Steve Reeves

Stephen L. Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe.

Childhood

Born in Glasgow, Montana, Reeves moved to California at age 10 with his mother Goldie Reeves, after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding in Castlemont High School and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, and served in the Philippines.

Acting

After his military service and winning the 1947 AAU Mr. America, Reeves became interested in pursuing an acting career. He studied acting under Stella Adler but after arguments was refunded his tuition. He was selected by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead role in his Samson and Delilah, where he received extensive training. In order to look convincing on-camera, he was told to lose 15 pounds as the camera added weight, but turned the movie offer down because he could not compete in bodybuilding with the diminished weight.

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Steve Reeves (computer scientist)

Prof. Steve Reeves is a computer scientist based at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He is the Associate Dean and the Programme Co-ordinator of Software Engineering. He has undertaken research work on the Z notation, formal methods for GUI design and a general theory of refinement.

Steve Reeves' academic work is in the area of formal methods to aid software engineering. In particular, he has undertaken research into the design and use of logics for specification. With Prof. Martin Henson, he has studied the formal semantics of the Z notation in detail, in relation to the international ISO standard for Z.

Reeves has delivered talks internationally, including as the opening talk in the BCS-FACS seminar series at the British Computer Society in London in 2005.

Steve Reeves is currently Chair of the Z User Group, and the New Zealand member of the Australasian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC) Steering Committee. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the New Zealand Computer Society (now renamed the Institute of IT Professionals), and is an IT Certified Professional (ITCP).

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'Steve Reeves' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Player (1992)

Actors: Richard Anderson (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Frank Barhydt (actor), Randall Batinkoff (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Michael Bowen (actor), Brian Brophy (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Robert Carradine (actor), Jeff Celentano (actor), Charles Champlin (actor), James Coburn (actor), John Cusack (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Steve Allen (actor),

Plot: A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not accepting his script. The writer is sending him threatening postcards. The screener tries to identify the writer in order to pay him off so he'll be left alone, and then in a case of mistaken identity gone awry, he accidentally gives the writer solid ammunition for blackmail. This plot is written on a backdrop of sleazy Hollywood deals and several subplots involving the politics of the industry.

Keywords: accidental-killing, agent, author-cameo, based-on-novel, behind-the-scenes, black-comedy, blackmail, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cameo-appearance, critically-acclaimed
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: Now more than ever! Everything you've heard is true! In Hollywood, it's not who you know, it's who you kill. The Best Movie Ever Made!" - Griffin Mill Making movies can be murder.

Quotes:

Detective Susan Avery: Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school?::Griffin Mill: No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself.::Detective Susan Avery: Is he a black woman?

[Levy suggested that writers could be eliminated and any old news story could provide a movie story idea]::Bonnie Sherow: "Further Bond Losses Push Dow Down 7.15." I see Connery as Bond.

Griffin Mill: I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.

[Asked to look at police mug shots]::Griffin Mill: Um, no. I - I mean, I - You're putting me in a terrible position here. I would - I would hate to get the wrong person arrested.::Detective Susan Avery: Oh, please! This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.!

Delivery Boy: Hey, you're Martin Scorsese!::Alan Rudolph: No, but I know Harvey Keitel.::Delivery Boy: Of course you do! Hey, I loved Cape Fear!

Griffin Mill: Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people.

Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.::June: What elements?::Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.::June: What about reality?

Griffin Mill: Let's go to Acapulco.::June: Is that the thing to do?::Griffin Mill: It's *a* thing to do.

Griffin Mill: This is a red wine glass. Can I have my water in a water glass?

Larry Levy: I'll be there right after my AA meeting.::Griffin Mill: Oh Larry, I didn't realise you had a drinking problem.::Larry Levy: Well I don't really, but that's where all the deals are being made these days.

Gun Smugglers (1948)

Actors: Robert Bray (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Gary Gray (actor), Don Haggerty (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Tim Holt (actor), Paul Hurst (actor), Richard Martin (actor), Monte Montague (actor), Steve Savage (actor), Frank Sully (actor), Robert Warwick (actor), Martha Hyer (actress), Herman Schlom (producer),

Plot: Young Danny leads an Army detail into a trap enabling his brother Steve and his gang to capture their load of gattling guns. Tim and Chito capture the brothers but don't find the guns. Tim takes over care of the boy hoping he will lead a new life and tell where the guns are located. Just when is appears to be working, Tim learns Danny has helped his brother escape.

Keywords: smuggling, spanking
Genres: Western,
Taglines: TIM TACKLES THE TOUGHEST KID IN TEN STATES...and walks into an outlaw death trap! TIM TAKES ON THE WEST'S WORST KILLERS...in one-man war on hi-jack gang! BORDER ABLAZE WHEN BANDITS DEFY ARMY! Ambush at Nogales! The West's worst killers in a hi-jack raid, with every witness marked for murder! BOY DECOY FOR BANDIT TRAP! Outlaws vs. U.S. Army in border outburst of war to death!

Reeves, Steve Filmography

Muscle Beach Then and Now

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards

2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
Hercules Recycled

1994, role: actor , character name: Hercules
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

1975, role: actor
Vivo per la tua morte

1968, role: writer
Vivo per la tua morte

1968, role: actor , character name: Mike Sturges
I pirati della Malesia

1964, role: actor , character name: Sandokan
Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem

1963, role: actor , character name: Sandokan
Il giorno più corto

1963, role: actor
La leggenda di Enea

1962, role: actor , character name: Enea
La leggenda di Enea

1962, role: actor , character name: Aeneas
Il figlio di Spartacus

1962, role: actor , character name: Randus - son of Spartacus
La guerra di Troia

1961, role: actor , character name: Aeneas
Romolo e Remo

1961, role: actor , character name: Romulus
Il ladro di Bagdad

1961, role: actor , character name: Karim
Morgan il pirata

1960, role: actor , character name: Henry Morgan
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

1959, role: actor , character name: Glaucus
Il terrore dei barbari

1959, role: actor , character name: Emiliano
Ercole e la regina di Lidia

1959, role: actor , character name: Hercules
La battaglia di Maratona

1959, role: actor , character name: Phillipides
Agi Murad il diavolo bianco

1959, role: actor , character name: Hadji Murad, the White Warrior
Agi Murad il diavolo bianco

1959, role: actor , character name: Agi
Le fatiche di Ercole

1958, role: actor , character name: Ercole
Jail Bait

1954, role: actor , character name: Lt. Bob Lawrence
Athena

1954, role: actor , character name: Ed Perkins
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953, role: actor , character name: Olympic Team Member
Be What You Want

1953, role: actor , character name: Himself
Le plus bel homme du monde

1948, role: actor , character name: Himself, Mr. America

Reeve, Steve Filmography

Cover

2013, role: actor , character name: Mr. Raimi
Reddit Two Sentence Horror Stories

2013, role: actor , character name: Man in Mirror
Arkham Rising

2012, role: actor , character name: Bane
Arkham Rising

2012, role: actor , character name: Joker