Trivia

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.

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).

Avid weightlifter; holds the Guinness world record for oldest person to bench-press over 300 pounds.

Lupus and Greg Morris were the only Mission: Impossible (1966) regular cast members to appear on the series throughout its entire run.

Bodybuilding titles: Mr. Indianapolis (1954), Mr. Indiana (1960), Mr. Hercules and the world title of Mr. International Health Physique

Graduated from Butler University, Indianapolis, IN; 1954.

Census and marriage records show that his father was born in Syria; his mother was from the United States.

Posed nude as Playgirl's Man of the Month for April, 1974.

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.

With his height, bodybuilder physique and handsome good looks, he was a natural for the starring roles in the sword and sandal/mythological muscle man movies. He went to Europe and got the lead roles and top billing, under the name "Rock Stevens," in four such films in the final years (1964-1965) of that genre's popularity.

Father of actor Peter Lupus III.

Graduated from Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN; 1950.

Best known as strongman Willy Armitage in the original 'Mission: Impossible' on TV. He later spoofed his role as Detective Norberg in the comedy series 'Police Squad'.

The son of Mary Irene (née Lambert; 1910-2003) and Peter Nash Lupus (1898-1981). His father was of Syrian and Lebanese descent.