Kirk Alyn

Cast

Born

October 8, 1910 · Oxford, New Jersey, USA

Died

March 14, 1999

Birth name

John Feggo Jr.

Starting his show business career as a chorus boy on Broadway and an entertainer in vaudeville, Kirk Alyn played bit parts and minor supporting roles in several low-budget films before getting his big break playing the title role in the serial Superman (1948). He wasn't able to sustain a film career after the serial ended, however, and after small parts in a few movies, retired to Arizona.