Portrait of George Reeves

Acting

George Reeves

Career

Active from 1939 to 2014, with a break from 1957 to 2013, busiest in 1940 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for So Proudly We Hail
So Proudly We Hail
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
George Reeves Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Melancholy
    3.9, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Action 3
  • American Frontier 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Good vs. Evil 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Murder Investigation 2
  • Western 2
  • Good vs Evil 2
  • Heroism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 73
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour (2014)

as (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

as Superman (archive footage)

1980s

1 title
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

1 title ยท average score 75
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy (1968)
GoodWatch score 75

as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)

1950s

17 titles ยท average score 66
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)
GoodWatch score 53

as James Stephen

Stamp Day for Superman
Stamp Day for Superman (1954)
GoodWatch score 53

as Superman / Clark Kent

Superman and Scotland Yard
Superman and Scotland Yard (1954)

as Superman

Superman and the Jungle Devil
Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954)

as Superman

Superman's Peril
Superman's Peril (1954)

as Superman

Superman in Exile
Superman in Exile (1954)

as Superman

Superman Flies Again
Superman Flies Again (1954)

as Superman

The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

as Sam Haynes

Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Superman

Bugles in the Afternoon
Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lt. Smith

Superman and the Mole Men
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
GoodWatch score 61

as Superman / Clark Kent

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Superman (uncredited)

1940s

47 titles ยท average score 60
Special Agent
Special Agent (1949)

as Paul Devereaux

The Adventures of Sir Galahad
The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)

as Sir Galahad

Jungle Goddess
Jungle Goddess (1948)
GoodWatch score 24

as Mike Patton

Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim (1948)
GoodWatch score 57

as Bruce Edwards

Thunder in the Pines
Thunder in the Pines (1948)

as Jeff Collins

Time to Kill
Time to Kill (1945)

as Frank

So Proudly We Hail
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
GoodWatch score 85

as Lt. John Summers

Bar 20
Bar 20 (1943)
GoodWatch score 56

as Lin Bradley

Blue, White and Perfect
Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

as Juan Arturo O'Hara

The Lady and the Lug
The Lady and the Lug (1941)

as Doug Abbott

Always a Bride
Always a Bride (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Michael Stevens

Pony Express Days
Pony Express Days (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

1930s

7 titles ยท average score 63
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)

as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner

Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Brent Tarleton

The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

as John Sturgis

On Dress Parade
On Dress Parade (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)

Four Wives
Four Wives (1939)
GoodWatch score 62

as Laboratory Man (uncredited)

Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent (1939)
GoodWatch score 49

as Warrington's Secretary

Smashing the Money Ring
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
GoodWatch score 57

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)