"the woman" is Gracie Allen, wife and partner of George Burns(this is why Steve always says Mrs Burns) .Its from The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode Harry comes early (1957), one year before he made Hercules(1958).
In 1951, George Reeves was cast as Superman/Clark Kent. Steve Reeves was still being featured in bodybuilding shows and championships at that time, and not yet an actor. Steve Reeves began his acting career in 1953, and was not a star until 1957 when he starred in HERCULES in Italy, and then the USA English version was released in 1958,
OMG, I would have fainted dead away if I ever saw him in person. One of his friends, on walking into a restaurant with Reeves said all you could hear were knives and forks dropping on plates!
@@finlaylooney3346 All pro white bodybuilders artificially darken their skin like to become champions. They don't lighten their skin. No. I don't squab. Thank you for asking. I'll be glad to take some pointers from you.
For years I had read that Steve Reeves' voice was dubbed because it was "too high" or "high pitched," implying that his voice wasn't "masculine" enough. Thanks to this rare video, I now know that the people writing that never actually heard Steve Reeves' voice or were lying about it. Plus, Reeves demonstrates here that he also had talent in comedic acting in addition to playing those heroic characters so well. Small wonder that Arnold Schwarzenegger strove to model his career on the path set by the legendary Steve Reeves.
The amount of positivity here. We tend to forget that bodybuilding is about being healthy, not big. We looked up to men like Steve because they showed that bodybuilding was really about strength and great physical health. This legend just knew how to eat well and stay in shape, nothing else. Simple yet effective
I remember one of his Hercules movies he was challenged to shoot this arrow so far to prove his strength; but instead he had his much smaller student do coaching him tohave skill, not just brawn.
I disagree, because he could never pass for a "mild mannered reporter" named Clark Kent....that is one thing I didn't like about Dean Cain's Clark Kent,, he was too muscular...
Steve Reeve had one of the greatest physiques of all time. Muscular and powerful, but not grotesquely huge and freakish. Everything in perfect proportion and each muscle perfectly separate and defined, but no bulging veins or obscenely low body fat. Perfection.
I hear he used to be nicknamed "Pancake Reeves" because of how thin he was from the side! A lot of this is probably because he mostly trained upper chest and trained his back more for width than thickness
Lol he's not "thin" from the side view. He's 6 feet tall which gives the illusion of seeming smaller than he is. Stand next to him in person and you'd realize how thick he is. Also, with wide shoulder blades the back muscles are distributed differently and not all bunched up. Not to mention the fact his massive arms affect the perspective.
@@RavageReeves A "six foot tall" person can be 6' exactly, 6'1, 6'2, 6'3 and still be in the same general category. Point still stands: he's much larger in person. Look at how small the womans hands are when grabbing his biceps.
I!Agree With You About This One!Daniel And Chris!Steve Reeves Is A REAL Hunk And THOSE BODYBUILDING🏋 BEEFCAKE MUSCULAR Manly BULGING Biceps 💪 💪!💯%!All Over HIS HOT 🔥 SEXUALMANLYNESS Powerful ManlySEXUAL PHYSICALY PECS APPEAL And THOSE BODYBUILDING 🏋BEEFCAKE MUSCULAR Manly LEGS 🦵 🦵💯%!8PACK ABS&THOSE AWESOME BUNSOFSTEAL 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😄 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😄 !He!Was The ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 Perfect 🥰 💞 👌 😍 👍 ♥ 🥰 💞 👌 😍 👍 HERCULES In The Movies 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 ♥!
@@jadezee6316 Yes, it was dubbed. Most Italian films of the 50's and early 60's were all dubbed, even in Italian. Watch Audrey Hepburn in 1956's "War And Peace" filmed in Italy. She dubbed her own voice. Steve had a guy who did voiceovers do his voice.
In the days of my youth body building was almost unheard of...there were no weights in my high school gym...the school of thought was that lifting weights would make you muscle bound....until Steve Reeves arrived on the scene in the movie Hercules,which I saw with my parents....I asked my Dad how could I get muscles like Steve Reeves...he told me to swim to England...I never swam to England but I learned how to work and still do today...Mr.Reeves where ever you are thanks for the inspiration and thank you Mr.Marek...
Your dad has/had a sense of humor. Swim to England! Hahah. I guess it does work the upper body a lot, true, and you lose excess fat during the journey over.
***** Groucho Marx? I have to look that up. I did recently watch Jack LaLanne appear on Groucho's show. It was darn funny. Maybe you're confused between the two? I hope not :)
That was Gordon Scott on Groucho. He played Tarzan from the mid 50's to early 60's and did many of his own stunts. He even played Hercules once. I can understand Scott being mistaken for Reeves. They both starred as Twins Romulus and Remus (Reeves and Scott respectively) in Duel Of The Titans. I remember the promos for "...Titans" when I was a youngster. They had these giant Steve "Hercules" Reeves vs Gordon "Tarzan" Scott Posters on the outside of the theater. Needless to say we kids went nuts over these two "Titans" of the silver screen.
Back in my dad's day as a teen early 50's, grampa filled large coffee cans w concrete w hole for an iron bar, viola' weight sets home style, Gramps was a butcher too, so good protein , excercise , dad' got Big & strong 💪🏽for football 🏈 in Jr & High school thru to get a college scholarship, (where they had a proper gym) no steroids, just determination
Clowns today call Steve "small". He was over 6 feet and dwarfs normal people when you see him standing next to them. Just look at that shoulder to waist ratio DAMN.
