Real life brothers Joe and Rick Spencer.
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).
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday, August 8, 2024
More!
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Joe & Larry
Sunday, July 7, 2024
The Defiant Ones
Joe Spencer (top photo, left) and Dickie Johnson, circa 1965 for AMG. Their wrestling match film clip was simply titled Spencer & Johnson.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Lineup
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
AMG Film
Top photo, from the left: Chuck Barber, Darryl Johnson, Hans Bendler and Joe Spencer in the AMG film Cops & Robbers.
Monday, March 13, 2023
More of the Spencer Brothers
Two more photos of brothers Rick and Joe Spencer in the AMG film Sailor and the B Girl. The movie was filmed at a gay bar in LA.
That's Joe looking into the camera. I think the shirtless guy behind the bar was the actual bartender.

Monday, December 5, 2022
The Spencer Bros
Rick and Joe Spencer were busy brothers during their time at AMG. They did several films for Mizer, including two where they appeared together, but I have never seen an AMG solo photo of either one of them.
Joe Spencer (far left) and the gang in a still from the AMG film Revolt of the Slaves. Click the label to see more photos from this film.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Bar Fight
Brothers Rick and Joe Spencer at a real bar in downtown Los Angeles where the AMG film Sailor and the B-Girl was recorded. Joe dresses up in woman's clothing looking a lot like Dolly Levi. Joe (Let's call her Joanne) is there to get the guys to buy drinks -- especially for her.
Brother Rick enters the bar looking cute in his sailor whites and Joanne sees her next mark. Rick buys her a drink and they head to the dance floor. Rick soon discovers Joanne is really a Joe and an argument takes place. The guys decide to wrestle it out and strip down to their posing pouches. Finally!
The actual wrestling part was short-lived. The bar had a concrete floor and there were no mats. Fortunately no one got hurt. The bros end up on the bar exchanging pleasantries with the bartender and the barback -- including some arm wrestling.
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Here's Joe in an arm wrestling match with the uncredited and shirtless bartender. I think he really was the bartender. Check out Joe's wrestling arm. Damn, look at that bicep! I like that he has a cigarette in his other hand. You can tell he's dedicated to the sport. BTW, the guy in the striped shirt is Ed Manning. I can't identity the guy on the right who looks totally nonplussed.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
More Of Joe!
Thanks to Brian E. I now possess a few more photos of Joe Spencer without the posing pouch and I'm very grateful for his contribution.
Brian's gift did present a conundrum, though. I originally credited the photos to Pat Milo, but that last photo in this post looks like it might be from Bruce of LA. That arch Joe's sitting on sure looks like an apparatus Bruce had in his studio. I also get a BoLA vibe for the two photos above that one and the top two photos as well. Of course this may be a combination of both photographers. Either way, I'm glad I got to see Joe like I've never seen him before.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Leave It To Milo...Or Is It Bruce?
I've posted many AMG photos of Joe Spencer since I've started this blog, but nothing like these two photos. We can thank Milo or Bruce for this view.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Reverse Line Up
I've posted a few photos from this session a while ago. Here's a great group shot from AMG focused on the back side of these lovely guys. From the left: Jim Jones, Bob Weeks, Joe Spencer and Don Martin.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Jock Night At The Bar
Top photo: the Spencer brothers sit on a the bar while Ed Manning (!) plays bartender in the AMG film Sailor and the B-Girl.
In the second photo Rick Spencer arm wrestles some guy while Joe Spencer looks on nonchalantly. Note the photos on the wall in the back.
Mizer told us this was filmed at a real bar in downtown LA.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Cheeky Group
A few weeks ago I posted the frontal version of this AMG photo. From the left: Jim Jones, Bob Weeks, Joe Spencer and Don Martin.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Spencer Brothers
Rick Spencer (left) and his adorable brother Joe pose for the AMG lens. The photos are from the AMG film Lutist And The Soldier.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Another One That Never Got Released
From the left: Joe Spencer, Jim Jones, Bob Weeks and Don Martin pose for (what appears to be) an AMG film. However, I don't think it was ever released. I've seen Joe and his brother Rick many times on film and Jim Jones did a great wrestling tape with Ed Manning, but this is the first I've seen of the other two models.

Battling Bros
Speaking of Joe Spencer, he and his brother Rick worked together in several AMG films in the mid-1960s.



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