The Wild Real-World Playboy Adventures of a One-Time Superboy

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Back in 1961, John Rockwell was cast to star as Superboy in a follow-up to the extremely popular Superman tv series which was enjoying renewed popularity in reruns.  Superboy never made it past the pilot stage (which you can see if you click over to the link I’ll provide in a second) because of a dispute between two cereal companies over who would get sponsorship rights!

Although the unproduced series became Rockwell’s biggest claim to fame, he was still considered a star and led a very interesting life.  Consider that Rockwell….

  • …once save saved Hugh Heffner’s life

  • … for years lived on and off in the Playboy mansion

  • … became a competitive backgammon player for big bucks (and he still competes!)

  • … married a Mexican heiress and although they haven’t seen each other in over 40 years, are still married due to a strange divorce stipulation

  • …competed with Frank Sinatra for the attention of a woman they were both after (and won)

Jennifer Vineyard’s The Wild Real-World Playboy Adventures of a One-Time Superboy for SyfyWire is worth a read.