I googled Steve Reeves today, because I heard his name mentioned in the song from the Rocky horror picture show. I never heard of him until today. Now it all makes sense in the song.
Try to catch him in the 1958 film HERCULES, and 1959's HERCULES UNCHAINED. After all his bodybuilding titles (Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. Universe), these movies launched him into mainstream superstardom.
For those saying ARNOLD didn't look up to Stev Reeves and his Film Career.....I promise you it was Steve was who made Arnie believe he could be a Movie Star someday. Every young boy watching bodybuilding in the 60s knew all about Steve Reeves and his movies.
Things that happened when I watched this vid: -increased testosterone -increased charisma -increased attraction -increased height -increased muscle mass
Yeah, i know this comment is 2 years already, but i seem to agree. He had to get smaller for his film and tv roles. But still pretty impressive and a lot better than my best shape
I love Gracie! No Saturday night was complete until we had a midnight showing of Burns and Allen! With a little bit of medicinal marijuana added in, laughed our asses off all night long! God bless you George and Gracie!!
@@holliswilliams8426 why do people like you haunt bodybuilding videos? Steve Reeves development was natural, entirety due to genetics, diet and exercise. You slanderous implication is unwelcomed.
Haha, lol. He was a fantastic character in the world of building. And, I never knew he was naturally funny, with great timing. Fantastic footage. Thanks for posting
His posing photos actually make him look slimmer and shorter but seeing him move about as well as seeing him stand next to someone really shows that he actually had mass and was 6 foot 1 after all. It makes me respect his proportions that much more now knowing that he had the perfect balance of mass and symmetry with his physique.
its because he trained for width rather than thickness. so from the side he would look leaner and combined that with the fact that his chest was smaller compared to modern day bodybuilding because bigger chest was not admired back then. from the front reeves was wide as hell due to his superior bone structure. i would say in terms of muscle he was not as big but he made up for it in terms of bone structure.
I'd never heard of this man before, until my car broke down during a storm in the middle of nowhere on my honeymoon. My wife and I ended up walking to this mansion to ask to use their phone, but there was a wild party going on. It turned into quite a night, to say the least! Our host at one point invited us to watch on old Steve Reeves movie with him, but we never got around to that.
Yeah, these jokes work to this day, and I really wish comedy was still like this and that there were more performers, performances, and skits like this still, but I'm finding a lot more fun and funny stuff through older materials.
@ WiggyWarrior...of course ??? that's right he wasn't, although he's been witnessed to have had a few "experiences of the kind" between his two marriages, but it was considered in Cinecita and Hollywood to be kept as a secret...of course ; voice isn't that all, is it ?
Maybe Steve Reeves wasn’t gay, but the character he played, Hercules, was a confirmed bisexual. You seem upset. Did Steve turn down your sexual advances, bro? I bet you get that a lot.
Now this is real comedy you don’t ever see comedy like this anymore this is real craftsmanship this is true arch I wish I could go back in time when they were real comedy
@@richarddixon7855 I live in Italy and I've heard that even Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale were dubbed by ghost voices even in Italian in the early years of their career. As has already been stated Italian films were usually post dubbed even for he home market. This had its advantages because they were to cast big name US stars in Italian movies without any language barrier. Besides Italian ghost voices are among the best in the world. Many big Italian actors lend their voices Among
Steve has a beautiful speaking voice as his physique. But at the height of his movie career many press releases reported that Steve's on screen voice was dubbed by an NBC announcer. LOL!
I am Hollywood Talent agent and Reeves told me that he turned down two iconic roles because they didn't offer him enough money. In the late 50's and early 60's because of the Hercules films in Europe, he and Sofia were the highest paid actors in Europe. They offered him $50, 000 to play James Bond in England and the same to star in the Spaghetti Westerns in Italy and Spain. He told them to find unknowns, so they went with Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood respectively. AMAZING !!!
+GaeasBlessing exactly my thougts i'm a 22 year old aspiring mens physique competetor, but i'm afraid the damage has already been done in terms of whats achieveable, its a shame its all about roids now even when the kids don't know
In the 70`s we had Joe Weider Rammed down our throats ,in one of his magazines his name was mentioned 200 times ,his mags were full of adverts and pics of Steroid Bloated Bodybuilders with protein drinks in their hands and yes Arnold was always there and Franco ,he admitted after that his own mags were crap . It was not until the internet came out that you could see how the Old time Bodybuilders did train and what Protein they used and in my hunger for knowledge about how Steve Reeves trained i came across his Book The Classic Physique and it was the complete Opposite to what Joe Weider had been preaching . Steve said Train no more that 3x a week and stay away from Steroids simple as that ,you need Rest to grow and recover . You can get free advice on training from Brook Kubik and Bill Hilburn and the methods do work . Arnold was full of Steroids and could train 6 days a week Twice a day but Training Naturally is a different Ball Game . You don`t need Drugs ,Eat right and Rest and Train and grow
The movie actor William 'Big Bill" Smith had a physique similar to Steve Reeves. Smith was not a professional bodybuilder, but he was an avid bodybuilder. He trained for many years at Vince Gironda's gym. And I read where he used to train with Steve Reeves at Bert Goodrich's gym.
