The mysterious death of this man who played TV's Superman in the 1950s inspired the film "Hollywoodland"
... mysterious death of George Reeves (Ben Affleck), otherwise known as 
TV's... [DOC] [TLE] Jack Larson, who played Jimmy Olsen in TV's 'Superman' series ... [PAR] Sep 22, 2015 ... Jack Larson, who played the role of Clark Kent's sidekick, Jimmy Olsen, ... on the 
1950s television series Adventures of Superman, and who later .... called 
Hollywood Kryptonite alleged that Reeves was killed by a hit man.