Biographies: Kirk Alyn - Actor

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An American film and television actor, born to Hungarian immigrant parents in Oxford, New Jersey, USA, on October 8, 1910, as John Feggo Jr. He married actress Virginia O'Brien (1942-1955). They had three children, and their marriage ended in divorce. Among his most important works are Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952), Daughter of Don Q (1946), and Superman (1948). Kirk Alyn was the first to play Superman on screen. He began his career as a chorus boy for Broadway musicals and also worked as a singer and dancer in vaudeville before moving to Hollywood in the forties. He got small roles in low-budget B films, then he served in the United States Navy during World War II, and after the war, he got the role of Superman, which he played in a number of productions from 1948 to 1950, then he appeared in a number of film serials. He died at the age of 88 in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, on March 14, 1999, of Alzheimer’s disease.

• 12 January 2023
• Dalia Saad