+AnthonyJ74 === he had an awesome neck. i saw him in an episode of 'columbo' and he had the best neck i ever saw. he was also great as an actor as 'falconetti' in 'rich man poor man' and as 'jack wilson' in 'any which way you can'. he had that intimidating look that could see right through you. a kind of pierced eye that was very menacing.
sküll düggery I agree with you. Bill Smith could exude a certain type of menace that was hard for many other so-called tough guys to replicate. I am 41, so I didn't grow up watching Smith or even learn of who he is until I started watching RUclips! clips, specifically clips of Smith and Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can. I vaguely remember as child watching the muscular guy who fought Clint Eastwood, but I never really knew who he was. But the more I read of him, the more fascinated I become. He lives in Southern California (as do I), and I wish I had gone to meet him at the various appearances he made over the years. He's 82 now, and I'm not sure how active or healthy he is at this time (But I do check his Facebook page often -- a page run by fans).
Excellent point.His voice was perfect for the characters he portrayed. Why did the Italian Cinema moguls- Francesco Costafavi and others have his voice dubbed? Mark
It results from the audio-video footage that besides his statuesque body, Steve Reeves also had a rare, surprisingly low, baritonal voice, somehow in contrast to his lovely and delicate figure.
This was America in the 1950s. Developed physiques were considered freeky, as Steve Reeves knew. Such a shame he got denied the Samson and Delilah movie by Cecil B Demille because he would have been FANTASTIC in it. It took European movie makers to finally appreciate the guy.
De Mille asked him to lose 20 kilos but Reeves was still competing and winning competitions and that's why he didn't accept. It was nonsense from the producers, Steve would have been a bombshell.
It looked like they had a choice to make, get a muscle guy like Steve Reeves and teach him to act, or get a good actor like Victor Mature and bulk him up. I guess they chose the latter
@@dttruman They didn't have a choice to make. Reeves simply said no. They chose Mature because he was one of the most muscular they had, but Mature had a very poor body and was a lousy actor. Reeves would have been much better and Reeves personality was apropriate.. tall, strong an very very handsome.
@@vicenterosales1727 A lot of critics and fans thought Mature was a good actor back in the late 40's and 50's, just check out all of his movies from that period.I guess Reeves just chose competing over acting at that time
@@dttruman Just watch his movies. Reeves agreed to do Samson and Delilha even he was paid as a rookie but De Mille demanded that he lose a lot of weight and Reeves was going to lose what had cost him 9 years of work, that's why he turned down the job but did others movies where he wasn't required he ruin his body. The following year Reeves won the Mr Univers that brought him fame and fortune.
Reg Park, Reeves, Grimek, Pearl, Nubret, Paris, Zane, Benfatto, Eiferman. Etc.. There have been lots of great bodybuilders who have inspired the masses to get fit. Question is, who's talking and who's taking action. God bless them all for inspiring us to train.
Hollywood hated Steeve Reeves. He was too manly. That's why he ended up making films in Europe. Good for him. The women he worked with were gorgeous. He must have had fun.
Gracie! What a dingbat ditz as usual. Well this little snippet between her and "Hercules" only goes to show that they would have made ideal workout partners because she would have been the perfect "dumbell" for him. Ha ha:)
The first steroids were used by the Russians in the late 50s during the olympics, and really only become public during the 60s. Meaning he was most certainly natural here. This is what amazing genetics and decades of hard work looks like.
I wish he were allowed to use his own voice: but No matter. He is still the Greatest “Natural” Bodybuilder that’s ever lived, then or now. No one can touch his Perfectly Symmetrical Physique. In addition he is Drop Dead Gorgeous. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For those doubting if he’s natural I don't believe Reeves took steroids, and here is my logic: in the late 1940s, when Steve was the champion, there were only 2 steroids in existence: testosterone (propionate & suspension) and methyltestosterone. Both drugs are notorious for causing water retention and bloating through their aromatisation to estrogens. And aromatase inhibitors weren't available until 1960 (when Aminoglutethimide was first introduced). Therefore, looking at how incredibly lean he was, I highly doubt he was on drugs. In addition his last few competitions took place around the late 40’s (though his acting career continued further) while mainstream steroids only started becoming common around the early 60’s. If you still don’t believe me watch Natural hypertrophy’s video about him
People don't realize he was in the offseason during this. Probably 15% BF. When he cut down to 7% he looked like he did in Hercules. Massive and ripped.
That's Gracie Allen (Mrs. George Burns) of the comedy duo of Burns & Allen. They had a TV show in the early to mid 50s. Vaudeville team in the 20s, and made several movies. George made several other films in the 70s, 80s, & 90s. Died at 100 yrs. old in 1996.
Steve looked like a superhero. Bodybuilders today look like the monsters who fight the superheroes.
they look like ninja turtles
They hardly look human nowadays
I rather look like an actual Super man than a Hulk like today’s bodybuilders look like, they don’t look human🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@shawngillespie3532 steve reeves in this video looks smaller. I think he lost weight for this, also in hercules unchained.
I'm stealing this comment.
the woman is every mom reacting to their son lifting
Haha spot on mate
10/10 reaction
100%
"the woman" is Gracie Allen, wife and partner of George Burns(this is why Steve always says Mrs Burns) .Its from The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode Harry comes early (1957), one year before he made Hercules(1958).
