Superman (1978 film) finish writing duties. George MacDonald Fraser was later hired to do some work on the script, but he says he did little. Their script was submitted in July 1976, and carried a camp tone, including a cameo appearance by Telly Savalas as his "Kojak" character. The scripts for "Superman" and "Superman II" were now at over 400 pages combined. Pre-production started at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, with sets starting construction and flying tests being unsuccessfully experimented. "In Italy," producer Ilya Salkind remembered, "we lost about $2 million [on flying tests]." Marlon Brando found out he could not film in Italy
Superman curse hosting the game show "To Tell the Truth". He returned to Superman by voicing "The New Adventures of Superman" for CBS in 1966. Three years later, he was dead of a circulatory ailment at the age of 61. Lee Quigley, who played Superman as a baby in the 1978 film, died in 1991 at age 14 of solvent abuse. George Reeves played Superman in the 1951 film "Superman and the Mole Men" and the ensuing television series "Adventures of Superman." Like Alyn and Reeve, he was too closely associated with the role to find further work. On June 16, 1959,