# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-alyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:53:29.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-alyn"
name: "Kirk Alyn"
slug: "kirk-alyn"
description: "Kirk Alyn 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."
tagline: "American actor (1910-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Alyn_as_Superman_in_a_publicity_still_from_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1910-10-08"
deathDate: "1999-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.74
  momentum:             7.943203225005253
  historical:           20.618412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001906/"
    handle:    "nm0001906"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيرك ألين"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Alyn"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кірк Елін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45229"
    title: "Kirk Alyn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump