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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Dreadlord on February 27, 2008, 08:45:58 PM
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These days Steve would be lucky to place well let alone win a natural BB contest. However during his era he stood head and shoulders above the rest.
He was asked to star as James Bond in Dr. No, which he turned down. He also declined the role that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars.
By his own account, his best cold (unpumped) measurements at the peak of his bodybuilding activity were:
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 216
Neck: 18 1/4"
Chest: 52"
Waist: 29"
Biceps: 18 1/4"
Thighs: 26"
Calves: 18 1/4"
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The best ever IMO.
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He could win a natural competition today if it was truly natural.
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Pure genetics and hard work.
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Great pics! Man, did he have it all...
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During the filming of The Last Days of Pompeii, Reeves dislocated his shoulder when his chariot crashed into a tree. Reeves pulled the joint back into its socket by himself and chose to continue filming and performing his own stunts. Swimming in a subsequent underwater escape scene he reinjured his shoulder. The injury would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading him to retire early.
Excerpts from his interview:
TPV: I heard you were offered the role in A Fistful of Dollars and didn't take it.
SR: Yeah. The director of The Last Days of Pompeii was an older gentleman and he was just a figurehead. Sergio Leone was his assistant and did about 90 percent of the directing. We had a little tussle one time because there was a scene where I was being filmed behind bars and he told me to do it a certain way, and I said 'Why?' - in other words, I needed a motivation. I'm not a great method actor, but you have to know why you're doing something. So he said, 'Because I said so.' I didn't like that, and I went after him. They grabbed me, and I cooled off, and after that everything was fine.Later he wanted me to do this Western, and I love the West. He told me about it, but then I found out it was based on Kurosawa's Yojimbo - he had taken it scene by scene and changed it into a Western. In fact, after it came out, Kurosawa saw it and demanded either a royalty or a buy-out. I personally thought, how could an Italian director make a good Western out of a Japanese samurai film? So I turned it down on that basis. That was the first Western in Italy, you know, and it turned out well. But also, I wouldn't have felt real good smoking a little cigar and squinting my eyes for three months. Frankly, Clint Eastwood was much better for it than I would have been. There are certain parts for certain people. To me, Johnny Weissmuller was the greatest Tarzan ever, And some other people, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, have tried to make Hercules and they bombed. If anybody tried to play Rocky but Stallone, they would bomb. Same with Eastwood; he was perfect for that part.
TPV: Speaking of Schwarzenegger, what do you feel about the fact that you had to go to Italy to become a star, and he did it by coming over here?
SR: The times have changed. When I was going to high school the football coach would tell the players, 'You can't swim because it softens up your muscles. You can't lift weights because it makes you musclebound. You can't ride a bicycle because it makes you run slow. All the things that professional football players do today, hit the weights, ride the bicycle, do some swimming to loosen up, I had to fight for every inch of the way. Similarly, people weren't accepting bodies like mine on the screen, and if I'd had a face that wasn't, shall we say, noble, it probably wouldn't have happened for me either, because people weren't ready for just the body.
TPV: Have you ever crossed paths with Schwarzenegger?SR: I met him about 15 years ago for the first time. We were at Jack La Lanne's 65th birthday party, and Schwarzenegger came up to me and said, 'Steve, you've always been an idol of mine.' I looked him straight in the eye, half-smiling, and said, 'Don't give me that crap, Arnold. I read your book, and Reg Park was your idol.'He said, 'Well... only because I knew I couldn't look like you.'
TPV: Did you have to work out a few hours a day on the set?
SR: No. That's an amazing thing. My body responds so well to exercise, and it keeps it so long, that I didn't have to. I didn't take any steroids, they didn't exist at that time. It was just easy for me to get in shape and to stay in shape. During the 15 years I was in Europe, I would work out possibly one month a year, usually the month of May. I lived in Switzerland most of the time and I would go skiing and take walks with my dog. But the food there was so great that I would gain maybe 10 pounds during the winter. So during May I'd work like son-of-a-gun. Run through the mountains there, use the weights, and get in top form that month, and that would last me through the season. During filming you're too exhausted I get a decent workout, and I really didn't need because the stress that there is in acting kept the fat off me and the muscle didn't want to go away.
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Steve left a legacy of great images that are still admired today. The great John Grimek is the only bodybuilder undefeated in competition but his images are not so popular today, even though he defeated Reeves in the 1949 Mr USA.
Here are two of my favourite Reeves photos. I haven't seen the hands behind neck image bettered by anyone else to this day.
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I remember seeing a really impressive pic of Grimek from about 1948. When he dialed it in he looked fantastic as well, great great physique at times.
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Go to the History Board. Great thread on Steve. Made in Montana has some great stories as she was very close to Steve. IN my opinion he was awesome. Not to big yet looked great. And I am pretty sure he got whatever girl he wanted when he wanted.
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I remember seeing a really impressive pic of Grimek from about 1948. When he dialed it in he looked fantastic as well, great great physique at times.
I remember reading about Grimek in a old musclemag feature. Wasn't he a ironworker? In addition to BB he also did some strongman shows which i think was the norm in those days.
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Go to the History Board. Great thread on Steve. Made in Montana has some great stories as she was very close to Steve. IN my opinion he was awesome. Not to big yet looked great. And I am pretty sure he got whatever girl he wanted when he wanted.
Even today he'd still get any girl he wanted - the look/physique is timeless.
I wonder why he turned down the james bond role.
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Grimek worked at York Barbell, I think he was alot of the older generation in that he stayed with the same company forever then retired. Good life for the time I suppose, just bodybuilding and workin at a barbell company.
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Even today he'd still get any girl he wanted - the look/physique is timeless.
I wonder why he turned down the james bond role.
Absolutely. Not to sound like a fag or anything like Goodrum but I know a good looking guy when I see one and he is a good looking guy. Maybe we can hear from a real gay guy......Goodrum? What do you think?
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Maybe we can hear from a real gay guy......Goodrum? What do you think?
:D :D - has he posted since he was outed?
With regard to Reeves:
I read the posts by MinM and they were interesting. I'd like to know what the story behind the James Bond role refusal too. Maybe MinM can oblige if its not too intrusive.
I especially like this line
"Instead of saying, "No pain, no gain," Steve used to say "No brain no gain"...emphasizing that intelligent training and nutrition is key."
EDIT - Some of Reeves Hercules movies are now(free)downloadable since they are now in public domain.
http://www.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=125&format=movie&theme=guide
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Reeves was great and all, but I really think if a Paul Anderson or a Doug Hepburn dieted down to a low BF, they'd be carrying more muscle. Whether they'd have more symmetry is another issue.
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Steve was offered $50,000 to play the lead role in 1962's James Bond film Dr. No before it was offered to Sean Connery (relatively unknown actor at the time). Steve turned it down because his current salary at that time was $250,000 a film. Instead Steve made Son of Spartacus (a.k.a The Slave) and The Avenger and started prep for Sandokan in 1962...making him the highest paid actor in the world at the time. By contrast, America's highest paid actor at that time was John Wayne who was making $100,000 a film. So, moneywise, it made sense to go with european film makers who paid him more. Hercules made him the #1 box office movie star in the world in 1959...so with each film he made, his salary doubled and tripled.
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Steve as Son of Spartacus (a.k.a. The Slave)
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As Sandokan in Sandokan
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the fact that guys like steve, from 50 years ago are still thought of to have the best physique of all time, shows that bbing is about more than just alot of muscle on a ripped physique. it's about proportion and symmetry too - of which steve had in abundance. that's what makes him an alltime great, among other things.
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Steve as Aneas
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So it was a the low salary offer. i thought he may have had a dispute with the director or something to that nature.
It would have been interesting to see how Reeves would have portrayed Bond if the salary hadnt been an issue.....
Dude looks intense in the greek warrior outfit.
Thanks for your reply and the pics MinM
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Thank you everyone who commented on this thread. Dreadlord, thanks for starting it and adding all the pics. Vince, thanks for the pics. Keith, thank you.
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Steve with Primo Carnera, Boxing heavy weight champ of the world and director Pietro F.
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Hercules
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What were Reeves poundages? I read his workout schedule comprises of 3 sets of 8-12 reps. What were his Bench/Squat/Deadlift numbers?
