Job Actor
Years active 1933-1959
Top Roles Lt. Thompson, Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher, Harold, Lt. John Summers, Jack O'Keefe
Top GenresDrama, Action, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Western
Top TopicsBook-Based, Romance (Drama), Femme Fatale
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Producer), ,
Shares birthday with Jane Wyman, Harry Kurnitz, Robert Duvall  see more..

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Winged Victory

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

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So Proudly We Hail!

So Proudly We Hail!

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George Reeves Overview:

Actor, George Reeves, was born George Keefer Brewer on Jan 5, 1914 in Woolstock, IA. Reeves died at the age of 45 on Jun 16, 1959 in Beverly Hills, CA and was laid to rest in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum in Altadena, Los Angeles County, CA.

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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George Reeves Quotes:

Superman: You're not going to shoot those little creatures. In the first place, they haven't done you any harm. In the second place, they may be radioactive.

[last lines]
Nevada Jim: [to Johnny] I'm goin' back to huntin' buffalo where a man can use his brains. My young friend Buffalo Bill is comin' along with me.
[to Bill]
Nevada Jim: Ain't yuh, hunh?
Johnny Frey: [to Bill] So, you've been believin' ol' Nevady's lies all along?
Nevada Jim: Hunh?
Bill 'Billy' Cody: Buffalo Bill Cody? It's got kinda a nice sound, doesn't it, Johnny?

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George Reeves on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

6709 Hollywood Blvd.


Ceremony Date: Feb 8, 1960
Category: Television
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George Reeves Facts
During the hiatus of the "Adventures of Superman" (1952) TV series, Reeves made guest appearances around the country. In one appearance he appeared at Kennywood Amusement Park just outside of Pittsburgh; the next year he was also slated to appear and billboards had advertised that fact, however that was the year that he died and Kennywood had to find a replacement act; the act which replaced Reeves was Guy Williams as Zorro. The billboards whitewashed over the Superman ad to add Zorro, but the Superman logo could still be seen underneath the ad for Zorro.
Born George Keefer Brewer, but was adopted by step-father and took name George Bessolo, by which he was known until taking the stage name George Reeves in 1939.
He was cautious in his interaction with the young children who were fans of "Adventures of Superman" (1952) because they often tried to test his "invulnerability" by assaulting him. At one appearance a young boy came up to Reeves, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him. The boy had taken the weapon, a Luger that his father had brought home from World War II, to see if "Superman" really was invulnerable. Reeves convinced the boy to give him the gun by saying that someone else would get hurt when the bullets bounced off of "Superman".
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