Kirk Alyn(1910-1999)
- Actor
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.
