Actor
Kirk Alyn
October 8, 1910 · Oxford, New Jersey, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Pierre Watkin
3 titles together
Superman, Atom Man vs. Superman, Highway Patrol
Terry Frost
3 titles together
Superman, Atom Man vs. Superman, Highway Patrol
Gene Hackman
2 titles together
Superman, Banning
Larry Keating
2 titles together
When Worlds Collide, The Eddy Duchin Story
Norman Leavitt
2 titles together
The Three Musketeers, Dennis the Menace
Irving Bacon
2 titles together
Action in the North Atlantic, A Guy Named Joe
Full filmography · 44
Scalps
as Prof. Manchen
19833.9
Time Warp
cast
1981
The Halloween Planet
as The Watcher
1981
Superbman: The Other Movie
as Pa Cant
1981
Superman
as Sam Lane (uncredited)
19787.2
Banning
as Bidder (uncredited)
1967
No Time to Be Young
as Mike
1957
Beginning of the End
as Bomber Pilot
19574
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Young Man at Wadsworths' Party (uncredited)
19566.3
Blackhawk
as Blackhawk
1952
When Worlds Collide
as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
19516.4
Gambling House
as FBI Man (uncredited)
1950