After several auditions, George Reeves, a film veteran who had appeared in various motion picture productions since his film debut in Gone with the Wind in 1939, was cast in the lead role.

George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer in 1914) began his Hollywood career in a variety of bit parts in the late 1930s, including a small role in the epic film Gone with the Wind, and worked ...

Gone With the Wind — where he officially became known as George Reeves. But his cinema career never really took flight into the A-list. After starring in a parade of two-reelers, B-films and ...