Bell was born in
Ellesmere Port, a port in
Cheshire,
England. After service as a
corporal in the
Royal Air Force as a
Physical Training Instructor, Veidor took up amateur wrestling. After turning professional, he initially wrestled as Hermann Veidor and Steve Bell. He won the
Royal Albert Hall Tournament Trophy on three occasions. On 15 September 1978 Veidor won the
European Heavyweight Championship at
Liverpool,
Great Britain. Veidor made many appearances on
ITV's
World of Sport, and has wrestled across Europe, worked in films, television game shows and commercials. He appeared alongside other wrestlers in the 1968 cult film
The Touchables, directed by
Robert Freeman, and as Muscles in
Derek Ford's 1973 film
Keep It Up, Jack. Between the months of February and March 1975, Veidor toured
New Japan Pro-Wrestling, taking on such Japanese professional wrestling legends
Antonio Inoki,
Seiji Sakaguchi and
Strong Kobayashi. ==Championships and accomplishments==