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Steve's Training for Mr. America contest :
Upright Row 3 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--narrow grip
Press Behind neck 3 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--wide grip
Lateral Raises 3 sets 8-12 reps
dumbells--bent over
Bench Press 3 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--wide grip
Incline Bench Press 3 sets 8-12 reps
dumbells--thumbs in
Flying Motion 3 sets 8-12 reps
dumbells--bent over
Pulldown behind neck 3 sets 8-12 reps
overhead pulley--wide grip
Rowing seated 3 sets 8-12 reps
low pulley--narrow grip
One Arm Rowing 3 sets 8-12 reps
dumbell--toward hips
Incline Bench Curl 6 sets 5-7 reps
dumbells--down the rack
Bench Curl 3 sets 8-12 reps
overhead pulley-bar
Concentration curls 1 set 8-12 reps
dumbell--elbow on knee
Tricep pushdowns 3 sets 8-12 reps
high pulley--narrow
Tricep extensions 3 sets 8-12 reps
one dumbell--behind neck
Tricep crossovers 3 sets 8-12 reps
dumbell--1arm on bench
Parallel squats 3 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--heels on 2"block
Hack lifts 2 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--heels on block
Front squats 2 sets 8-12 reps
barbell--in clean position
Leg curls 2 sets 8-12 reps
workout partner resistance
Calf Raises 3 sets 20-25 reps
leg press machine
Forward bends 3 sets 12-15 reps
barbell--seated
Knee raises 2 sets 20-25 reps
vert.bench--ankle weight
Work neck 1 set 15-20 reps
all 4 sides--partner resistance
1.) Deltoids
2.) Chest (Pectorals)
3.) Back (Mid and Upper Latisimus Dorsi)
4.) Biceps
5.) Triceps
6.) Quadriceps (front thigh)
7.) Hamstrings (back of legs)
8.) Calves
9.) Lower Back
10.) Abdominals (stomach)
11.) Neck
The logic behind starting with the smaller muscles first, then moving to the larger muscles is that about 80% of your blood is located in your glutes and legs (legs are the strongest muscle in the body), so if you work them first, then even more blood goes to those areas and it makes it harder to get the blood back into the smaller muscles of your upper body later because it forces it to work against gravity. And you want as much blood in the body part that you work when you are working it, so when you do the upper body first, then it makes you able to put in a better maximum effort in the chest, delts, biceps...then move to the larger muscles of legs and glutes. It just feels better when you do it like this in this sequence. And the good thing about doing it this way is that when you are working one body part, it is warming up the body part next to it so that it is ready to go next.
Steve's favorite exercise was the two arm curl while sitting on an incline bench. He began with a pair of 75 lbs. weights and did 5 curls rapidly in succession, then immediately took a pair of 70 lbs. and do 5 more, then the same with 65 lbs., then keep working down in 5 lbs. drops until 8 sets of curls are completed.
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Even today he'd still get any girl he wanted - the look/physique is timeless.
I wonder why he turned down the james bond role.
LOL. 'Turned down' and 'being considered for' are movie terms for not good enough. Look, he was bbing icon and 'b' actor, nothing more. Don't try to convince us he was the second coming of Marlon Brando.
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Considering the salary he was getting he was a "A" actor. No director/producer would pay a "B" level actor $250,000.
Unfortunately most of his movies were "sword and sandals" and the leading men at the time (Hudson, Cooper) probably refused to work with him because his physique next to theirs would take away attention from them. The Euro movies paid more and thats where he went. Those S&S movies were popular during that era. Reeves was more of an action hero type rather than a marlon brando/Gary cooper type.
I do think it was a mistake to turn down the Bond role even though it paid less because that role may have taken his career to another level. We'll never know. This thread is about Steve the bodybuilder not Steve the actor
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Considering the salary he was getting he was a "A" actor. No director/producer would pay a "B" level actor $250,000.
Unfortunately most of his movies were "sword and sandals" and the leading men at the time (Hudson, Cooper) probably refused to work with him because his physique next to theirs would take away attention from them. The Euro movies paid more and thats where he went. Those S&S movies were popular during that era. Reeves was more of an action hero type rather than a marlon brando/Gary cooper type.
Haha. Stallone gets a fortune for his movies, but no one would call him an actor. I think you're getting 'movie star' and 'actor' confused. Hollywood is a combination of art and money. Reeves was definitely the latter part. Nice try, tho.