@@innatecharisma Add Grandmas to that list. Man, I'm a signed male fitness model and she don't say nothing but "don't lift so heavy"
Steve could have been a perfect Captain America
noah He even has the same name as Captain America 😹😹
Nah he would've been the perfect superman
He could have been a great Batman too
And Clint Walker could have been the Hulk
I don't agree I think that Arnold would have been better for both superman and captain merica specially with that chest size
How this man never played Superman on television is beyond me.
His cousing did.
@@andyscorner101 Is George Reeves any relation to Steve Reeves ?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
.....and end all all other pretenders in the future
No
In 1951, George Reeves was cast as Superman/Clark Kent. Steve Reeves was still being featured in bodybuilding shows and championships at that time, and not yet an actor. Steve Reeves began his acting career in 1953, and was not a star until 1957 when he starred in HERCULES in Italy, and then the USA English version was released in 1958,
No roids, just health and hard work.
I met Steve Reeves a few times. He was an extremely nice man.
OMG, I would have fainted dead away if I ever saw him in person. One of his friends, on walking into a restaurant with Reeves said all you could hear were knives and forks dropping on plates!
Really:: wow role model for Arnold schzenegger; super handsome actor
Steve reeve bodybuilding legend; years before Arnold schzenegger started bodybuilding
@@lloydkline1518 Role model for Stallone too. Heard it in an interview.
@@spockboy really; pretty boy/ bodybuilder/ actor; steve reeve
6'1", exremely handsome and with a body sculpted like a classic greek sculpture. Steve Reeves was the epitome of the perfect male specimen.
Almost perfect, except he was white.
@@gmrios what does race have to do with anything you squab?
@@finlaylooney3346 All pro white bodybuilders artificially darken their skin like to become champions. They don't lighten their skin. No. I don't squab. Thank you for asking. I'll be glad to take some pointers from you.
@@gmrios wow you are special dont even understand what I meant by squab do you.
@@gmrios they only darken their skin because the striations show better in the heavy downlighting
For years I had read that Steve Reeves' voice was dubbed because it was "too high" or "high pitched," implying that his voice wasn't "masculine" enough. Thanks to this rare video, I now know that the people writing that never actually heard Steve Reeves' voice or were lying about it. Plus, Reeves demonstrates here that he also had talent in comedic acting in addition to playing those heroic characters so well. Small wonder that Arnold Schwarzenegger strove to model his career on the path set by the legendary Steve Reeves.
Lol, this just shows stereotypes existed for men too .
"For a man of 52, you look fine." lol. Great comedy.
@Antonio Nero Arnold’s early movies.
Check out this interview to hear his normal speaking voice, which is quite pleasant and masculine. ruclips.net/video/eKNbxEAJfDI/видео.html
Slight correction, Arnold modelled his career on Reg Park and even spent time with him in South Africa
Strong, aesthetic, functional and healthy. This is what BB should have been.
Seriously, I see the HGH belly guts today, and I have no idea how that's considered "body building."
The amount of positivity here. We tend to forget that bodybuilding is about being healthy, not big. We looked up to men like Steve because they showed that bodybuilding was really about strength and great physical health. This legend just knew how to eat well and stay in shape, nothing else. Simple yet effective
This man looks more superman than superman himself, it's a shame he never played one/
0:10 Superman pose
His brother did though
@@abdiyounis4524 No relation. George Reeves real name was George Keefer Brewer.
No, but he played Hercules. Looked great with beard, too.
superman was still only a comic book commodity when reeves hit the screen as hercules, goliath, sandokan. nobody even considered making cbm's
Steve's Reeves didn't have bulging veins or a bulging belly like Today's superhuman Freaks.
This is peak male shape. Every man should strive to get this kind of body naturally.
Should have been cast as Superman, but he made a great hercules
I remember one of his Hercules movies he was challenged to shoot this arrow so far to prove his strength; but instead he had his much smaller student do coaching him tohave skill, not just brawn.
I disagree, because he could never pass for a "mild mannered reporter" named Clark Kent....that is one thing I didn't like about Dean Cain's Clark Kent,, he was too muscular...
This is what a bodybuilder SHOULD look like
Bodybuilders will develop the physiques that judges reward. If the classic physique were rewarded it would, be developed.
Lol no. Chris Bumstead is what its supposed to look like
@@LambeauLeeeper Don't tell me you think Bumstead is natural, because if you do I have something I want to tell you about Santa.
@@Kaledrone ok and neither is this guy?
@@Kaledrone what does being natty have to do with anything? stfu
Steve Reeve had one of the greatest physiques of all time. Muscular and powerful, but not grotesquely huge and freakish. Everything in perfect proportion and each muscle perfectly separate and defined, but no bulging veins or obscenely low body fat. Perfection.
Daniel Ryan he's my favorite too..but I never realized how he's not thick front to back 9n the side views
I hear he used to be nicknamed "Pancake Reeves" because of how thin he was from the side! A lot of this is probably because he mostly trained upper chest and trained his back more for width than thickness
Lol he's not "thin" from the side view. He's 6 feet tall which gives the illusion of seeming smaller than he is. Stand next to him in person and you'd realize how thick he is. Also, with wide shoulder blades the back muscles are distributed differently and not all bunched up. Not to mention the fact his massive arms affect the perspective.
@@drygordspellweaver8761
Reeves is Height: 6'1" (185.5cm)
@@RavageReeves A "six foot tall" person can be 6' exactly, 6'1, 6'2, 6'3 and still be in the same general category. Point still stands: he's much larger in person. Look at how small the womans hands are when grabbing his biceps.
