George Reeves Was A Household Name Reeves first graced the screen as the Man of Steel in 1951 in the 58-minute film Superman and the Mole Men. The first theatrical release based on the Kryptonian ...

courtesy of Lippert pictures. Before he lit up TV sets as the hero, George Reeves played Superman in Superman and the Mole Men in 1951. (Yes, that is the movie’s actual title).

Corenswet becomes the fifth actor to play Superman on the big screen in live-action, following in the footsteps of George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh, and Henry Cavill.

After Kirk Alyn hung up is cape, George Reeves starred in the film Superman and the Mole Men in 1951, meaning, yes just one year passed between different live-action versions of Superman.

Three years later, Superman made his feature-film debut, played by George Reeves, setting the stage for a legacy of actors who would wear the cape for decades.

David Corenswet's the next guy up in the red trunks, following the likes of Brandon Routh, George Reeves, Henry Cavill and the iconic Christopher Reeve. Corenswet, a Philadelphia native who's also ...

Since then, the stars of the franchise, like George Reeves, Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder, have faced a multitude of problems.