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I think you're getting too technical with the jargon. Anyone "acting out" a part could be referred to as a actor. its just a general term.
Okay lets say- Steve the euro movie star.
Happy?
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i have a hard time believing him when he said he just worked out one month a year, in "may" haha, why need to lie about things like this, especially when you see pics of him with barbells on a movie set .
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I think you're getting too technical with the jargon
Okay lets say- Steve the euro movie star.
Happy?
Hehe. No. I'm up early and grumpy. My point is: don't come here and piss up our legs and call it rain. 'Sword and sandals,' like the later 'spaghetti westerns' were low-budget movies. That some later became classics is incidental. In the bbing realm Reeves is an icon, in the movie realm he could be likened to Jayne Mansfield.
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Easy there boy. This thread wasnt started to discuss Steve's acting career.
He chose to stick with the "action figure" roles because it was popular at the time and he didnt go for dramatic roles. No one is disputing that he went where the money was. Greek heroes tarzan movies and spaggeti westerns were a rage back then. Steve gambled on S&S roles which had its time and then the audience moved on. If clint eastwood had stuck only to westerns and not done dirty harry and the like he would be classified as "B" level actor as well.
I'm not calling Steve the greatest "movie star" of his era or even the greatest ever bodybuilder. For some of us at getbig he is a icon in bodybuilding and a inspiration.
Lets leave it at that and not turn this into a nasser thread.
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I doubt he had a 52 inch chest
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Easy there boy. This thread wasnt started to discuss Steve's acting career.
He chose to stick with the "action figure" roles because it was popular at the time and he didnt go for dramatic roles. No one is disputing that he went where the money was. Greek heroes tarzan movies and spaggeti westerns were a rage back then. Steve gambled on S&S roles which had its time and then the audience moved on. If clint eastwood had stuck only to westerns and not done dirty harry and the like he would be classified as "B" level actor as well.
I'm not calling Steve the greatest "movie star" of his era or even the greatest ever bodybuilder. For some of us at getbig he is a icon in bodybuilding and a inspiration.
Lets leave it at that and not turn this into a nasser thread.
I'm just here to make sure you don't. :)
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I'm just here to make sure you don't. :)
No danger of that.
I havent ordered any underwear or other sports memorobilia from steves estate. Nor have i started a team to troll around the board claiming steve trumps everyone. We're just laid back chillin' discussing one of the icons (not THE ICON) of bodybuilding yesteryear.
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No danger of that.
I havent ordered any underwear or other sports memorobilia from steves estate. Nor have i started a team to troll around the board claiming steve trumps everyone.
LOL. Those are the danger signs alright. Wonder if bobs is up?
/there is a reeves tribute thread somewhere on this board, i think
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/there is a reeves tribute thread somewhere on this board, i think
I could be wrong but there is no team reeves...is there?. I hope not.
A single tribute thread is not the same as spamming said bodybuilder in every thread possible and spin arguements when challenged.
Whether you like reeves or not is immaterial to me.
I presume you have your opinions and i'll have mine and I have no interest in forcing you to see my point of view.
So...we cool? :)
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Ok, anyone for Team Reeves? ;)
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This is my favorite
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I could be wrong but there is no team reeves...is there?. I hope not.
A single tribute thread is not the same as spamming said bodybuilder in every thread possible and spin arguements when challenged.
Whether you like reeves or not is immaterial to me.
I presume you have your opinions and i'll have mine and I have no interest in forcing you to see my point of view.
So...we cool? :)
As ice. I'm surprised there hasn't been a Team Reeves. God knows that if Nasser rates one, Reeves should have a league.
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classic dbol only physique 8)
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TTT!!!
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Great face...
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LOL. 'Turned down' and 'being considered for' are movie terms for not good enough. Look, he was bbing icon and 'b' actor, nothing more. Don't try to convince us he was the second coming of Marlon Brando.
hahah, sounds like a typical Hollywood myth that the public loves to buy...Im sure he was never offered the part of Bond, he may have been on the casting list but that doesnt mean he was promised the part...He did not have the acting talent to pull off James Bond or any other demanding role.
Also, no one has ever been discovered sitting at an ice cream parlor, or just walking down the street...that is another Hollywood myth that is always banded about, especially about women...They did this for hype and also because the American public could never accept an ambition, career oriented women who got educated and made it on her own by her own devices, she always had to be "discovered" by someone.
