The actor died at the age of 96 of natural causes.
Phyllis Coates starred in numerous films and television series. Movie Star News, ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Played the original Lois Lane on TV Phyllis Coates has died at the age of 96. They tell about it, for example The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Mail.
Coates died of natural causes at a hospital in California last week Wednesday.
Coates is best known for playing Lois Lane in Black and White Adventures of Superman in the series.
The series was a public success. Coates was also asked to play Lane for the second season, but he declined.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Coates wanted to take his career in a different direction, even though he had been offered multiple times his salary for the new season.
Coates has acted in films, for example Superman and the Mole-Men, Girls in Prison, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Blood Arrow and Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn.
Coates also acted in various roles on television. He was seen, for example, in series The Lone Ranger and Leave It to Beaver.