In the middle stretch of the 1950s, Ed Fury appeared in quite a few movies, as well as a TV show or two. Most of them, however, were bit parts for which he was not credited. You can see him at right above in 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Jane Russell.
Here we see Ed Fury with (l-r) Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Natalie Shafer, and Cecil Kellaway in Female on the Beach, 1955. You might recognize Ms. Shafer as Mrs. Thurston Howell, the millionaire's wife on Gilligan's Island, one of a number of TV shows that Ed Fury eventually appeared on. Ed's character had a name, Roddy, but the part was not listed in the credits.
How many of you remember Gale Storm's TV show, My Little Margie? Well I saw the reruns,
but I don't remember this 1955 appearance by Ed Fury as a guy whose stage name was
Hercules. Margie and Hercules appear above in a department store window tableau.
And for once, Mr. Fury was given a full credit for his work.
This is from the 1956 Marilyn Monroe movie Bus Stop, and you can see Ed Fury
in a yellow shirt at right. He actually appeared on screen with Ms. Monroe,
but this is the frame where he is best identifiable. Again, no credit.
Ed Fury was hired in 1957 to work in South Pacific, and he is at right. No credit,
but his luck in that regard was about to change, as you'll soon see.
I always tried to watch My Little Margi. Nice to see her mentioned again.
ReplyDeleteAfter Margie, Ms. Storm did The Gale Storm Show with Zasu Pitts, an older silent film star who stole quite a few scenes.
DeleteI can’t forget when I saw him on one Episode of Star Trek, also no credits, but not to miss his perfect phisique!
ReplyDeleteI've seen every episode of the original Star Trek, most several times, and somehow I missed him.
DeleteMy late husband, a Broadway dancer, spoke often of remembering Ed Fury in Jack Cole's dance (jazz) classes. One had to have some dance training to keep up with the dance routine pictured above from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". For 1950s male body esthetics its quite stimulating as all the guys are in non-stretch fabric square cut bathing suits of the period that tease whenever they spread their legs - and Jack choreographed a lot of open second positions. I'm sending a great posed shot of Ed Fury's back by Don Whitman just in case you don't it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the very interesting commentary and for the photos!
DeleteFor any Ed Fury fans, there are great shots of him shirtless in 'South Pacific'. He has a featured singing part and actually starts the song by singing the opening line of 'Nothing like a Dame'.
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