IMBD ON GEORGE REEVES : HE WAS ACTIVE AS AN ACTOR LONG BEFORE HE MET MRS. MANNIX

IMBd on GEORGE REEVES link to his acting resume.  George tried to move his career to directing after so much frustration playing Superman!

From "Hollywood Kryptonite,: by  Sam Kushner and Nancy Schoenberger C 1996

page 20

"More than 200 actors were considered for the role of early TV's Superman show, which began filming in 1951.  George was ambivilant about the role and took it thinking it would be short term.  It was his worst nightmare that he became so known as Superman that he would never be in another movie.  His role in 1953's "From Here to Eternity" was cut out.