Steve Bond (born April 22, 1953) is an

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television actor and model.

Biography

Shlomo Goldberg (later Steve Bond) was born in

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to a

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-born mother and a

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-born father who immigrated to Israel. He married in 1982 to his wife Cindy, and had a daughter,

Ashlee Bond Ashlee Bond (born April 15, 1985) is an American- Israeli show jumping rider who competes for Israel. She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Early life Her father is Steve Bond (né Shlomo Goldberg). He was ...

, now an American-Israeli Olympic

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rider who competes for Israel.

Media career

He was a child actor who starred in ''

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'', a 1968 release. In 1975 Bond appeared in full frontal nude for a photo-spread published in the October issue of '' Playgirl'' magazine. He relocated to America in the early 1980s after performing his mandatory military service for the state of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He became a daytime television actor on ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'', playing

Jimmy Lee Holt ''General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a District General Hospital, general hospital (hence the ti ...

from 1983 to 1987. In 1984 Bond posed bare-chested for a pin-up wall poster. In the early 1980s he worked as male stripper for Chippendales and appeared in one the calendars. As a Chippendale dancer, he also appeared on the short lived 1982 show ''The Shape of Things''. His early film credits included roles in ''

Massacre at Central High ''Massacre at Central High'' (released as ''Blackboard Massacre'' in the UK) is a 1976 American horror thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a se ...

'' (1976), ''

H.O.T.S. ''H.O.T.S.'' is a 1979 sex comedy. The film stars three ''Playboy'' Playmates — Susan Kiger (January 1977), Pamela Bryant (April, 1978), and Sandy Johnson (June, 1974), as well as former Miss USA of 1972, Lindsay Bloom, sexploitation actr ...

'' (1979), ''

Gas Pump Girls ''Gas Pump Girls'' is a 1979 American comedy film. Directed by Joel Bender, it stars Kirsten Baker as June. Following their high school graduation, June and her friends take over the operation of her uncle's gasoline station, which faces stiff com ...

'' (1979), '' Witches' Brew'' (1980) and '' The Prey'' (1983). In 1989, he joined the cast of daytime drama '' Santa Barbara'' as

Mack Blake '' Santa Barbara'' is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show initially revolved around the lives of four families; the wealthy Capwell family, rivals the Lockridge family, and the mor ...

where he stayed for one year only. Later, he starred as a seductive but evil vampire in the movies '' To Die For'' (1989) and '' Son of Darkness: To Die For II'' (1991). 1988 marked the year of Bond's breakthrough on to the Big Screen in his theatrical role as Travis Abilene in the

Andy Sidaris Andrew W. Sidaris (February 20, 1931 – March 7, 2007) was an American television and film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Early life Sidaris was born in Chicago, Illinois, to first-generation Greek immigrants. He grew up ...

classic '' Picasso Trigger''.

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