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Back in 1961, John Rockwell was cast to star as Superboy<\/em> in a follow-up to the extremely popular Superman tv series which was enjoying renewed popularity in reruns.\u00a0 Superboy<\/em> 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!<\/p>\n Although the unproduced series became Rockwell’s biggest claim to fame, he was still considered a star and led a very interesting life.\u00a0 Consider that Rockwell….<\/p>\n …once save saved Hugh Heffner’s life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n … for years lived on and off in the Playboy mansion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n … became a competitive backgammon player for big bucks (and he still competes!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n … 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<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n …competed with Frank Sinatra for the attention of a woman they were both after (and won)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n