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Kirk Alyn

1910 - 1999

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Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the Blackhawk movie serial in 1952, and Lois Lane's father Sam Lane in 1978's Superman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kirk Alyn is the 5,028th most popular actor (down from 4,544th in 2019), the 7,870th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,662nd in 2019) and the 2,296th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Kirk Alyn ranks 5,028 out of 13,578. Before him are Heather O'Rourke, Kumar Pallana, Lyubov Polishchuk, Jan Sterling, Susanna Thompson, and Abbie Cornish. After him are Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, A Martinez, Walton Goggins, Michael Sarrazin, Dilraba Dilmurat, and Letícia Román.

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Among people born in 1910, Kirk Alyn ranks 295. Before him are Burton Jastram, László Cseh, Noel Rosa, Jan Dobraczyński, Anita Page, and Tarab Abdul Hadi. After him are Nicolas Rossolimo, José dos Santos Lopes, Ji Pengfei, Frank Lubin, György Faludy, and Fernando de Santiago. Among people deceased in 1999, Kirk Alyn ranks 220. Before him are João Cabral de Melo Neto, Alain Peyrefitte, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Robert Douglas, Lester Bowie, and Gorilla Monsoon. After him are Nikolay Latyshev, Josef Doležal, Masaji Kiyokawa, Frank Lubin, Georges Miez, and Anahit Tsitsikian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 7,872 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Harrison McKee (1858), Barbara Hammer (1939), Jacob L. Devers (1887), Jan Sterling (1921), Daniel DiNardo (1949), and Susanna Thompson (1958). After him are Leonard Slatkin (1944), Wally Funk (1939), Ernie Terrell (1939), Stephen Sommers (1962), A Martinez (1948), and Walton Goggins (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 2,297. Before him are Dylan Walsh (1963), Imran Khan (1983), Alan Rachins (1942), Heather O'Rourke (1975), Jan Sterling (1921), and Susanna Thompson (1958). After him are A Martinez (1948), Walton Goggins (1971), Jamey Sheridan (1951), Al St. John (1892), Catherine Oxenberg (1961), and Tori Spelling (1973).

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