Schwarzenegger: I suffered childhood beatings

ACTION hero turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has told how he suffered what “would now be called child abuse” at the hands of his father.

In a candid interview the Terminator star said he was beaten by his father, Gustav, - a wartime Nazi party official - to make him "conform".

However, he rebelled against the beatings and dreamed of escaping his home to become rich and famous.