Gudunov

This is Alexander Gudunov, a Bolshoi Ballet dancer who defected 

to the USA and eventually drank himself to death.

 

Celebrity Day, Part 1 - Nudes

Today we have a two part celebrity set, with part one being nudes.  We begin 

with a shot of Burt Lancaster that I somehow managed not to post until now.

 

Arnim Meier

Arnim Meier is shown above in a scene from 1978's Germany in Autumn.  Better known for his other films which were directed by his love Rainer Werner Fassbinder, he killed himself

in Fassbinder's apartmen after the couple broke up in 1978.  What a waste!

 

Richard Harris

Richard Harris starred in This Sporting Life in 1963.  He is somewhere in the above scrum in an oversized bathtub, but I don't know which one he was.  We see him with another actor below.

 

Charlton Heston

Here we have Charlton Heston from one of the Planet of the Apes movies.

 

Alan Ginsberg

This is Alan Ginsberg in Japan in the early to mid 1960s.

 

Celebrity Day, Part 2 - Hairy Boxers

Part two of our celebrity series features hirsute boxers, starting with Jim Jeffries.  He famously was called "The Great White Hope" when he fought (and lost to) Jack Johnson in 1910.

Below we see him as World Champion, 1899-1905.

 

 

Bobo Olson

Honolulu born Carl "Bobo" Olson was sometimes called the Hawaiian Swede due 

to his mixed ethnic background.  Better known for his stamina than his skill,

 he had a fairly successful career as a middleweight.

 

Ingemar Johansson

Here we see Swedish great Ingemar Johansson emerging from a pool.

 

Scott LeDoux

Closing part two with a 1983 shot of Scott LeDoux being weighed in for a match with Frank Bruno which turned out to be the last of his career.  Gotta love the colored BVDs.

 

Sir Sean Connery

Before his acting career took off, Sir Sean Connery took a turn at bodybuilding.

He placed third in the junior division of the 1953 Mr. Universe competition.

Below we see Sir Sean in his kilt with racecar driver Sir Jackie Stewart.

 

Steve Cochran

Here we see actor Steve Cochran and a fish.  One of the original Hollywood "bad boys,"

he lived a potboiler of a life:  https://frombeneaththehollywoodsign.com/f/steve-cochran-hollywoods-original-bad-boy

 

Celebrities in the Tub Day II

Today is installment two of a group of sets showing celebrities in the bathtub.

We start with Ernest Borgnine in a scene From McHale's Navy.

 

Jack Lemmon

We get a peek at Jack Lemmon's hairy chest in this one.

 

Alan Hale, Jr.

I posted a different shot of Alan Hale, Jr. from this scene in my last celebrities in the tub series.  

This was long before Gilligan's Island, but I wouldn't mind being stranded with him any time.

 

Burl Ives

I almost used this one in yesterday's chubby set, but decided to save it for celebrity tub day.

That's Burl Ives having an animated conversation with Rock Hudson in the bath.

 

Babe Ruth

Apparently Babe Ruth gave out autographed photos of himself nude in a bathtub.

The lucky recipients of this one were his pals Greg and Willy.  Lucky guys.

 

Dan Blocker

We see a sublimely happy Dan Blocker splashing away in this GIF from Bonanza.

Mr. Blocker was a beautiful man, inside and out, loved by all who knew him.

 

Dale Robertson

This 1953 photo of Dale Robertson looks like he's going 

ecstatic from a foot rub being given by a fetishist daddy.

 

Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad looks good even with suds on his fur.