Kirk Alyn

Kirk Alyn

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.

  • Title : Kirk Alyn
  • Popularity : 4.087
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1910-10-08
  • Place of Birth : Oxford, New Jersey, USA
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Kirk Alyn Movies

  • 1983
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    Scalps

    Scalps

    4 1983 HD

    Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by...

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  • 1946
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    The Trap

    The Trap

    6.7 1946 HD

    When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the...

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  • 1957
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    No Time to Be Young

    No Time to Be Young

    6.1 1957 HD

    A melodrama about young adults growing up and facing the pressures of life.

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  • 1956
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    The Eddy Duchin Story

    The Eddy Duchin Story

    6.152 1956 HD

    The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

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  • 1950
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    Atom Man vs. Superman

    Atom Man vs. Superman

    5.6 1950 HD

    Superman battles Lex Luthor, who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.

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  • 1948
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    6.8 1948 HD

    Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

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  • 1981
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    Superbman: The Other Movie

    Superbman: The Other Movie

    1 1981 HD

    Facing impending doom on the planet Krapton, Kid-O, infant son of Jel-O, is sent to earth where he is found and adopted by Ma and Pa Cant. ...

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  • 1948
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    Superman

    Superman

    6 1948 HD

    Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

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  • 1950
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    Gambling House

    Gambling House

    6.1 1950 HD

    A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

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  • 1930
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    Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

    4.944 1930 HD

    A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.

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  • 1943
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    Mystery Broadcast

    Mystery Broadcast

    6.2 1943 HD

    A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people...

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  • 1943
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    Aerial Gunner

    Aerial Gunner

    4.4 1943 HD

    Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.

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  • 1944
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    The Girl Who Dared

    The Girl Who Dared

    5.7 1944 HD

    A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.

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  • 1934
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    Private Lessons

    Private Lessons

    5 1934 HD

    Hal LeRoy is hired as a tap teacher at Dawn O'Day's dancing school to give private lessons to female students. The school's manager, as well as some...

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  • 1952
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    Blackhawk

    Blackhawk

    5.2 1952 HD

    Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the...

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  • 1981
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    Time Warp

    Time Warp

    4 1981 HD

    After a long space journey, an astronaut returns home to his family only to discover that he has somehow gone through a "time warp" and is now one...

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  • 1943
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    Pistol Packin' Mama

    Pistol Packin' Mama

    5 1943 HD

    Two tuneful gamblers gambol across the country in a struggle for the money they need to run their respective casinos. It all begins when gangsters...

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  • 1944
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    Call of the Rockies

    Call of the Rockies

    6 1944 HD

    Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of...

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  • 1944
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    Forty Thieves

    Forty Thieves

    3 1944 HD

    When he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every crook in town. When Hoppy moves to have the new...

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  • 1949
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    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

    5 1949 HD

    The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and his aide Nitra, sabotaging the plans for a vast...

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  • 1989
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    The Story of Superman

    The Story of Superman

    10 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    You Were Never Lovelier

    You Were Never Lovelier

    7.1 1942 HD

    An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

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  • 1949
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    Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

    Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

    1 1949 HD

    The female leader of an international crime ring steals a valuable artifact that can give her the power to control men's minds. Federal agents are...

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  • 1943
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    The Man from the Rio Grande

    The Man from the Rio Grande

    1 1943 HD

    The suspicious death of Henry King during a hunting trip with his brother John leaves the inheritance of the rich Santa Rita Ranch to be shared with...

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  • 1943
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    Overland Mail Robbery

    Overland Mail Robbery

    1 1943 HD

    The Hartley--Goodrich stage line suffers a double blow when its founders, Frank Hartley and Marcus Goodrich, are killed during robbery attempts....

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  • 1946
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    Daughter of Don Q

    Daughter of Don Q

    1 1946 HD

    When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate...

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  • 1980
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    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    6.3 1980 HD

    Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the...

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  • 1957
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    Beginning of the End

    Beginning of the End

    3.7 1957 HD

    An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation...

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  • 1988
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    Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

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

    8.5 1988 HD

    A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

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  • 1951
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    When Worlds Collide

    When Worlds Collide

    6.3 1951 HD

    When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close...

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  • 1978
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    Superman

    Superman

    7.1 1978 HD

    Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the...

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  • 1981
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    The Halloween Planet

    The Halloween Planet

    8 1981 HD

    When the boy genius, Zebulon, decides to run away from home in his hand-made spaceship he fails to discover his sister, Marsyas, who has hidden...

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  • 1943
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    Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

    7 1943 HD

    Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as...

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  • 1943
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    A Guy Named Joe

    A Guy Named Joe

    6.5 1943 HD

    A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to...

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  • 1942
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    Lucky Jordan

    Lucky Jordan

    6 1942 HD

    Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie...

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  • 1947
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    Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

    1 1947 HD

    Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway...

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  • 1946
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    The Time of Their Lives

    The Time of Their Lives

    6.9 1946 HD

    Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George...

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  • 1943
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    Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

    6.5 1943 HD

    Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin....

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1955
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    Highway Patrol

    Highway Patrol

    5.8 1955 HD

    Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their...

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  • 1959
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    Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    6.7 1959 HD

    This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1958
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    The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

    6.3 1958 HD

    Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time...

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  • 1955
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    Buffalo Bill Jr.

    Buffalo Bill Jr.

    5 1955 HD

    Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21,...

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    5.3 1951 HD

    The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by...

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  • 1978
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    Battlestar Galactica

    Battlestar Galactica

    7.1 1978 HD

    When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a...

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