Steve Reeves
Jan 21, 1926 - May 1, 2000
Steve Reeves is best remembered today for two things:
1) Being a recurring joke on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and
2) Being mentioned in the song "Sweet Transvestite" in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
He's not so much really known for being Mr. Universe 1950 or those terrible Hercules movies he made in the 1950s/1960s. While beautifully filmed, they were poorly dubbed and chopped up and confusing to American audiences. Not really a very good actor, he nonetheless got a lot of film work because he was muscular and good-looking. He turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No, which might not have been that wise in retrospect. It went to Sean Connery, who became a huge star.
When Gladiator was being filmed, director Ridley Scott never got around to offering Reeves a cameo. He later regretted it, and Reeves died on the very day the film premiered.
An odd thing about Reeves was the fact that you never heard his real voice. In all his Italian-made gladiator movies, his voice was dubbed by other actors. In fact, his actual voice was only heard in the movies Athena and Jail Bait. He was from Montana and spoke fluent English.
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