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio....
Lydia
Character: Bob Willard
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred....
The Strawberry Blonde
Character: Harold
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things....
Torrid Zone
Character: Sancho
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl....
Bugles in the Afternoon
Character: Lt. Smith
Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman....
The Good Humor Man
Character: Stuart Nagle
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's...
Jungle Jim
Character: Bruce Edwards
Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold and buried treasure....
So Proudly We Hail
Character: Lt. John Summers
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers....
The Monroe Doctrine
Character: John Sturgis
The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America....
Special Agent
Character: Paul Devereaux
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express....
Buckskin Frontier
Character: Jeff Collins
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass....
'Til We Meet Again
Character: Jimmy Coburn
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another....
Forever Female
Character: George Courtland
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore....
Father Is A Prince
Character: Gary Lee
Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family thinks he works too hard. He feels inferior for not having gone to college, so now he doesn't want his children going, either. His daughter Connie is afraid to break the news of her engagement to Gary Lee, especially since not only is Gary a lawyer and a college grad, but his father owns a vacuum-cleaner company, too....
Jungle Goddess
Character: Mike Patton
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio....
Blue, White, and Perfect
Character: Juan Arturo O'Hara
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude...
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Character: Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad, a knight of the Round Table, searches for the legendary sword of Excalibur....
Stamp Day for Superman
Character: Superman / Clark Kent
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped....
Winged Victory
Character: Lieutenant Thompson
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some....
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character: Self (archive footage)
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s....
Gambling on the High Seas
Character: Excited Reporter
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice....
Champagne for Two
Character:
Nightclub boss Malone puts off his wedding anniversary trip because an old woman claims to have overheard plans to rob the nightclub. But the old woman, Mrs. Cowdy, has a scheme of her own....
Tear Gas Squad
Character: Joe McCabe
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman....
Ladies Must Live
Character: George Halliday
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money....
The Sainted Sisters
Character: Sam Stoaks
Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian border. However, this small town's residents aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are....
Argentine Nights
Character: Eduardo Estaban
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs....
From Here to Eternity
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love....
Always a Bride
Character: Michael Stevens
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy....
Sex Hygiene
Character: Pool player
Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal disease. A graphic and frank presentation of the types and treatment of venereal disease follows. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2007....
The Fighting 69th
Character: Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end....
Meet the Fleet
Character: Benson
The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training....
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Character: (archive footage)
Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths. Some of the worlds brightest stars are hiding deep, dark secrets that - once revealed show a life of unhappiness, heartbreak and torment that has been so carefully hidden behind the glamour and glitter of the big screen. See the true lives behind some of Hollywoods most iconic stars and learn why, for some, it was as if the act of dying itself was a final p...
Smashing the Money Ring
Character: Trial Spectator (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop....
Calling All Husbands
Character: Dan Williams
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up....
Four Wives
Character: Laboratory Man (uncredited)
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child....
Espionage Agent
Character: Warrington's Secretary
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability....
From Here to Eternity
Character: Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love....
Calling Philo Vance
Character: Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide ...
Man at Large
Character: Bob Grayson
FBI agent Bob Grayson works in collaboration with Max, a British agent posing as a fugitive German aviator. Meanwhile, fearless girl reporter Dallas Dayle is assigned by her editor to track down the enemy aviator and get an exclusive story. When she catches up with Grayson and Max, Dallas is under the impression that Grayson is a rival reporter and Max is the genuine fugitive....
Virginia City
Character: Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way....
Leather Burners
Character: Harrison Brooke
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft....
Pony Express Days
Character: William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot....
Knute Rockne All American
Character: Distraught Player (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne....
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Character: Superman
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #39 ("Machine That Could Plot Crimes"), #40 ("Jungle Devil"), and #31 ("Shot in the Dark")....
Superman's Peril
Character: Superman
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vulture"), #44 ("The Semi-Private Eye"), and #32 ("The Defeat of Superman")....
Superman and Scotland Yard
Character: Superman
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #34 ("A Ghost for Scotland Yard"), #49 ("Lady in Black"), and #38 ("Panic in the Sky")....
Superman in Exile
Character: Superman
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #33 ("Superman in Exile"), 36 ("The Face and the Voice"), and #51 ("The Whistling Bird")....
Superman Flies Again
Character: Superman
Compilation of 3 episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV show: episodes #30 ("Jet Ace"), #35 ("The Dog Who Knew Superman"), and #42 ("The Clown Who Cried")....
The Story of Superman
Character: Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
This is the complete story of the origin of Superman, his career in comics, cartoons and film. Every question that you may have ever asked is addressed in this documented story of Superman - his impact on our comic book generation- his success in films and television. Rare scenes and interesting insights populate this fascinating exploration of our favorite super hero. Don't miss this thrilling experience....
Thunder in the Pines
Character: Jeff Collins
Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest....
The Kansan
Character: Jesse James
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them....
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Character: Self (archive footage)
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations....
The Mad Martindales
Character: Julio Rigo
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures....
The Mutineers
Character: Thomas Nagle
Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon....
Samson and Delilah
Character: Wounded Messenger
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret....
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Character: Tom Smith
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA....
On Dress Parade
Character: Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school....
The Great Lover
Character: Williams
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?...
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Character: Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman....