A collection of classic male physique photos from the 20th century with an emphasis on the thousands of men who posed for Athletic Model Guild (AMG).
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Ave Atque Vale
Somehow I missed this in the news last week. A reader contacted me today and informed me Ed Fury (real name, Rupert Edmund Holovchik) passed away on February 24, 2023 at his home in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 94 years old.
So sad to read of his passing, but assuaged by the fact he lived so long to age 94, a true testament to a well lived and healthy life. Ed Fury (Rupert Edmund Holovchik) endowed with such a handsome visage and beautiful physique was one of the greats in physique culture. From his early days posing for Bob Mizer in the 1940s (he later posed for Spartan and Bruce of LA among others) to starring as Ursus in Italian peplum films of the early 1960s, he left quite an impression. In his physique photos, Ed Fury seemed to have enjoyed himself posing (he knew he had IT), and the images of him being handsome, young, virile and vigorous will go on for the ages. - Rj
Plenty of links, but none of them show that he's my relative: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pavluk-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Fury https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMJJ-891 https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GMJJ-891/edmund-rupert-holovchik-1928-2023 https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/ed-fury-1928-2023-bodybuilder-and-ursus-actor/ Plenty of other Internet obituaries, some of which are click bait.
+ Il Fury, mi chiedo se fosse stato proposto sui divani di casting di produttori gay chiusi. Con il suo bell'aspetto, il suo fisico fantastico e una personalita volenterosa, deve essere stato sessualemente desiderato da alcuni.
Ed Fury war so gutaussehend und willig. Ein mann, der von seinem körperbau und seiner sexualität überzeugt ist und eine persönlichkeit hat. Für Fury war es so natürlich ein körpermodell zu sein. (vvs)
So sad to read of his passing, but assuaged by the fact he lived so long to age 94, a true testament to a well lived and healthy life.
ReplyDeleteEd Fury (Rupert Edmund Holovchik) endowed with such a handsome visage and beautiful physique was one of the greats in physique culture. From his early days posing for Bob Mizer in the 1940s (he later posed for Spartan and Bruce of LA among others) to starring as Ursus in Italian peplum films of the early 1960s, he left quite an impression. In his physique photos, Ed Fury seemed to have enjoyed himself posing (he knew he had IT), and the images of him being handsome, young, virile and vigorous will go on for the ages. - Rj
Plenty of links, but none of them show that he's my relative:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pavluk-10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Fury
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMJJ-891
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GMJJ-891/edmund-rupert-holovchik-1928-2023
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/ed-fury-1928-2023-bodybuilder-and-ursus-actor/
Plenty of other Internet obituaries, some of which are click bait.
+ Il Fury, mi chiedo se fosse stato proposto sui divani di casting di produttori gay chiusi. Con il suo bell'aspetto, il suo fisico fantastico e una personalita volenterosa, deve essere stato sessualemente desiderato da alcuni.
ReplyDeleteEd Fury war so gutaussehend und willig.
ReplyDeleteEin mann, der von seinem körperbau und seiner sexualität überzeugt ist und eine persönlichkeit hat.
Für Fury war es so natürlich ein körpermodell zu sein.
(vvs)