Excellent voice indeed, with a voice like that you've got the job before the interview has even finished !
I!Agree With You About This One!Daniel And Chris!Steve Reeves Is A REAL Hunk And THOSE BODYBUILDING🏋 BEEFCAKE MUSCULAR Manly BULGING Biceps 💪 💪!💯%!All Over HIS HOT 🔥 SEXUALMANLYNESS Powerful ManlySEXUAL PHYSICALY PECS APPEAL And THOSE BODYBUILDING 🏋BEEFCAKE MUSCULAR Manly LEGS 🦵 🦵💯%!8PACK ABS&THOSE AWESOME BUNSOFSTEAL 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😄 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😄 !He!Was The ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 Perfect 🥰 💞 👌 😍 👍 ♥ 🥰 💞 👌 😍 👍 HERCULES In The Movies 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 ♥!
Sounds like Troy McClure. You might remember him from "The President's head is missing", "Gladys the groovy mule", and "Earwigs, ewwww!"
@@Menaceblue3 lol
@@Menaceblue3 You may remember him from such self help videos as "smoke yourself thin," and "get confident, stupid!"
He's like an aesthetic David putty
He my inspiration. I did not know his voice was so deep wtf?
Natural testosterone
Jack I am 19 years old.185 cm and doing natural bodybuilding over 3 years.but I sound like a fucking girl lol.i wish I had a manly voice :/
MultiCaloka Don't worry. It'll happen.
lol..never seen any of his movies?
no his voice WAS NOT dubbed in his movies
@@jadezee6316 Yes, it was dubbed. Most Italian films of the 50's and early 60's were all dubbed, even in Italian. Watch Audrey Hepburn in 1956's "War And Peace" filmed in Italy. She dubbed her own voice. Steve had a guy who did voiceovers do his voice.
That was a beautiful and natural-looking body.
In the days of my youth body building was almost unheard of...there were no weights in my high school gym...the school of thought was that lifting weights would make you muscle bound....until Steve Reeves arrived on the scene in the movie Hercules,which I saw with my parents....I asked my Dad how could I get muscles like Steve Reeves...he told me to swim to England...I never swam to England but I learned how to work and still do today...Mr.Reeves where ever you are thanks for the inspiration and thank you Mr.Marek...
Your dad has/had a sense of humor. Swim to England! Hahah. I guess it does work the upper body a lot, true, and you lose excess fat during the journey over.
*****
Groucho Marx? I have to look that up. I did recently watch Jack LaLanne appear on Groucho's show. It was darn funny. Maybe you're confused between the two? I hope not :)
That was Gordon Scott on Groucho. He played Tarzan from the mid 50's to early 60's and did many of his own stunts. He even played Hercules once. I can understand Scott being mistaken for Reeves. They both starred as Twins Romulus and Remus (Reeves and Scott respectively) in Duel Of The Titans. I remember the promos for "...Titans" when I was a youngster. They had these giant Steve "Hercules" Reeves vs Gordon "Tarzan" Scott Posters on the outside of the theater. Needless to say we kids went nuts over these two "Titans" of the silver screen.
Yeah, I couldn't find Reeves on Groucho, but I did find Scott. Those were the days, before I was born :)
Back in my dad's day as a teen early 50's, grampa filled large coffee cans w concrete w hole for an iron bar, viola' weight sets home style,
Gramps was a butcher too, so good protein , excercise , dad' got Big & strong 💪🏽for football 🏈 in Jr & High school thru to get a college scholarship, (where they had a proper gym) no steroids, just determination
Clowns today call Steve "small". He was over 6 feet and dwarfs normal people when you see him standing next to them. Just look at that shoulder to waist ratio DAMN.
Perfect comment. Only drugged up sucked up bodybuilding clowns call Reeves small.
@@jeffreybeaumont4542 So the entire IFBB lol
He had a 29" waist.
believed in symmetry,arms neck and calves same size.he was a great guy too
@@kalterkaplan1993 wore the old thin cake box string around waist to remind him,nice man
I googled Steve Reeves today, because I heard his name mentioned in the song from the Rocky horror picture show. I never heard of him until today. Now it all makes sense in the song.
Try to catch him in the 1958 film HERCULES, and 1959's HERCULES UNCHAINED. After all his bodybuilding titles (Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. Universe), these movies launched him into mainstream superstardom.
For those saying ARNOLD didn't look up to Stev Reeves and his Film Career.....I promise you it was Steve was who made Arnie believe he could be a Movie Star someday. Every young boy watching bodybuilding in the 60s knew all about Steve Reeves and his movies.
.49 to .51 he sound like Arnold
Things that happened when I watched this vid:
-increased testosterone
-increased charisma
-increased attraction
-increased height
-increased muscle mass
naah you're just coping
@@arnis71 bruh you dont know what cope means
This is Steve Reeves out of shape.
***** That's the joke!
Yeah, i know this comment is 2 years already, but i seem to agree. He had to get smaller for his film and tv roles. But still pretty impressive and a lot better than my best shape
kieran murray i want to have that body for life.
@@Redtube214 he got smaller because he hopped off the roids
@@thatxonexguy5438 He was lifetime natural you clown.
we missed the greatest potential SUPERMAN movie star of all time !!
He certainly put George Reeves (no relation, despite myth), to shame physique wise.
