Steve Hodel nació el 6 de noviembre de 1941 en Los Ángeles, California, EE.UU.. Ha estado casado con Marsha Anne Brown, Carole Joan Shefford y Amilda Cuddy.
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.