Jan 5, 1914 - Woolstock, Iowa, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Brent Tarleton | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Blue Gardenia | Sam Haynes | |
| Movie | 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Wilson | |
| Movie | 1951 | Superman and the Mole Men | Superman / Clark Kent | |
| Movie | 1941 | Blood and Sand | Capt. Pierre Lauren | |
| Movie | 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Bill Lydig | |
| Movie | 1956 | Westward Ho, The Wagons! | James Stephen | |
| Movie | 1943 | Border Patrol | Don Enrique Perez | |
| Movie | 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Colt Comrades | Lin Whitlock | |
| Movie | 1943 | Hoppy Serves a Writ | Steve Jordan | |
| Movie | 1943 | Bar 20 | Lin Bradley | |
| Movie | 1947 | Variety Girl | George Reeves (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Lydia | Bob Willard | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Harold | |
| Movie | 1940 | Torrid Zone | Sancho | |
| Movie | 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon | Lt. Smith | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Stuart Nagle | |
| Movie | 1948 | Jungle Jim | Bruce Edwards | |
| Movie | 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Lt. John Summers | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Monroe Doctrine | John Sturgis | |
| Movie | 1949 | Special Agent | Paul Devereaux | |
| Movie | 1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Jeff Collins | |
| Movie | 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again | Jimmy Coburn | |
| Movie | 1953 | Forever Female | George Courtland | |
| Movie | 1940 | Father Is A Prince | Gary Lee | |
| Movie | 1948 | Jungle Goddess | Mike Patton | |
| Movie | 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect | Juan Arturo O'Hara | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Adventures of Sir Galahad | Sir Galahad | |
| Movie | 1954 | Stamp Day for Superman | Superman / Clark Kent | |
| Movie | 1944 | Winged Victory | Lieutenant Thompson | |
| Movie | 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Gambling on the High Seas | Excited Reporter | |
| Movie | 1947 | Champagne for Two | ||
| Movie | 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Joe McCabe | |
| Movie | 1940 | Ladies Must Live | George Halliday | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Sainted Sisters | Sam Stoaks | |
| Movie | 1940 | Argentine Nights | Eduardo Estaban | |
| Movie | 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Always a Bride | Michael Stevens | |
| Movie | 1942 | Sex Hygiene | Pool player | |
| Movie | 1987 | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Jack O'Keefe (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Meet the Fleet | Benson | |
| Movie | 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Trial Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Dan Williams | |
| Movie | 1939 | Four Wives | Laboratory Man (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Espionage Agent | Warrington's Secretary | |
| Movie | 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Superman (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Calling Philo Vance | Steamship Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Man at Large | Bob Grayson | |
| Movie | 1940 | Virginia City | Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Leather Burners | Harrison Brooke | |
| Movie | 1940 | Pony Express Days | William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | |
| Movie | 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Distraught Player (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman Flies Again | Superman | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman's Peril | Superman | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman in Exile | Superman | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman and Scotland Yard | Superman | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman and the Jungle Devil | Superman | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Story of Superman | Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage) | |
| Movie | 1948 | Thunder in the Pines | Jeff Collins | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Kansan | Jesse James | |
| Movie | 1939 | Ride, Cowboy, Ride | Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Mad Martindales | Julio Rigo | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Mutineers | Thomas Nagle | |
| Movie | 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Wounded Messenger | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Tom Smith | |
| Movie | 1939 | On Dress Parade | Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | Time to Kill | Frank | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Lady and the Lug | Doug Abbott | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Great Lover | Williams | |
| Movie | 2010 | Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1990 | Death In Hollywood | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Haunted Homes of Hollywood | ||
| Movie | 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | ||
| TV Show | 1951 | I Love Lucy | Superman (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Superman | 104 |
| TV Show | 1949 | Suspense | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1949 | Lights Out | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2016 | Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | James Stephen (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | Suspense | D.P. Bradford | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | Suspense | Bill Reed | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | Suspense | Roger Sherman | 1 |
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| TV Show | 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Director | Directing |
