Christopher Reeve was 41 in Village of the Damned when he played the character 'Dr. Alan Chaffee'.
That was over 29 years ago in 1995.
In 2004 he died aged just 52, starring in 62 films in his career, 21 of those after Village of the Damned was first released. If he were alive today he would be 71.
In Village of the Damned, I think Christopher Reeve looks: