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Jan 21, 1926 Glasgow, Montana, United States Died on 01 May 2000 (aged 74)
American bodybuilder and actor
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About Steve Reeves
- Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist.
- He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made peplum films, playing the protagonist as muscular characters such as Hercules, Goliath, and Sandokan.
- At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe.From 1959 through 1964, Reeves appeared in a string of sword and sandal movies shot on relatively small budgets and, although he is best known for his portrayal of Hercules, he played the character only twice: in the 1957 film (released in the US in 1959) and its 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained (released in the US in 1960).
- By 1960, Reeves was ranked as the number-one box-office draw in twenty-five countries around the world.
