Tibor Urgay (Updated Jul '25 v4)

Tibor Urgay by Royale

Tibor Urgay was one of a number of Hungarian nationals on the Royale roster, possibly 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. Tibor appeared in several Royale storyettes and sets. There's also an impressive 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. This was obviously Royale's information. There were a handful of coal mines near London, in Kent, at that time, 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. Some of Tibor's 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

also another Royale model named Tibor, Tibor Noszgay.

Solo Sets

 

TIB1 - The Cyclist (Royale)

 

10 poses of Tibor with a bicycle,
he's clad in shorts (plus military style belt)
and cycling shoes

 

First appeared in Tomorrow's Man, Dec 1958,

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

  

 

 

  

Tibor Urgay set TIB2 for Royale (link pending)

 

Likened to 'David' in formal posing set

Appears in Royale Catalogue List 'A' (1958) 

Earliest dated reference Man Alive 02, ca Oct '58

 

 

 

  

 

 

Tibor Urgay set TIB3 for Royale (link pending)

 

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

Appears in Royale Catalogue List 6 (Jan 1959)

no description given 

 

  

 

 

 

Tibor Urgay set TIB4 for Royale (link pending)

 

Earliest dated reference Man Alive 02, ca Oct '58

Appears in Royale Catalogue List 6 (Jan 1959)

Described as a curious mixture of slave boy, reading a book, in the shower, taking off a dressing gown 

 Tibor Urgay in 'The Gardener' TIB5 (link pending)

 

Appears 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. 

  

 

 Tibor Urgay by Pete Dobing

Further details of these sets still pending,
but there's a good selection of his images at Collector's Realm.

Tibor's Storyettes and Wrestling Sets

Tibor Urgay and Fred Collins, TIFC 

 2 sets ca Oct 1958

TIFC-1 Nude Wrestling

TIFC-2 Gym spotting in shorts (left)

Tibor Urgay and Pete Beale, PBTI (Apr 1959) 

Physical Training for Tibor from a strict expert

The only image available is shown left, click to enlarge

Tibor Urgay v Brian Lamprill, TIBL (Jul 1959)

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

Sexy bodies and suggestive poses.

The Redcap and the Deserter (Jun 1960)

 

Tibor gets arrested and stripped by a military policeman

Only two images known from this set

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

 

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 photographed.