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TV series

Adventures of Superman

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

1952 · TV-PG · 6 seasons · 104 episodes

Created by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Maxwell

6.6

TMDB audience score
65 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.

About 41h 36m to watch every episode. An estimate: 104 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 24 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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Trailer

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Main cast

  • George Reeves
    Superman
    104 episodes

  • John Hamilton
    Perry White
    104 episodes

  • Jack Larson
    Jimmy Olsen
    104 episodes

  • Robert Shayne
    Inspector Henderson
    92 episodes

  • Noel Neill
    Lois Lane
    78 episodes

  • Phyllis Coates
    Lois Lane
    26 episodes

  • Ben Welden
    Hank
    9 episodes

  • Herb Vigran
    Legs Leamy
    6 episodes

  • Richard Reeves
    Stacey Tracy
    5 episodes

  • Billy Nelson
    Larry McCoy
    5 episodes

  • Tristram Coffin
    Major Osborn
    4 episodes

  • Pierre Watkin
    Sir Lancelot
    4 episodes

  • Rick Vallin
    Pallini the Human Fly
    4 episodes

  • Paul Fix
    Fingers
    4 episodes

  • Dan Seymour
    Gangster in Montage (archive footage)
    4 episodes

  • John Eldredge
    Walter Canby
    4 episodes

  • Leonard Mudie
    Brockhurst the Magician
    4 episodes

  • John Phillips
    Man at the Election Booth
    4 episodes

Seasons