Live-Action Portrayals of Superman over the years featuring: 0:00 Kirk Alyn (1948-1950) 0:40 George Reeves (1951-1958) 1:38 Christopher Reeve (1978-1987) 2:46 John Haymes Newton (1988) 4:02 Gerard Christopher (1989-1992) 4:59 Dean Cain (1993-1997) 6:10 Tom Welling (2001-2011) 7:31 Brandon Routh (2006) 8:43 Henry Cavill (2013-????) 10:02 Superman Superman created by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster. I do not own the content here. I put these clips in just for fun and entertainment. Rights go to Warner Brothers Pictures, Sony/Columbia Pictures, Salkind, Canon, Universal Pictures, CW and DC Comics. Clips: -Superman Serial (Sony/Columbia Pictures) -Superman and the Mole Men, Stamp Day for Superman, The Adventures of Superman, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Superman Returns, Man of Steel (Warner Brothers) -Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman III (Salkind) -Superman IV: The Quest for Piece (Canon) -Superboy (Universal Pictures) -Smallville (Warner Brothers, CW)