Steve Reeves, has got more fan now, more,when he was alive
He would have been perfect as Superman.
Superman, Batman, or Captain America. Take your pick.
instead of that overweight bum that played superman on TV
I love Gracie! No Saturday night was complete until we had a midnight showing of Burns and Allen! With a little bit of medicinal marijuana added in, laughed our asses off all night long! God bless you George and Gracie!!
I loved their show when it was on ME TV. Witty writing and Gracie is hilarious.
Mrs.Burn is basically the originator of body dysmorphia...
What a man! And that deep voice.
roids can affect a person's vocal chords
@@holliswilliams8426 why do people like you haunt bodybuilding videos? Steve Reeves development was natural, entirety due to genetics, diet and exercise. You slanderous implication is unwelcomed.
@@holliswilliams8426 totally achievable naturally. I bet you look like melted ice cream cone
@@jonwiley2592 my brother has a deeper voice then that guy he was born with it all depends on the thickness of ones vocal chords!
Haha, lol. He was a fantastic character in the world of building. And, I never knew he was naturally funny, with great timing. Fantastic footage. Thanks for posting
the best natural Bodybuilder of Golden Era!!
Silver Era*
As I understand it..he was not completely natural. He just didn't use as many drugs as modern day bodybuilders do. I may be wrong though.
@@mullcrumthesage6303 he was totally natural, steroids were not as common back then and he always spoke against them
He has the nice flat stomach. Not like so many today that look like their stomach is bloated.
@@SamC_182 The Real Golden Era then.
THIS is how body builders should look like!
And, neeldess to say, sound like. 😎 Damn, I wish I have a voice like him! 😢
this is exactly how i imagined he would sound like!! wow!!
His posing photos actually make him look slimmer and shorter but seeing him move about as well as seeing him stand next to someone really shows that he actually had mass and was 6 foot 1 after all. It makes me respect his proportions that much more now knowing that he had the perfect balance of mass and symmetry with his physique.
its because he trained for width rather than thickness. so from the side he would look leaner and combined that with the fact that his chest was smaller compared to modern day bodybuilding because bigger chest was not admired back then. from the front reeves was wide as hell due to his superior bone structure. i would say in terms of muscle he was not as big but he made up for it in terms of bone structure.
@@jmgonzales7701 Yea his ffmi was only 23, which is still really good when you are lean which he was at 215 pounds 6'1 he wasn't small at all.
@@keewee3135 yeah its just from the size he looked like he didn't have much thickness but dude was wide as a house.
I'd never heard of this man before, until my car broke down during a storm in the middle of nowhere on my honeymoon. My wife and I ended up walking to this mansion to ask to use their phone, but there was a wild party going on. It turned into quite a night, to say the least! Our host at one point invited us to watch on old Steve Reeves movie with him, but we never got around to that.
Must have been at Frankenfurter's place. Did you do the Time Warp?
@@jsusna1972 I think they had just done it when I arrived, because they said they wanted to do the time warp again.
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Hot Patootie!
She is wonderful. Her timing and his timing for that matter were perfect. What a great clip, thank you.
Yeah, these jokes work to this day, and I really wish comedy was still like this and that there were more performers, performances, and skits like this still, but I'm finding a lot more fun and funny stuff through older materials.
He was a real movie star. A real man, a real gentleman, a real human being, free of steorids.
Surely everyone is free of steorids.
We won't count here; Dianabol?
Go away
other bodybuilders of the time said he was definitely using something
@@holliswilliams8426 100% sure Dianabol was nomal like natural supplement it wasn't drug by then.
That was a good, manly bass voice!
Jesus Christ, what a voice too. No homo of course.
@ WiggyWarrior...of course ??? that's right he wasn't, although he's been witnessed
to have had a few "experiences of the kind" between his two marriages, but it was considered in Cinecita and Hollywood to be kept as a secret...of course ; voice isn't that all, is it ?
argynn
Credible sources?
@@stuartperry8141 your fantasy?
Wiggy - that's the dumbest comment of 2022 so far.
Maybe Steve Reeves wasn’t gay, but the character he played, Hercules, was a confirmed bisexual. You seem upset. Did Steve turn down your sexual advances, bro? I bet you get that a lot.
Now this is real comedy you don’t ever see comedy like this anymore this is real craftsmanship this is true arch I wish I could go back in time when they were real comedy
Did not know he had such a nice voice. Only if they had used his real voice in those Italian movies.
She was such a great actor! I've been watching reruns of "The Burns & Allen Show" and she dominates every scene. She died way too soon.
She was the act! ! !
George knew it and always said it, but he wasn’t too shabby a straight man either .
He even has a muscular voice.
He sounds like Thurl Ravenscroft 😳
Amazing role model for young men. We need more men like Steve
And no pecs that look like tits...
no steroids or drugs involved....
@@alpha-omega2362 He shows what can be achieved naturally with a understanding of diet and health that is 70-80years out of date.
@@alpha-omega2362 😎🤥🤣😂
*Steeve Reeves: looks like the average natty who trains and eats right
*Fans: Is this perfection?!!!!
He looks good here, but he was nowhere near his best physical condition.
@MelloWattz he downsized for Hollywood
You know I often wonder why the producers of all those Italian pics didn't use Reeves actual speaking voice. It was wonderful.
I.believe all the voices were dubbed in later.
