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Bodybuilding legend Steve Reeves starred in such sword and sandal films as Hercules, Hercules Unchained, and The White Warrior. | Former Tarzan Gordon Scott moved on to peplums in the early 1960s, starring in Hercules Vs. the Molloch and Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World. | ||
Mr. Universe Reg Park appeared in some of the best sword and sandal flicks, including Hercules in the Haunted World and Hercules and the Captive Women. | Bodybuilder Lou Degni was billed as Mark Forest in such films as Goliath and the Dragon and Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun. | ||
Italian actor Kirk Morris starred in such films as Colossus and the Headhunters and The Witch's Curse in the early 1960s. | Actor Dan Vadis appeared such adventures as Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators before moving on to westerns in the 1970s. | ||
Bodybuilder Dave Draper appeared exclusively in "A" films such as Don't Make Waves but once hosted a sword and sandal TV show as David the Gladiator. | While Gordon Mitchell acted in more than 200 films during his career, he's best known for his sword and sandal films such as The Giant of Metropolis. | ||
Ed Fury was a 1950s physique model and actor who moved on to sword and sandal flicks in the 1960s, starring in Colossus and the Amazon Queen, among other films. | Brad Harris starred as Samson, Goliath, and Hercules in early 1960s peplums and moved on to spy thrillers with Tony Kendall. | ||
Mission: Impossible star Peter Lupus acted in beach movies and sword and sandal films using the name Rock Stevens before making it big on the small screen. | Once the husband of Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay starred in numerous Italian movies, including Bloody Pit of Horror and Hercules Vs. the Hydra. | ||
Italian actor Alan Steel made his mark in Italian sword and sandal films as the star of Hercules Against the Moon Men. | Best known for his role in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, Samson Burke also acted in several peplums in the 1960s. | ||
Mr. America 1963 Reg Lewis got his start in the Mae West Revue and went on to act in several films such as Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules. |
Lou Ferrigno's lengthy career as an actor has yielded two Hercules films, a turn as Sinbad, and his TV series The Incredible Hulk. | ||
'A' list star Arnold Schwarzenegger got his start in the low-budget 1970 film Hercules in New York. | Famed bodybuilder Serge Nubret made a few sword and sandal films in the 1960s. | ||
Richard Harrison starred in numerous sword and sandal films in the 1960s. He also acted in a number of spy thrillers and spaghetti westerns during his lengthy career. | British actor and stuntman Joe Robinson acted in a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s, including Taur the Mighty. |
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