- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRupert Edmund Holovchik
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Ed Fury was born on June 6, 1928 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Valley of the Lions (1961), Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963) and Ursus (1961). He was married to Marceline Yvette Dubois. He died on February 24, 2023 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMarceline Yvette Dubois(July 15, 1959 - February 24, 2023) (his death)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Blond and beefy Fury was one of a number of bodybuilder and physique model types who followed muscleman Steve Reeves over to Italy in the early 60s and won attention playing Herculean characters, most notably as Ursus, flexing his muscles, wearing as little as the law then allowed, in the several Italian sand-and-spear epics; when he returned to the USA he worked widely in television.
- Ed Fury appeared as himself in an episode of the popular TV game show "The Dating Game", circa 1965 or so. He was one of the bachelors who got to select a date by asking questions of three lovely young women whom he wasn't allowed to see until making his selection.
- Was the subject of legendary photographer Robert Henry Mizer (as Bob Mizer) and appeared on the cover of Mizer's magazine "Physique Pictorial" (volume XI, number 4) in 1961, ostensibly promoting Fury's role in Ursus (1961), billed as "The Mighty Ursus.".
- Ed Fury's full name was Rupert Edmund Holovchik.
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