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I wonder why he turned down the james bond role.
I bet this is a bit of an urban legend. I doubt he was actually offered the role. Bond is an iconic British figure. Doubt Reeves could have pulled off an english accent.
I agree that Reeves was one of the greats. Always great to see new pictures showing off his classic physique to inspire us to work for something other than the bloated look of the pros today.
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classic dbol only physique 8)
To bad D-Bol wasn't created until years after Reeves retired. ;)
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GH15 SAYS OTHERWISE >:(
and he is correct in this case 8) reeves was the first of many to dabble. ;)
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GH15 SAYS OTHERWISE >:(
and he is correct in this case 8) reeves was the first of many to dabble. ;)
lmfao if you're quoting that moron you need help , again D-bol was NOT even invented until years after Reeves retired you or gh15 can't change that fact.
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all drugs
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All genetics
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cool beard
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lmfao if you're quoting that moron you need help , again D-bol was NOT even invented until years after Reeves retired you or gh15 can't change that fact.
1959
Dr. Ziegler
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1959
Dr. Ziegler
Reeves retired 1950.
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Reeves retired 1950.
correct
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1959
Dr. Ziegler
the people in the know, know different ;)
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Steve was a successful cattle rancher...who happened to do bodybuilding as a hobby and acting in films in order to travel and make a living. He wrote letters and articles about his natural status including one to Arnold (that was published) about the sport and his views and experience. His weight at age 74 was the same as it was in '47...and was pretty much the same all through his life for the most part.
He weighed himself every day and wrote it on a calendar. In pictures, he looked half the size of the guys of the 1970s and 1/4 of the size of the guys today. Maybe that's not extraordinary or impressive, but in person, standing next to him, he looked bigger than many Olympic competitors because his frame, height and overall shape and size was quite large and would have been so even if he had not trained with weights. His father Lester was a big man and extremely strong as well and of similiar build, height and weight. The older people in Glasgow, Montana still talk about how strong Lester Reeves was who was born in 1899. Steve's grandfather Sylvester was huge too and even taller than Steve. I may talk more about this and his bodybuilding, but first I will share a little about his films.
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I have the premiere pics/lobby cards/press releases and newspaper reviews/write ups of all of Steve's films. Every film Steve was in was a huge budgeted, epic sized (with hundreds/thousands of extras) box office hit with red carpet premieres/limousines/huge crowds lined up to see him. His name always headlined every single film he was in and included other well known european actors such as veteran italian actor Ivo Garrani, the up and coming John Drew Barrymore and well known Jacques Sernas who appeared in his films along side him as supporting actors. The A-Listers of Europe were his supporting actors. Steve never did a b list film because he was the biggest box office movie star in the world in 1959. Roles were created for him and around him. In countries like Calcutta, India...Hercules played 4 times a day, 365 days a year for 2 years. It was this way in Japan and Asia as well. Hercules was a hit in the United States as well because Joseph Levine promoted it here. If you add up the gross of all subsequent films of Hercules that were ever made (and there were dozens of them)...the sum of all of them put together made less than what Steve's Hercules grossed alone.
Whoever said Steve was no Marlon Brando was right. Marlon was a wonderful actor with his own unique style and career goals. But Steve never wanted or tried to be Marlon even though Steve trained with Stella Adler at about the same time Stella was training Marlon Brando at the Actor's studio. Stella told Steve to walk with a limp, slur his speech, have a tic and tried to get him to play various character roles. Marlon did all that very well, but Steve had no interest in it. He didn't want to become the greatest character actor in the world. He had an idea about the kind of roles he wanted to play and he didn't want to lose 20 lbs. either (which is what he was told to lose by many Hollywood directors including Cecille B. De Mille for the role of "Samson"). It was hard to lose the muscle because he basically had to quit training and starve himself and De Mille told him he wasn't losing his size fast enough because a month after he was told by De Mille to lose weight, he had only lost about 5 lbs. The reason why he enjoyed working in Europe is that he was allowed to do his thing the way he wanted to over there and they paid him more than anyone anywhere. He enjoyed working in different countries and experiencing different cultures. He learned how to speak many languages. Whether he had the greatest acting ability or not didn't matter because people thought he played the roles well enough and enjoyed watching him and he was honored with the following awards:
Top Box Office Movie Star 1959
Box Office Magazine, Hollywood, CA
Premio Riccione Most Popular Foreign Actor Award 1959
Riccione, Italy
Premio Alio Oro Golden Wing Award 1960
(For being #1 Box office Champion in the World)
Empomeo Ciak Gold Ciak 1963
Best Actor Award for Action Films
The Italian Cinema, Ischia, Italy
Ente Spettacolo Italiano e "Cinespettacolo 1964
Most Popular Actor in Historic, Biblical and Mythological Film
Rome, Italy
a Steve Reeves Madrid 77 Campeonato 1977
Award for Movie Legend of Spain
Madrid, Spain
Golden Halo Eagle Award 1994
For contributions in Entertainment Industry and Performing Arts
Hollywood, CA
Omega Award--Lifetime Achievement 1999
Hollywood, CA
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MinM
You may want to post the Reeves material in the history board. You're likely to draw some pretty negative comments if you post on G&O. Maybe a mod can transfer this thread over there.
