The Adventures of Superboy unaired Pilot

The Adventures of Superboy was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961.
It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which went out of
production in 1957.

It featured the first non-comic book portrayals ever of Superboy and Lana Lang and
stands as a forerunner of later series Superboy, which lasted four seasons and
Smallville, which lasted ten seasons.


Cast

Johnny Rockwell as Superboy/Clark Kent
Bunny Henning as Lana Lang
Monty Margetts as Martha Kent
Guest cast[edit]
Ross Elliot as Fred Drake
Charles Maxwell
Robert Williams
Richard Reeves as Shorty Barnes
Yvonne White as Miss Gibbs
Stacy Harris as Jake Ferde
Jimmy Bates as Jimmie Drake
Ray Walker as Mr. Edlund
True Ellison as Donna

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The Adventures of Superpup

The Adventures of Superpup, a 1958 unaired pilot, was meant to capitalize on the
success of Adventures of Superman. Superpup featured the first television portrayal
of the Superman characters as non-humans.


Overview

Television producer Whitney Ellsworth created a pilot that placed the Superman
mythos into a fictional universe populated by dogs instead of human beings.
The live-action actors were placed in dog-suits to portray the canine versions
of the characters of Superman. The pilot was filmed on the same set as
The Adventures of Superman, and the characters were portrayed by little people.
Whitney Ellsworth later produced The Adventures of Superboy television pilot.

The Clark Kent character was renamed "Bark Bent", who worked for the
Daily Bugle (not to be confused with Peter Parker's workplace) under editor
"Terry Bite". His co-worker was reporter "Pamela Poodle". Superpup/Bark Bent
was played by actor Billy Curtis, who was also in Superman and the Mole Men
with George Reeves.

In the pilot, Pamela Poodle is the victim of the evil Professor Sheep dip, who
has tied her to a rocket that will be launched into space.
Superpup must save her.

Cast

Billy Curtis as Bark Bent/Superpup
Ruth Delfino as Pamela Poodle
Angelo Rossitto as Terry Bite
Frank Delfino as Sergeant Beagle
Harry Monty as Professor Sheepdip
Sadie Delfino as Sheepdip's dupe

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