ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirk Alyn has received more than 503,331 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kirk Alyn is the 4,543rd most popular actor (down from 4,030th in 2019), the 6,663rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,095th in 2019) and the 2,033rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kirk Alyn ranks 4,543 out of 13,578. Before him are Jenna Fischer, Jack Gilford, Francis Ford, Brock Peters, Donal Logue, and David Dencik. After him are Mary Alice, Otto Gebühr, Sara Allgood, Randhir Kapoor, Alexander Kalyagin, and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Kirk Alyn ranks 261. Before him are Charles P. Kindleberger, Lupita Tovar, John Wooden, László Lékai, Inge Meysel, and Iuliu Baratky. After him are Abraham Polonsky, Johann Urbanek, Vladas Mikėnas, Laurance Rockefeller, Fritzi Burger, and Heitor Canalli. Among people deceased in 1999, Kirk Alyn ranks 197. Before him are Shel Silverstein, Vivian Fuchs, John Berry, Rory Calhoun, Yury Malyshev, and Ernest Gold. After him are Abraham Polonsky, Lester Bowie, Fritzi Burger, Tamás Mendelényi, Alain Peyrefitte, and John Van Ryn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 6,663 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Hal Connolly (1931), Brock Peters (1927), and Darryl Jones (1961). After him are Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Mary Alice (1941), Anna Schwartz (1915), Michael Harner (1929), and Kim Gordon (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 2,033. Before him are Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Clarence Williams III (1939), Jenna Fischer (1974), Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), and Brock Peters (1927). After him are Mary Alice (1941), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), Carol Ann Susi (1952), Wendie Malick (1950), and Melissa Rauch (1980).

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Television and Movie Roles

Superman
Sam Lane (uncredited)
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14o 19787.134 / 10
Superman
Superman, alias Clark Kent
Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.
Jul 15o 19486 / 10
When Worlds Collide
Rioter Bringing Guns (uncredited)
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Sep 14o 19516.271 / 10