Steve Hawkes

Born in Eastern Europe, 'Steve Hawkes' (qv) (aka Hucks) emigrated to America as a teenager to pursue an acting career, citing 'Johnny Weissmuller' (qv) as a childhood influence. He played a Tarzan-type character in a series of Spanish-language movies. In Spain his character was referred to as "Tarzan", but when they were released in English-language territories they directly avoided mentioning the Tarzan name, instead referring to Hawkes' character as "Zan" (as in _Tarzan in the Golden Grotto (1969)_ (qv). In 1971 he played the lead in the much-loved exploitation movie _Blood Freak (1972)_ (qv),in which he turns into a monster turkey.In the mid-'70s he was badly burned in an on-set accident putting, an end to his acting career. Now completely retired, he runs an animal sanctuary out of Florida.::Antony Butcher (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)