WhenHeartBadlyReacts: Cardiac distress is when the heart doesn't react well to the conditions on it. For instance, during exercise, activity, running, etc., the heart should be pumping more blood to the body; in distress, the heart shuts down, or pumps less.
Other Actors Who Played Superman. Other actors have played the role -- Ray Middleton, Bud Collyer, Lee Quigley, Kirk Alyn, Brandon Routh and Bob Holliday, and Tom Welling, in Smallville -- though none gained the fame nor consistency in the role of the previous three.he Original Superman. George Reeves was perhaps the first enduring figure of Superman on the big screen. Others had played the role, but after his 1951 debut in Superman and the Mole Men, Reeves went on to an extended run with Superman on the small screen in the TV series The Adventures of Superman.
Several actors have played Superman via voice performances, starting with Bud Collyer. Bud played Superman on the radio from 1940-1951. He also played Superman in the 1940s Fleischer cartoons and the 1960s New Adventures of Superman cartoons. Danny Dark played Superman in the Super Friends cartoons. Tim Daly played Superman in Superman: The Animated Series. George Newbern played Superman in the Justice League cartoons. Other vocal performers that have played Superman include Mark Harmon, James Denton, Jerry O'Connell, Alan Tudyk, Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Mark Valley, and Adam Baldwin.