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Peter Lupus (born June 17, 1932, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American bodybuilder and actor of Greek ancestry. 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.
Full Name
Circus Lupus
Net Worth
$3 Million
Date Of Birth
June 17, 1932
Place Of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Height
6' 4" (1.93 m)
Occupation
Actor/bodybuilder
Profession
Actor, Special Effects, Producer
Spouse
Sharon M. Hildebrand
Children
Peter Lupus III
Nicknames
Peter Lupus, Lupus, Peter
Known For
Mission: Impossible (1966), Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964), Challenge of the Gladiator (1965), Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965)
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Fact
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Graduated from Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN; 1950.
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Graduated from Butler University, Indianapolis, IN; 1954.
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Census and marriage records show that his father was born in Syria; his mother was American.
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Is Italian-American. His surname, Lupus, is an ancient Roman family name. From the Latin word "lupus" (later "lupo") which means "wolf".
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A month after his 75th birthday on July 19, 2007 he broke his own weight-lifting endurance record of 76,280 pounds in 27 minutes that he had set in 2002 at age 70 by lifting 77,560 pounds in 24 minute and 50 seconds.
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Best remembered by the public for his starring role as "Willie Armitage" on the TV series Mission: Impossible (1966).
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He was hired by the US Army to appear in a series of commercials playing the role of Superman with the permission of "Detective Comics" (aka National Periodical Publications, now known as DC Comics). He did so for many months until the Playgirl pictorial was published. He then subsequently was terminated and the Army for many years later did no longer produce recruitment commercials for broadcast television. The Vietnam War was also a too still fresh memory in many Americans' minds. He distanced himself from the magazine since the 1980s and has declined further pictorials in later years.
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Holds two world records for lifting a total of 76,280 pounds in 27 minutes, set in 2002 at age 70. He plans on breaking both of his world records again on his birthday in June 2007, at age 75.
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Along with Greg Morris, he is one of only two Mission: Impossible (1966) cast members to stay with the series throughout its entire run.
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Wife Sharon is a fitness consultant. They met in the 1950s when she visited the gym that Peter owned in Indiana. They kept their marriage a secret for a time because of the voluminous fan mail from women he was receiving during his run on Mission: Impossible (1966).
$3 Million