Jack O'Halloran

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Jack O'Halloran (born April 8, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor best known for his role as Non, the menacing-but-mute member of the trio of Kryptonian supervillains banished to the Phantom Zone by Jor-El (Marlon Brando) in Superman: The Movie (1978) and inadvertently released, by the Man of Steel himself (Christopher Reeve), in Superman II (1980).

1 Superman Movies
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O'Halloran once stated in an interview that it was his idea to make Non a very child-like character, having difficulty adjusting to his new-found powers and making sounds in the absence of voice. It is also believed that, as an American, O'Halloran was the "odd-man-out", teamed with Terence Stamp (General Zod) and Sarah Douglas (Ursa), whose English accents contributed (in the American psyche) to the menacing presence original director Richard Donner wanted for the Kryptonian outcasts. O'Halloran has also vocally criticized Alexander and Ilya Salkind, the producers of the Superman films, for their mishandling of the franchise, believing that their firing director Richard Donner was a huge blow to the series and was the primary result in the series down turn in quality, a sentiment that was shared by Gene Hackman (who refused to reprise his Luthor role in the third film), who portrayed villain Lex Luthor, and Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane.

According to O'Halloran, the reaction he gets most often from fans is "My God he can talk!"

Jack O'Halloran has been on the Internet Movie Database, under the username "johjohm" answering many questions from fans of his work.[1]