Steve Bond (born Shlomo Goldberg, , on April 22, 1953) is an Israeli-American television actor and model.
Early life Shlomo Goldberg (later Steve Bond) was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Romania-born mother and a Hungary-born father who immigrated to Israel.
Career Bond made his film debut with a starring role in Tarzan and the Jungle Boy, shot in 1965 but not released until 1968. In 1975, he appeared full-frontal nude for a photo-spread published in the October issue of Playgirl magazine. He moved to the U.S. in the early 1980s. He became a daytime television actor on General Hospital, playing Jimmy Lee Holt from 1983 to 1987. In 1984, Bond posed bare-chested for a pin-up wall poster. In the early 1980s, he worked as a male stripper for Chippendales and appeared in one of the calendars. As a Chippendale dancer, he appeared on the 1982 show The Shape of Things.
His early film credits included roles in Massacre at Central High (1976), H.O.T.S. (1979), Gas Pump Girls (1979), Witches' Brew (1980) and The Prey (1983).
1988 marked the year of Bond's breakthrough leading role as Travis Abilene in Picasso Trigger.
In 1989, he joined the cast of daytime drama Santa Barbara as Mack Blake where he stayed for one year. Later, he starred as a seductive, evil vampire in the movies To Die For (1989) and Son of Darkness: To Die For II (1991).
Personal life In 1982 he married his wife Cindy; they have a daughter, Ashlee Bond, who is now an American-Israeli Olympic show jumping rider who competes for Israel.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1968 Tarzan and the Jungle Boy Erik Brunik Feature film 1969 The Arrangement Eddie (uncredited role) Feature film 1976 Cat Murkil and the Silks Joey Murkil Feature film Massacre at Central High Craig Feature film 1979 H.O.T.S. John Feature film Gas Pump Girls Butch Feature film 1980 Witches' Brew Mike Feature film 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Khan's Crewman #1 (uncredited role) Feature film 1983 The Prey Joel Feature film 1985 The Wait of the World Unknown role Direct-to-video film 1988 Picasso Trigger Travis Abilene Feature film Magdalene Father Joseph Mohr Feature film To Die For Tom Feature film 1991 Son of Darkness: To Die For II Tom Feature film 1992 Foxy Lady Mark Derrick Feature film 1994 Tryst Parkinson Feature film 1996 Blue Devil, Blue Devil Unknown role Feature film 1999 My Favorite Martian The SETI Group Driver Feature film The Joyriders Highway patrolman Feature film 2012 Noah Punda (voice only) Feature filma/k/a Noah's Ark: The New Beginning (in the U.S.)this film was never completed due to lack of funding 2014 Born to Race: Fast Track Richard Duncannon Direct-to-video film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1974 McCloud Don Episode: "The 42nd Street Cavalry" 1979 Bigfoot and Wildboy Hollister Episode: "The Birth of a Titan" 1980 The Incredible Hulk Young Man Episode: "Prometheus: Part II" 1981 Miracle on Ice Reporter #2 Television movie (ABC) 1983-1986 General Hospital Jimmy Lee HoltDaytime serial (contract role @ 212 episodes) 1987Matlock Brett Cassidy Episode: "The Therapist" You Are the Jury James Finnigan Episode: "The State of Oregon vs. Stanley Manning" 1989 Full House Todd Masters Episode: "Luck Be a Lady: Part 1" 1989-1990Santa Barbara Mac Blake Daytime serial (recurring role @ 123 episodes) 1990 The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage Kirk Powers Television movie (ABC)This was the last of 5 special movies which aired from November 1986 to February 1990 after the showed ended its original run on May 24, 1986 1993 Silk Stalkings Dick Plasmeyer Episode: "Soul Kiss" 1996 High Incident unknown role Episode: "52 Car Pick-Up" 1997 Spacejacked Taylor Television movie (Showtime/The Movie Channel) 2001 Epoch Colonel Tell Television movie (Sci Fi Channel) 2017 Enchanted Christmas Oliver Television movie (The Hallmark Channel)
References
Further reading Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 298-299.
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