George Reeves

However, some friends and associates disputed this explanation, and fans have speculated in the years since as to whether his death was actually a murder, and if so, at whose hand, or whether he faked his own death and disappeared. He is currently the star and executive producer of the USA television show, Monk, in which he plays an obsessive compulsive private detective. An official inquiry concluded that the death was suicide. One of his first roles was in the television series Wings. Shortly thereafter, a shot rang out, and he was found dead in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head. October 9, 1953, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA), an American actor, has appeared in Spy Kids and its sequels, Galaxy Quest, The Siege, A Civil Action, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Impostors, Primary Colors, Gattaca, Men in Black, Big Night, Barton Fink, Honeymoon in Vegas, Quick Change, Longtime Companion, Thir13en Ghosts, Life or Something Like It, Men in Black II, Against the Ropes, Stark Raving Mad, and Paulie. In the early morning hours of June 16, 1959, three days before a planned wedding to Lenore Lemmon, he went to bed after a long night with guests. Tony Shalhoub (b.

During World War II, Reeves enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and appeared in war training films. Besides playing Superman on TV, he also had minor roles in a number of movies, including Gone With the Wind, and From Here to Eternity. George Bessolo Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer) (January 6, 1914–June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Superman on television in the 1950s.