Tibor Urgay

Tibor Urgay, the baby faced Royale Studio model,
who was likened to Michaelangelo's David

 

Tibor Urgay by Royale

Tibor Urgay was one of a number of Hungarian nationals on the Royale roster, the first of their models to get the full 'Star' treatment. His 'baby face' looks belied an impressively developed, bulky physique, and there's no doubt he was very popular. Fizeek 5 remarked in 1960 that he had one of the largest fan clubs of any model they had published. 

 

Tibor appeared in several Royale storyettes and solo photo sets. There's a large number of solo poses surviving. 

 

According to John Barrington's 'Formosus' No1 and Tomorrow's Man (Dec '58), Tibor's day job was working in a coal mine. There were a handful of coal mines near London at that time, in Kent, but the main centre of coal mining was in Wales and the Northern half of England. Interestingly, Tibor seems to have had another connection with the North - with Pete Dobing's Studio, which was based in Sunderland. Royale claimed exclusive rights to Tibor, but some of his solo images were attributed to Dobing both during and after the time of Royale's existence.

  

 Tibor was confused on occasion with the US model Ray Andersen.

Another Royale model was also named Tibor, Tibor Noszgay.

Solo Sets

 

Tibor Urgay - TIB1, The Cyclist (Royale)

10 poses of Tibor with a bicycle.

He's clad in shorts with a military-style belt
and cycling shoes

 

This set first appeared in Tomorrow's Man, Dec 1958,

but the bike can be seen in 'The Stolen Motorcycle' (July '58?) 

Tibor Urgay set TIB2 (Royale)

 

Likened to 'David' in this nude/pouch posing set

TIB2 appears in Royale Catalogue List 'A' (1958) 

Earliest dated reference - Man's World (Nov '58) and Man Alive 02, ca Oct/Nov '58

 

 

 

Tibor Urgay set TIB3 for Royale 

 

Earliest snippets in Tomorrow's Man (Dec '58)

Appears in Royale Catalogue List 6 (Jan 1959)

but no description is given 

    

Tibor Urgay set TIB4 for Royale 

 

'Classical nudes' - a curious mixture of sexy images - 

"slave boy, reading a book, in the shower, taking off a dressing gown". 9 pictures.

Earliest dated reference Man Alive 02, ca Oct '58

Also appears in Royale Catalogue List 6 (Jan 1959)

Tibor Urgay set TIB5, 'The Gardener' for Royale (Aug '59)

Tibor falls under the influence of a statue. Mostly nude. 5 pictures out of 12.

Appeared in the Aug '59 issue of Man Alive 6  

Also List 9 of Royale's Catalogue (Oct '59) 

Tibor Urgay Outdoors (by Dolphin/Hussar) 1961

Posing in tight pouch, wet shorts (and naked?),
in a woodland setting and park. 9 images 

I've called it TIB6 & 7, it's probably 2 or 3 separate shoots, true dating uncertain. Royale also claimed some images in this article. 

 

 

Tibor Urgay by Pete Dobing

article pending 

 

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Tibor's Storyettes and Wrestling Photo-Sets

25 Tibor Urgay & Fred Collins (TIFC) Oct'58

Comprising 2 photo sets ca. Oct 1958

TIFC-1 Nude Wrestling

TIFC-2 Gym spotting in shorts (left)

 

 

 

 

 

37 Wrestling, Urgay v Lamprill, TIBL (Mar 1959)

Tibor Urgay and Brian Lamprill 'wrestle' in the nude.

Sexy bodies and suggestive poses.

36 Pete Beale Trains Tibor Urgay (PBTI) (Apr 1959) 

Tibor gets Physical Training from a strict expert, Pete Beale

The only image available is shown left, click to enlarge

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

50 Tough Schoolmaster Mar '60

Tibor leads a revolt and gets punished

(I think it's him, not 100% certain) 

 

 

 

41 The Redcap & The Deserter (Mar 1960)

 Tibor gets arrested and stripped by a military policeman.

Only two images known from this set

16 PT Class (May 1961) by Hussar

Tibor joins the PT Class for a gymnastic display

with Brian Lamprill, Fred Collins and David Tompkins.

Possibly a re-issue of a 1958 Royale set

 

55 Football Fight (ca 1960-61) by Dolphin Photography?

with Stanley Free (left), Tibor Urgay, Dennis James, Brian Morris plus another, unknown model.

My set title, but it could be 'Football Market', advertised in Tomorrow's Man (Jan '61)

 

 

 

 

 

Oddments

Tibor appears in the rare 'back-stage' image of Basil Clavering himself working with 3 of his models on set (ca.1959). You can easily spot him at the far right of the trio. Possibly taken when the Lamprill-Urgay wrestling set (see above) was being photographed.