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Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder and actor. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, playing the protagonist as muscular characters such as Hercules, Goliath, and Sandokan.
- Bodybuilder, actor, philanthropist
- Stephen Lester Reeves, January 21, 1926, Glasgow, Montana, U.S.
- 1949-1968
- May 1, 2000 (aged 74), Escondido, California, U.S.
Steve Reeves. Actor: Hercules. Handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s portraying some of filmdom's most famous bronzed gods. Reeves was originally a Montana boy born on a cattle ranch in 1926.
- Actor, Writer
- January 21, 1926
- 2 min
- May 1, 2000
Steve Reeves was born in Montana in 1926, yet by age 10 moved to Oakland, California where he first became captivated with the art of bodybuilding at age 16, placing pioneer John Grimek as his top role model. After two years of bodybuilding Steve's body weight reached 203 lbs by high school graduation, but was he then inducted into the Army.
- January 21, 1926
- May 1, 2000
May 4, 2000 · Steve Reeves, the Mr. Universe who won a film role as the mythical strongman Hercules and became one of the world’s top box office draws of the 1950s, has died. Reeves was 74 when he succumbed...
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Apr 30, 2024 · May 1, 2000, Escondido, California (aged 74) Steve Reeves (born January 21, 1926, Glasgow, Montana, U.S.—died May 1, 2000, Escondido, California) was an American bodybuilder and actor. He was one of the handsomest and best-built men of his era.
