I believe that's 1960's/70's bodybuilder & sometimes "actor", Dave Draper. He appeared on TV on The Monkees & The Beverly Hillbillies & in films such as "Don't Make Waves", with Tony Curtis & Claudia Cardinale.
Don't think he ever made a actual peplum film & that this was just a costume for a publicity shot.
Although, with his blond good looks & 21" arms, Dave would have made an imposing Hercules/Samson. Unfortunately, he wasn't a very good actor.
Sir, it is David Draper. The get-up that he is wearing is from a weekend show that took place during the afternoon in the L.A. market which was set up for showing peplum films that were exclusively bodybuilder based. I know this for sure because I religiously watched this program every week for at least a year, it seemed. Dave Draper was the set-up guy, who would give a synopsis of the film we were about to see, and then make brief comments after the commercials were done. However, this is a shot taken from one of the Weider magazines of that era. He never actually flexed during the show itself.
I believe that's 1960's/70's bodybuilder & sometimes "actor", Dave Draper. He appeared on TV on The Monkees & The Beverly Hillbillies & in films such as "Don't Make Waves", with Tony Curtis & Claudia Cardinale.
ReplyDeleteDon't think he ever made a actual peplum film & that this was just a costume for a publicity shot.
Although, with his blond good looks & 21" arms, Dave would have made an imposing Hercules/Samson. Unfortunately, he wasn't a very good actor.
I don't think it's Draper because the photo looks more like early 1950s.
ReplyDeleteSir, it is David Draper. The get-up that he is wearing is from a weekend show that took place during the afternoon in the L.A. market which was set up for showing peplum films that were exclusively bodybuilder based. I know this for sure because I religiously watched this program every week for at least a year, it seemed. Dave Draper was the set-up guy, who would give a synopsis of the film we were about to see, and then make brief comments after the commercials were done. However, this is a shot taken from one of the Weider magazines of that era. He never actually flexed during the show itself.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steven. Jim was right. The photo is from a magazine Young Mr America.
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