Portrait of Kirk Alyn

Acting

Kirk Alyn

Career

Active from 1934 to 1983, with a break from 1953 to 1980, busiest in 1943 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Superman
Superman
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kirk Alyn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.3, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • 1940s 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 39
Scalps
Scalps (1983)
GoodWatch score 39

as Prof. Manchen

Superbman: The Other Movie
Superbman: The Other Movie (1981)

as Pa Cant

The Halloween Planet
The Halloween Planet (1981)

as The Watcher

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 69
Superman
Superman (1978)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sam Lane (uncredited)

Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Old Man

1960s

1 title ยท average score 57
Banning
Banning (1967)
GoodWatch score 57

as Bidder (uncredited)

1950s

14 titles ยท average score 57
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace (1959)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Naked City
Naked City (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Sgt. Muller

Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End (1957)
GoodWatch score 40

as Bomber Pilot

The Eddy Duchin Story
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
GoodWatch score 62

as Young Man at Wadsworths' Party (uncredited)

Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Coordinating Officer at Headquarters

Buffalo Bill Jr.
Buffalo Bill Jr. (1955)

TV show

Blackhawk
Blackhawk (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

as Blackhawk

The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)

TV show

When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide (1951)
GoodWatch score 56

as Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)

Atom Man vs. Superman
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Superman, alias Clark Kent

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show ยท as Bill Waterman

1940s

21 titles ยท average score 64
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chris Calvert

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Inspector David Worth

Superman
Superman (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

as Superman, alias Clark Kent

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1948)
GoodWatch score 72

as Aramis' Friend (uncredited)

Daughter of Don Q
Daughter of Don Q (1946)

as Cliff Roberts

The Trap
The Trap (1946)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sgt. Reynolds

Call of the Rockies
Call of the Rockies (1944)

as Ned Crane

Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves (1944)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jerry Doyle

Overland Mail Robbery
Overland Mail Robbery (1943)

as Tom Hartley

The Man from the Rio Grande
The Man from the Rio Grande (1943)

as Editor Tom Traynor

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Brazilian Gun Captain (uncredited)

You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

as Julia's Groom (uncredited)

1930s

2 titles ยท average score 43
Private Lessons
Private Lessons (1934)

as John Humphries

Fast and Loose
Fast and Loose (1930)
GoodWatch score 43

as Man Seated at Table in Speakeasy