Jack Larson, television's first Jimmy Olsen, has passed away at age 87

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Jack Larson dies at 87; actor played Jimmy Olsen in 'The Adventures of Superman'

In the early 1950s, when Jack Larson was offered a role in a new Superman TV series, he was loath to accept. Playing the hapless sidekick of a caped superhero on a kids’ show had no appeal for an actor with dreams of Broadway stardom.

But his agent prevailed, largely by arguing that the show would probably never be broadcast.

“No one may ever know you've done it. So just take the money and run,” Larson, recalling the agent’s words, told the Indianapolis Star decades later.