@@richarddixon7855 I live in Italy and I've heard that even Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale were dubbed by ghost voices even in Italian in the early years of their career. As has already been stated Italian films were usually post dubbed even for he home market. This had its advantages because they were to cast big name US stars in Italian movies without any language barrier. Besides Italian ghost voices are among the best in the world. Many big Italian actors lend their voices
Among
Their voices to dub the lines of foreign stars.
Steve has a beautiful speaking voice as his physique. But at the height of his movie career many press releases reported that Steve's on screen voice was dubbed by an NBC announcer. LOL!
He must have been a very likeable and interesting person to send himself up like this.
Awesome Old School Manly Voice. Actors of now either has synthetic Deep Voice or are High Pitched.
I am Hollywood Talent agent and Reeves told me that he turned down two iconic roles because they didn't offer him enough money. In the late 50's and early 60's because of the Hercules films in Europe, he and Sofia were the highest paid actors in Europe. They offered him $50, 000 to play James Bond in England and the same to star in the Spaghetti Westerns in Italy and Spain. He told them to find unknowns, so they went with Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood respectively. AMAZING !!!
Thanks for your interesting comment! I knew, that he refused these roles, but I didnt know, that was because of money.
Greatest physique of all time! It's sad that kids today don't even know what a real natty physique is supposed to look like.
+GaeasBlessing exactly my thougts
i'm a 22 year old aspiring mens physique competetor, but i'm afraid the damage has already been done in terms of whats achieveable, its a shame its all about roids now even when the kids don't know
Agreed. He's slim and athletic looking, yet has great mass in his arms and a wide back. I'd really like to achieve a physique like his.
In the 70`s we had Joe Weider Rammed down our throats ,in one of his magazines his name was mentioned 200 times ,his mags were full of adverts and pics of Steroid Bloated Bodybuilders with protein drinks in their hands and yes Arnold was always there and Franco ,he admitted after that his own mags were crap . It was not until the internet came out that you could see how the Old time Bodybuilders did train and what Protein they used and in my hunger for knowledge about how Steve Reeves trained i came across his Book The Classic Physique and it was the complete Opposite to what Joe Weider had been preaching . Steve said Train no more that 3x a week and stay away from Steroids simple as that ,you need Rest to grow and recover . You can get free advice on training from Brook Kubik and Bill Hilburn and the methods do work . Arnold was full of Steroids and could train 6 days a week Twice a day but Training Naturally is a different Ball Game . You don`t need Drugs ,Eat right and Rest and Train and grow
SP yes you were there to know that. roids were marketed in the 60s this guy didnt use them
Sergio Catalan steroids created in 1956, you are wrong.
The greatest Hercules who ever stepped into the role...perfect.We idolized I'm in our youth, and with good reason.
By far the best Hercules. Even better than the Hercules statues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art carved out by the very Greeks themselves.
The movie actor William 'Big Bill" Smith had a physique similar to Steve Reeves. Smith was not a professional bodybuilder, but he was an avid bodybuilder. He trained for many years at Vince Gironda's gym. And I read where he used to train with Steve Reeves at Bert Goodrich's gym.
+AnthonyJ74 === he had an awesome neck. i saw him in an episode of 'columbo' and he had the best neck i ever saw. he was also great as an actor as 'falconetti' in 'rich man poor man' and as 'jack wilson' in 'any which way you can'. he had that intimidating look that could see right through you. a kind of pierced eye that was very menacing.
sküll düggery I agree with you. Bill Smith could exude a certain type of menace that was hard for many other so-called tough guys to replicate. I am 41, so I didn't grow up watching Smith or even learn of who he is until I started watching RUclips! clips, specifically clips of Smith and Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can. I vaguely remember as child watching the muscular guy who fought Clint Eastwood, but I never really knew who he was. But the more I read of him, the more fascinated I become. He lives in Southern California (as do I), and I wish I had gone to meet him at the various appearances he made over the years. He's 82 now, and I'm not sure how active or healthy he is at this time (But I do check his Facebook page often -- a page run by fans).
He co-starred on the TV western "Laredo" and was Arnold's father in the first Conan movie.
@@AnthonyJ74
Another exponent of that menacing look was Leo Gordon; Like Bill Smith, one of the classic tv tough guys!
Will Smith was Conan's father in 1982 Conan the Barbarian. He even winn against Arnold in arm wrestling during filming
Oh wow! This is awesome! Reeves was funny! I love it. Thanks for the clip.
Rest in peace..great steeve Reeves....from mexico
Gracie Allen and Steve Reeves-what a delightful combination!
Interesting. With a baritone voice like that, it makes one wonder why the Italians dubbed his voice in all of his sword and sandal movies.
Rahleyboy I agree with that. Seems like Steve's voice was just as good as the actor who dubbed his lines.
Excellent point.His voice was perfect for the characters he portrayed. Why did the Italian Cinema moguls- Francesco Costafavi and others have his voice dubbed? Mark
Because he didn’t speak Italian?!?
@@SherylinRM
Do you mean Mario Girotti???
@@SherylinRM
Liberal, me???
You’re barking up the wrong tree lady!!!
I met Steve many years ago in Del Mar. My friend rode Morgan horses and introduced me. Nice guy.
all jokes aside, that's a very nice physique, even admirable.
- no homo.
Great, all-time build and wonderful looking man!
He was perfection.
No steroids no juice just good clean living with a heavyweight in a good work ethic
Looks better than the freaks of today.
