
George Reeves
Actor · Died June 16, 1959, aged 45 · Woolstock, Iowa, USA
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program titled 'Adventures of Superman'. His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing issue. The official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 5, 1914
- June 16, 1959 (aged 45)
- Woolstock, Iowa, USA
- Actor
- 34 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
What are George Reeves' films like?
Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 21
A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 5 · Dark 4
Grounded 15 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 8 · Charged 10 · Intense 3
Steady 11 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 2
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 0
Casual 16 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 20 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Gary Lee in Father Is a Prince (1940)
- Allyas Lin Bradley in Bar 20 (1943)
- Allyas Lt. John Summers in So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- Heroas Superman in Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
- Heroas Clark Kent in Adventures of Superman (1952)
- Heroas Superman (archival) in Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch George Reeves' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- The Blue Gardenia (1953) · actor · free
- Virginia City (1940) · actor · free
- Adventures of Superman (1952) · actor, director · free
- Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943) · actor · free
- Border Patrol (1943) · actor · free
- Buckskin Frontier (1943) · actor · free
- Special Agent (1949) · actor · free
- The Kansan (1943) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for George Reeves' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
79 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all filmsTelevision: The First Fifty Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The Movie Orgy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Westward Ho, the Wagons!(1956)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Superman and the Jungle Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Superman Flies Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Superman in Exile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Superman's Peril (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Superman and Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Stamp Day for Superman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Forever Female(1953)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Blue Gardenia(1953)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Adventures of Superman(1952)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Rancho Notorious(1952)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Bugles in the Afternoon(1952)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
I Love Lucy(1951)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Good Humor Man(1950)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Adventures of Sir Galahad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Samson and Delilah(1949)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Great Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Special Agent(1949)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Mutineers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Jungle Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Thunder in the Pines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Jungle Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Sainted Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Variety Girl(1947)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Champagne for Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Time to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

Winged Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

Bar 20(1943)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Kansan(1943)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
So Proudly We Hail!(1943)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Colt Comrades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Leather Burners(1943)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Buckskin Frontier(1943)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Border Patrol(1943)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Hoppy Serves a Writ(1943)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Mad Martindales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Sex Hygiene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Blue, White and Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Man at Large (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Lydia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Blood and Sand(1941)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Dead Men Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

The Lady and the Lug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

The Strawberry Blonde(1941)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Meet the Fleet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Father Is a Prince(1940)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Always a Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Calling All Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Argentine Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Ladies Must Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Pony Express Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Gambling on the High Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Torrid Zone(1940)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Tear Gas Squad(1940)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
'Til We Meet Again(1940)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Virginia City(1940)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Calling Philo Vance(1939)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Fighting 69th(1940)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Four Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Gone with the Wind(1939)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
On Dress Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Smashing the Money Ring(1939)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Monroe Doctrine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Espionage Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Ride, Cowboy, Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles from 1939 to 2014.

Biggest box office
Gone with the Wind (1939)

Highest rated
Gone with the Wind (1939)

Most popular right now
Adventures of Superman (1952)
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 1939Screen debut· Gone with the Wind
- 1951First top-billed film· Superman and the Mole Men
- 1951Career best· Superman and the Mole Men
- 1952Career best· Adventures of Superman
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do George Reeves' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 32; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th14
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 34 titles divides audiences: 18 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser18
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does George Reeves work with?
People who share at least 2 of George Reeves' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Clarence E. Mulford shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Fritz LangShared titles: The Blue Gardenia (1953), Rancho Notorious (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Fritz Lang

- Lesley SelanderShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Lesley Selander

- William KeighleyShared titles: 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Torrid Zone (1940)See all 2 shared titles with William Keighley

Writers
- Clarence E. MulfordShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with Clarence E. Mulford
- Jerry SiegelShared titles: Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006), Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Siegel

- Joe ShusterShared titles: Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006), Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Shuster

- Julius J. EpsteinShared titles: Forever Female (1953), The Strawberry Blonde (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Julius J. Epstein

Actors
- Andy ClydeShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with Andy Clyde

- William BoydShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with William Boyd

- Jay KirbyShared titles: Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 3 shared titles with Jay Kirby

- Robert MitchumShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Mitchum

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Russell HarlanShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with Russell Harlan

- Heinz RoemheldShared titles: The Good Humor Man (1950), The Strawberry Blonde (1941), 'Til We Meet Again (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Heinz Roemheld

- Carroll LewisShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Carroll Lewis
- Paul SawtellShared titles: Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Sawtell
Producers
- Harry ShermanShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with Harry Sherman

- Lewis J. RachmilShared titles: Bar 20 (1943), Border Patrol (1943), Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), Leather Burners (1943)See all 4 shared titles with Lewis J. Rachmil
- Hal B. WallisShared titles: The Strawberry Blonde (1941), 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Tear Gas Squad (1940), Torrid Zone (1940)See all 4 shared titles with Hal B. Wallis

- William CagneyShared titles: Bugles in the Afternoon (1952), The Strawberry Blonde (1941), Torrid Zone (1940)See all 3 shared titles with William Cagney



