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Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of an Air Force officer, and grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18, she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and began her performance career as a dancer and actress.

Handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s portraying some of filmdom's most famous bronzed gods. Reeves was originally a Montana boy born on a cattle ranch in 1926. His destiny was revealed early in the game when, at the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as "Healthiest Baby of Valley County." His father Lester died in a farming accident when Steve was just a boy, and his family moved to Oakland (California). He first developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school.

Steve joined the Army in his late teens where his job was loading boxcars and trucks. He also worked out loyally at the gym during his free time and the combination helped develop his body quite rapidly. Following Army service (he served for a time in the Pacific), he decided to pursue bodybuilding professionally. In 1946, at the age of 20, he won "Mr. Pacific Coast" in Oregon, which led to his titles of "Mr. Western America" (1947), Mr. America" (1947), "Mr. World" (1948) and, ultimately, "Mr. Universe" (1950).

With all the body-worshiping publicity he garnered, he decided to travel to New York to study and pursue acting. He subsequently returned to California...and Hollywood. There were not huge opportunities for a muscleman in Tinseltown other than providing pectoral background. Steve was, however, considered for the lead role in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949), but refused when told by the legendary director he would have to lose some of his musculature (about 15 lbs.). The part instead went to Victor Mature. Steve did manage to snag the role of a detective in infamous director Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Jail Bait (1954). Small parts on TV also came his way, but they too were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To the Hollywood power players, Steve was just a body. Whether he could act or not was not a concern or selling point. Fans just wanted to see him take his shirt off.

Down on his luck, Steve's fortunes change when Italian film director Pietro Francisci saw him play Jane Powell's boyfriend in the feature film Athena (1954) and persuaded him to go overseas to star in Hercules (1958) (US title: "Hercules"). Though critics dismissed the film as "muddled mythology" while denigrating its cheapjack production values (including a poorly-dubbed sound track), the public went crazy over the sword-and-sandal epic and, in particular, Steve's marvelous beefcake heroics. He became an "overnight" star. Sequels followed, none any better or worse, with him going through the paces as a number absurdly-muscled biblical and mythological figures. An able horseman, he also performed many of his own stunts. Moreover, he paved the way for other pumped-up acting hopefuls (Ed Fury, Mark Forest, Reg Park) to seek their fame and fortune in Italy as a feature-length Samson, Ursus or Colossus. Nobody, however, came close to topping Steve in popularity.

A shoulder injury forced Steve's retirement, spending the remainder of his life promoting steroid-free bodybuilding while living on a ranch and breeding horses. The more recent bodybuilders of fame such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, both Hercules impersonators of yore, have given Steve significant credit for their respective acting successes. Married twice, Steve died in Southern California of lymphoma on May 1, 2000, at age 74.

Uan Rasey was born on 22 August 1921 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. He is known for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Too Late Blues (1961) and Lush Life (1993). He died on 26 September 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kay Farrington was born on 26 July 1939 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. She is an actress, known for In Like Flint (1967), Perry Mason (1957) and Wendy and Me (1964).

Michael McFaul was born on 1 October 1963 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. He has been married to Donna Norton since 29 May 1993.

Janet Lee Parker was born on 19 February 1940 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. She was an actress, known for David and Lisa (1962), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955). She died on 23 February 2015 in Seaside, Oregon, USA.

David Kinn was born on 28 August 1969 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Revenge of Zoe (2018), The Legend of 5 Mile Cave (2019) and Garcia: The Legend Begins (2015).

Margaret Adden was born on 5 November 1922 in Glasgow, Montana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 5 May 2017 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA.

S.E. Smith, Susan E. Smith, was born October 11, 1963 at the Glasgow Air Force Base hospital in Glasgow, Montana. The youngest daughter of Robert and Velma Guindon. Her father was a career Air Force member and her mother worked at various positions in the educational and financial industries. The family moved to MacDill Air Force base in Tampa, Florida in 1965. Susan attended public schools in Tampa until the family moved to Arkansas in 1977 where she graduated with honors.

Susan continued her education at Southern Arkansas University-Technicial Branch, in Camden, Arkansas receiving her A.S. Degree in Electronics before moving to Florida in 1984. She met and married Steve Smith in 1986. They have four children. Susan continued her education eventually receiving her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and her Master's Degree in Integrating Technology into the Curriculum. She began writing in 2010 and published her first four books on March 31, 2012. By August of 2012, she was selling more than 10,000 books a month with the numbers steadily increasing. In January of 2013, Susan made the USA TODAY as an Indie writer on Hunter's Claim: The Alliance Book 1. She briefly negotiated with a New York Publishing House before deciding to continue to self-publish. In September of 2013, she made the New York Times Bestseller list with her Twin Dragons: Dragon Lords of Valdier Book 7. In between, she continued to make the USA TODAY Bestsellers list. By the time she made the New York Times Bestsellers list again, she had decided to retire from her position at the School Board to pursue a full-time career as a writer and entrepreneur.

S.E. Smith is an internationally acclaimed, New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of science fiction, romance, fantasy, paranormal, and contemporary works for adults, young adults, and children. She enjoys writing a wide variety of genres that pull her readers into worlds that take them away. Her stories have been modified for film.