It results from the audio-video footage that besides his statuesque body, Steve Reeves also had a rare, surprisingly low, baritonal voice, somehow in contrast to his lovely and delicate figure.
Steve had an perfect symmetry. Aesthetic and great.
perfect physique.
Reeves had a great masculine voice,but it was cheaper to dub all the Italian voices for the American audiences with cheaper unknowns.
His voice was as powerfull as his body
Great to hear his voice without the Italian dubs 😊Too bad he didn’t do his own show!
Most natural bodybuilder
This was America in the 1950s. Developed physiques were considered freeky, as Steve Reeves knew. Such a shame he got denied the Samson and Delilah movie by Cecil B Demille because he would have been FANTASTIC in it. It took European movie makers to finally appreciate the guy.
De Mille asked him to lose 20 kilos but Reeves was still competing and winning competitions and that's why he didn't accept. It was nonsense from the producers, Steve would have been a bombshell.
It looked like they had a choice to make, get a muscle guy like Steve Reeves and teach him to act, or get a good actor like Victor Mature and bulk him up. I guess they chose the latter
@@dttruman They didn't have a choice to make. Reeves simply said no. They chose Mature because he was one of the most muscular they had, but Mature had a very poor body and was a lousy actor. Reeves would have been much better and Reeves personality was apropriate.. tall, strong an very very handsome.
@@vicenterosales1727 A lot of critics and fans thought Mature was a good actor back in the late 40's and 50's, just check out all of his movies from that period.I guess Reeves just chose competing over acting at that time
@@dttruman Just watch his movies.
Reeves agreed to do Samson and Delilha even he was paid as a rookie but De Mille demanded that he lose a lot of weight and Reeves was going to lose what had cost him 9 years of work, that's why he turned down the job but did others movies where he wasn't required he ruin his body.
The following year Reeves won the Mr Univers that brought him fame and fortune.
Reg Park, Reeves, Grimek, Pearl, Nubret, Paris, Zane, Benfatto, Eiferman. Etc.. There have been lots of great bodybuilders who have inspired the masses to get fit. Question is, who's talking and who's taking action. God bless them all for inspiring us to train.
Hollywood hated Steeve Reeves. He was too manly. That's why he ended up making films in Europe. Good for him. The women he worked with were gorgeous. He must have had fun.
He's so handsome!
WAS
Gracie! What a dingbat ditz as usual. Well this little snippet between her and "Hercules" only goes to show that they would have made ideal workout partners because she would have been the perfect "dumbell" for him. Ha ha:)
The first steroids were used by the Russians in the late 50s during the olympics, and really only become public during the 60s. Meaning he was most certainly natural here. This is what amazing genetics and decades of hard work looks like.
He trained full-body three times a week. No body part split
@@gregpettis1113 yeah that's pretty much what I do too. Sometimes I'll just do upper and lower split if legs are sore though
That is a "natural" physique for a Body Builder who used no Steroids, or, enhancers, and, Steve was a Natural Man...
Perfect Symmetry
The name of the tv show is Burns & Allen
this is what men should be striving for .. looks great and healthy .. guaranteed women prefer this over the pro bodybuilders look
Reeves inspired Stallone to improve his body.
Stuntin like Johnny Bravo
That was a incredible physique for that era.
For any age.
Real natural
Only Gracie could be oblivious to Steve's muscles.
God !....what a God ! Steves Reeves is pure perfection in every way. There will never be another !
He was the perfect man and his real voice was so much better than his dubbed voice.
Wow, great find, thanks for posting, you can see the Reeves "Perfection in the Clouds" picture in the background
Looks like Steve finally met his match. Steve Reeves, and Gracie Allen. Great stuff.
I wish he were allowed to use his own voice: but No matter. He is still the Greatest “Natural” Bodybuilder that’s ever lived, then or now. No one can touch his Perfectly Symmetrical Physique. In addition he is Drop Dead Gorgeous. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For those doubting if he’s natural
I don't believe Reeves took steroids, and here is my logic: in the late 1940s, when Steve was the champion, there were only 2 steroids in existence: testosterone (propionate & suspension) and methyltestosterone. Both drugs are notorious for causing water retention and bloating through their aromatisation to estrogens. And aromatase inhibitors weren't available until 1960 (when Aminoglutethimide was first introduced).
Therefore, looking at how incredibly lean he was, I highly doubt he was on drugs. In addition his last few competitions took place around the late 40’s (though his acting career continued further) while mainstream steroids only started becoming common around the early 60’s. If you still don’t believe me watch Natural hypertrophy’s video about him
Reeves worked in Italy, so his voice was always dubbed. Mr America 1952!
so THAT is the voice of Steve Reeves!
This clip is hilarious. I believe Steve Reeves said in an interview that he was in bad shape in this particular scene.
Steve Reeves, per me il Miglior Culturista del Mondo!! Migliore di tutti!!!! L'unico!!
That's so true, Steve would have made a great captain America.
People don't realize he was in the offseason during this. Probably 15% BF. When he cut down to 7% he looked like he did in Hercules. Massive and ripped.
That's Gracie Allen (Mrs. George Burns) of the comedy duo of Burns &
Allen. They had a TV show in the early to mid 50s. Vaudeville team in the 20s, and made several movies. George made several other films in the 70s, 80s, & 90s. Died at 100 yrs. old in 1996.