- Dark, brooding, ruggedly handsome Philadelphia-born actor who went from being broke and driving a taxi to landing the co-starring role of the pompadour-wearing wife abuser and murderer "Lee Webber" on TV's Peyton Place (1964). His character was killed off after two seasons.
- During the run of Peyton Place (1964), he married his on-screen wife Lana Wood (she portrayed waitress "Sandy Webber") but the marriage lasted a scant six weeks. He subsequently wed a former Miss Iceland, Anna Geirstottir, but that marriage too folded after a few months, and later actress Andrea Cyrill, who played girlfriend Ginger Alden in the Elvis docudrama, This Is Elvis (1981).
- Displaying a bad guy animal magnetism, he tended to play rough-and-tumble biker types such as in the cheap-jack films, Motorpsycho! (1965),Angels from Hell (1968), Werewolves on Wheels (1971), Fugitive Lovers (1975) and Savage Abduction (1973).
- Ex-brother-in-law of Natalie Wood. His birthday is also the anniversary of her death.
- Grew up in Riverside, California. He is survived by three brothers and a sister.
- He was one of five children born to a garage mechanic in Philadelphia.
- Had a small stint in the Navy serving on a mine sweeper during the Vietnam War.
- Big Bear Lake City. Writing new screen plays. (December 2007)
- Steve Oliver is survived by 1 daughter, 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
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