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Drew Barrymore has a son??
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Steve was a successful cattle rancher...who happened to do bodybuilding as a hobby and acting in films in order to travel and make a living.
When was Reeves a cattle rancher? I thought that after he retired from bodybuilding, he raised horses and when he was growing up, left Montana and the cattle ranch at the age of 10 to move with his Mom to San Francisco. If he was a "successful cattle rancher" in Montana before age 10, you'd think that he and his Mom would have stayed in Montana.
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These days Steve would be lucky to place well let alone win a natural BB contest. However during his era he stood head and shoulders above the rest.
He was asked to star as James Bond in Dr. No, which he turned down. He also declined the role that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars.
By his own account, his best cold (unpumped) measurements at the peak of his bodybuilding activity were:
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 216
Neck: 18 1/4"
Chest: 52"
Waist: 29"
Biceps: 18 1/4"
Thighs: 26"
Calves: 18 1/4"
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Oh brother, another Steve Reeves fan. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume you couldn't press 185 for 6 reps.
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MinM
You may want to post the Reeves material in the history board. You're likely to draw some pretty negative comments if you post on G&O. Maybe a mod can transfer this thread over there.
There is a good thread on the History Board on Steve. But the guys who make fun or attempt to are not really BB fans. Steve was the epitome of BB and if the guys today only acted and had the reputation he had and still has, they would be a lot better off.
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There is a good thread on the History Board on Steve. But the guys who make fun or attempt to are not really BB fans. Steve was the epitome of BB and if the guys today only acted and had the reputation he had and still has, they would be a lot better off.
Quoted for truth and bumped for the Reeves Machine!!!
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Thank you very much Keith, Voice of Doom, Barracuda, Moosejay, N. Deity...and anyone who shows appreciation for the pioneers.
In Europe...especially France, Steve was big.
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Here is Steve standing next to one of his promotional posters.
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Dan, you are right that Steve bred and raised Morgan horses of such fine quality they won prize winning ribbons and were sought after by many horsemen. Steve also built one of the finest herds of Red Angus cattle in the United States. Here is a picture of "Red Cap 190"--Steve's prize winning bull taken at his ranch in Jacksonville, Oregon in 1964.
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Cattle rancher and breeder Harold R. Henry said: "There are people who help associations and there are people who drag them down. Steve was one of the men who gave the Red Angus Cattle Association a boost. He not only put money into it but he worked hard and was dedicated to it. He was not investing in cattle just for the sake of owning cattle; he was a breeder improver with tremendous vision. He was straightforward, honest and an exceptional judge of beef cattle."
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Rancher and breeder Gus Wilhelm said: "Steve was so warm and down to earth, and appreciative of little things. Our family enjoyed him very much. Steve was a smart man, a great breader. I wish that all people were as sincere as Steve Reeves."
Rancher and breeder Gayle Ingram said: "It wasn't until I photographed Steve's magnificent herd on his beautiful Suncrest Stock Ranch that I became seriously interested in photography. A man gets a chance to build a herd in that type of environment only once in a lifetime and I think Steve realized this."
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It goes to show that the same principles of hard work and discipline that you can learn through bodybuilding can be applied to other many other areas of life.