Steve Hodel wurde am 6 November 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA geboren. Er war mit Marsha Anne Brown, Carole Joan Shefford und Amilda Cuddy verheiratet.
His mother, nee Dorothy Harvey, was married to director John Huston and was Huston's first wife. Dorothy and John were married for seven years. (1926-1933) Dorothy married Steve's father in 1940.