Reg Park was Arnold before Arnold was Arnold: A three-time Mr. Universe bodybuilding champion in the 1950s and ‘60s, Park went on to star as Hercules on the silver screen.

Reg Park was the reason Arnold Schwarzenegger started weightlifting Reg Park played a crucial role in inspiring young Arnie to weightlift and become an exceptional bodybuilder in bodybuilding history.

Reg Park, who has died aged 79, was a world-class bodybuilder and was twice crowned Mr Universe; he was an early influence on Arnold Schwarzenegger and appeared in five "sword-and-sandal" films.

Reg Park, who won the Mr. Universe body-building title three times and served as a mentor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a five-time winner of the title, died Thursday in Johannesburg of advanced ...

Arnold Shared a Life-Changing Lesson from Bodybuilding Legend Reg Park "Bodybuilders love to focus on their strong points, when we grow the most by doing the opposite." By Philip Ellis Published ...

Roy Park (Reg Park), bodybuilder and actor: born Leeds, Yorkshire 7 June 1928; married 1952 Mareon Isaacs (one son, one daughter); died Johannesburg, South Africa 22 November 2007.

The guest went on to say, "And Arnold's inspiration was elite bodybuilder Reg Park who made a film, Hercules." She revealed, ...

Reg Park was a bodybuilder and actor who inspired Schwarzenegger, who revealed: "One day after school, I walked by a store in Graz. So I went inside and I looked around and then I saw a magazine.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the movie that changed the course ... of watching the poster of “Hercules And The Captive Women,” a film from the 1960s that starred a bodybuilder named Reg Park.

Similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves was an accomplished bodybuilder ahead of his acting debut, having won the titles of Mr. America, Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World between 1947 and 1950.

In the three-part docuseries Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger examines his eventful, varied and high-achieving life.The hour-long episodes are roughly split among the three major phases of his adult ...