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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.
Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la regina di Lidia [ˈɛrkole е lla reˈdʒiːna di ˈliːdja], "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale.
The film stars Steve Reeves as the titular hero and Sylva Koscina as his love interest Princess Iole. Hercules was directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Federico Teti. The film spawned a 1959 sequel, Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la Regina di Lidia), that also starred Reeves and Koscina.
The Thief of Baghdad (Italian: Il ladro di Bagdad) is a 1961 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Steve Reeves. [4] Plot
In 1995, Reeves, who was best known for portraying Superman, suffered a spinal chord injury following a tragic horse-riding accident at 42. Consequently, he became depressed and was hospitalized ...
'The Son of Spartacus') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves and Gianna Maria Canale. [2] It is an unofficial sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus, [3] as it includes a mention of the character Varinia, who was specifically created for the novel template for that film. The running time ...
Steve and Ireta Reeves, Dillon's parents, praised their son’s actions and called him a hero. Dillon has been driving on his father’s lap along backcountry roads and up driveways since he was 4 ...
The film was bodybuilder Steve Reeves' final film prior to his retirement. Reeves, who turned down the lead of A Fistful of Dollars [2] financed and co-wrote the film himself upon seeing the successful box office returns of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns at the time. The film did poorly and Reeves retired from filmmaking that year.