Ed Fury

Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik on 6 June 1928 on Long Island, New York, died 24 February 2023) was an American bodybuilder, actor and model. An orphan, he moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s and competed in many bodybuilding contests, placing third at Mr. Muscle Beach in 1951 and second in 1953. He worked as a physique model for the photographers Bob Mizer and Bruce Bellas, then turned to acting and, in the 1960s, starred in Italian sword-and-sandal films such as Ursus and Colossus and the Amazon Queen. He appeared at Venice Beach tributes to bodybuilders who had made a mark in film.