Peter Lupus

Peter Lupus is an American bodybuilder and actor. He attended the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University, where he also played football and basketball, graduating in 1954. He and his wife, Sharon, have a son, Peter Lupus III, who is also an actor. Lupus is said by some to be of Greek descent, though by other sources, Italian. His surname from the Latin lupo, meaning wolf. Census records give his father as having been born in Syria, however, and his mother as American.

Lupus was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Standingfeet 4160inches with a developed physique, he began his career by earning the titles of Mr. Indianapolis, Mr. Indiana, Mr. Hercules and Mr. International Health Physique. Lupus was one of many bodybuilders who followed Steve Reeves into the sword and sandal films of the 1960s, occasionally credited as Rock Stevens for such films as Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon , Challenge of the Gladiator and Muscle Beach Party where he starred as Mr. Galaxy Flex Martian.

Source: Wikipedia