AKA Stephen L. Reeves

Born: 21-Jan-1926
Birthplace: Glasgow, MT
Died: 1-May-2000
Location of death: Escondido, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lymphoma

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Hercules

Military service: US Army (WWII, Philippines)

Awarded bodybuilding titles of Mr. America (1947), Mr. World (1948), and Mr. Universe (1950). Reeves was the first bodybuilder to gain any sort of public fame. He had a brief career in mediocre Italian "epic" style films, most notably Hercules, in which his voice is nearly always dubbed. Reeves retired after a shoulder injury, to his ranch in Escondido California. He died from lymphoma shortly after it was diagnosed.

Father: (d. 1926 farming accident)
Mother: (nutritionist)
Wife: Aline Czarzawicz (m. 1963, d. 1989)

    Risk Factors: Malaria

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Son of Spartacus (Jul-1963)
    The Thief of Bagdad (9-Aug-1961)
    Morgan, the Pirate (6-Jul-1961)
    The Trojan War (1961)
    The White Warrior (11-Dec-1959)
    The Last Days of Pompeii (12-Nov-1959)
    Goliath and the Barbarians (Nov-1959)
    Hercules Unchained (14-Feb-1959)
    Hercules (20-Feb-1958)
    Jail Bait (1954)

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