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Steve Reeves
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American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000)
OverviewAI-generated
Steve Reeves was a United States-based male artist whose career began in 1954. He was active in the music industry, with genres including country, country gospel, country pop, and nashville sound. His work period started in 1954, and he was born on January 21, 1926.
Reeves passed away on May 1, 2000. His musical output included five works. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with Irish Folk and acoustic styles, and he has accumulated 102 listeners and 760 plays. His profile is referenced by 340 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923-08-20
- Active to
- 1964-07-31
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 102
- Total plays
- 760
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Reeves">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,293x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 76,010x
- Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
· 1995 · cited 42,194x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,633x
- WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis
· 2008 · cited 23,803x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Lester Reeves , ( 1926-01-21 ) January 21, 1926, Glasgow, Montana , U.S.
- Died
- May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01) (aged 74), Escondido, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Bodybuilder actor
- Years active
- 1949–1968
- Spouses
- Sandra Smith ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1956 ) Aline Czartjarwicz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1989 ) Deborah Ann Engelhorn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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 muscular protagonists such as Hercules, Aeneas, and Sandokan. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe. Though best known for his portrayal of Hercules, he played the character only twice: in Hercules (1958), and in its 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained. By 1960, Reeves was ranked as the number-one box-office draw in 25 countries.
Prior to his acting career, Reeves was a professional bodybuilder. Known for his symmetry, he reigned as Mr. America of 1947, Mr. World of 1948, and Mr. Universe of 1950 in the pre-Mr. Olympia era. Credited with popularising bodybuilding on a global level, he is regarded as one of the most influential bodybuilders of all time. He wrote three books on bodybuilding and physical training.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steve Reeves” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.