Steve Reeves
| Steve Reeves | |
| Birth | 21 January 1926 Glasgow , Montana United States |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  U.S. |
| Deaths | 1May 2000 (74 years) Escondido , California ( USA ) |
| Occupation (s) | Actor |
| Notable Films | The Labours of Hercules The Last Days of Pompeii The Battle of Marathon The Thief of Baghdad Romulus and Remus The Trojan War |
| Website | Steve Reeves.com |
Steve Reeves, born Stephen Lester Reeves on 21 January 1926 in Glasgow , Montana ( USA ), died on 1May 2000 in Escondido , California ( USA ), is a bodybuilder , actor and screenwriter U.S..
With its exceptional measurements, he began his acting career in the 1950s. He embodied mythological heroes like Hercules and Aeneas. His film career is more than satisfactory in that it was the highest paid actor of his time with Sophia Loren. When he retired early due to injury, he retired to a ranch to begin to write and raise horses, his lifelong passion.
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Biography
He was born on a ranch in Montana. His father died in a farm accident.
At the age of six months, he already earned the title of "healthier baby in the county" ("Healthiest Baby of Valley County). His family emigrated to California shortly after.
Success as a bodybuilder
He enlisted in the army, where he loaded trucks, and used his free time to do gymnastics. Seeing the results of these exercises, he decided to do bodybuilding career.
During his short career as a bodybuilder (1946-1950), Steve Reeves won five major titles Film Career He went to New York where he is studying to be an actor, and then goes to Hollywood. He did not get many roles early in his career, except that the role of inspector gave Edward D. Wood Jr. in Jail Bait ( 1954 ). He obtained small roles on television as well, but this was his contribution as a boyfriend of Jane Powell in Athena ( 1954 ) who remarked by Pietro Francisci. The latter decided to come to Europe to shoot The Labours of Hercules ( 1958 ). Critics made a face to the mythology of the lowest, but the public became infatuated these epic "sword and sandal", despite the poor quality of the soundtrack, and this helped make him a star. It continued its momentum and opened it to others, like Ed Fury , Mark Forest , Reg Park , playing as mythological figures muscled Samson , Maciste and Ursus. During the filming of The Last Days of Pompeii in 1959, Steve Reeves dislocated the shoulder when the car he is driving struck a tree. He hurt the shoulder again during a scene where he must escape by swimming underwater , . The injury progressively worsen, forcing him to be double in most of its action scenes. Both actresses, who were his partners bring to their biography of her apparent weakness: The injury eventually forced him to take his retirement from film sets and weight lifting . He then enlisted in the promotion of natural bodybuilding, while pursuing his passion for breeding horses on his ranch. He died of lymphoma at 74 years . This is probably due to the malaria he contracted during his military service during his youth. Privacy When Steve Reeves died in 2000, Arnold Schwarzenegger paid tribute to him in these words "teenager, I grew up with Steve Reeves. His remarkable accomplishments allowed me to perceive what was possible when others around me did not always understand my dreams ... A portion of Steve Reeves has been present in all that I have had the chance to perform. " Injury
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