Superman (1978 film) Characters Quiz

Actor/Actress

Description

Character

Marlon Brando

Superman's biological father on Krypton

Gene Hackman

A scientific genius and businessman who is Superman's nemesis

Christopher Reeve

Born on Krypton as Kal-El and raised on Earth, he is a being of immense power, strength and invulnerability who, after realizing his destiny to serve mankind, uses his powers to protect and save others

Ned Beatty

Lex Luthor's bumbling henchman

Jackie Cooper

Clark Kent's hot-tempered boss at the Daily Planet

Glenn Ford

Clark Kent's adoptive father in Smallville during his youth

Trevor Howard

Head of the Kryptonian Council, who does not believe Jor-El's claim that Krypton is doomed

Margot Kidder

A reporter at the Daily Planet, who becomes a romantic interest to Clark Kent

Jack O'Halloran

Large and mute, the third of the Kryptonian villains who are sentenced to be isolated in the Phantom Zone

Valerie Perrine

Lex Luthor's girlfriend and accomplice

Maria Schell

Like Jor-El, a top Kryptonian scientist

Terence Stamp

Evil leader of the three Kryptonian criminals who swears vengeance against Jor-El when he is sentenced to the Phantom Zone

Phyllis Thaxter

Clark Kent's faithful adoptive mother

Susannah York

Superman's biological mother on Krypton

Marc McClure

A teenage photographer at the Daily Planet

Sarah Douglas

General Zod's second in command and consort, sentenced to the Phantom Zone for her unethical scientific experiments

Harry Andrews

Council member, who urges Jor-El to be reasonable about plans to save Krypton