UM Men
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On screen characters you didn’t know were Methodists Supergirl – real name is Linda Danvers. Her minister, the Rev. Larry Varvel, was based on a real-life Methodist minister of the same name. Fred Gwynne, the actor who portrayed Herman Munster, was a member of Sandy Mount UMC, and he is buried in a cemetery adjacent to the church.
Superman – also known as Clark Kent was raised Jonathan and Martha Kent. The Kents are Methodists, although Jonathan is not as regular a churchgoer as his wife.
James Arness portrayed Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. He and his brother, Peter Graves, were raised as Methodists in Minneapolis.
Jake Carne and Harry Richardson In the British TV series “Poldark,” Methodist brothers Drake and Sam Carne run afoul of the local vicar when they start singing in church before the parish’s wealthy patron arrives. It’s fiction that echoes some of the same conflicts Wesley and his followers encountered.
Samuel and Rose Sayer, Methodist missionaries played by Robert Morley and Katharine Hepburn in John Huston’s film adaption of C. S. Forester’s novel, The African Queen.
Hank, Peggy, and Bobby Hill, along with majority of King of the Hill characters, attend Arlen First Methodist Church.
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