biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1952– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, born in New York City, USA. He had various stage and television roles before becoming universally known as the star of Superman and its sequels (1978, 1980, 1983, 1987). Later films include Noises Off (1992) and Morning Glory (1994). In 1994 he became paralysed from the neck downwards and wheel-chair bound following a horse-riding accident, but acted again in Village of the Damned (1995) and various television productions, including Rear Window (1998). He is also much involved in campaigns supporting handicapped children and paraplegics. |
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