70s Porn Stars - Ten Lesser Knowns

I have quite a collection of 1970s nude models and porn stars, and today I'm posting ten who are perhaps not among the best known.  Having said that, I'm sure some of you will be thinking, "Lesser known?  That guy was famous, one of my faves."  Anyway, my purely subjective group of ten starts with Tony Crater, aka John Alexander, from a Target Studio publication.

 

Ben Chapin

Our second guy is Ben Chapin, a model who bucked the 70s trend for longish hair.

 

Don Bowman

Drummer ran this multi-image centerfold of Roy Dean model Don Bowman in 1977

 

Frank Dong

Something tells me that Frank Dong was a stage name for this fellow, and something also tells 

me that the picture is from the post-liberalization deluge of frontal nude photos.

 

Ron Raz

Roy Blakey took this photo of Ron Raz for Mandate in 1978.

 

Dirk Robbertze

This photo of Dirk Robbertze originally ran in 1974, but I found this "flashback"

 in a much later issue.  Sadly, he died of AIDS in 1993 at age 43.

 

Jimmy Hughes

This is Jimmy Hughes who appeared in something called "Lights, Camera, Action!"

 

Pierce Bell

I wish I had more information about and more photos of Pierce Bell.

 

Geoff Dart

This is Geoff Dart by Zipper Studio of London.

 

Fred Halsted

Fred Halsted started out in front of the camera in the 1970s, but he is better known as a director whose work you probably saw in the late 70s and 80s.  Sadly he died by suicide in 1989 at age 48

 

19th Century Miscellany

Today's series is an assortment of 19th Century photos.  We start with 

a handsome fellow whose photographer is unknown, as is he.

 

Loincloth

I know a few of you viewers who fancy men in loincloths, and this fellow 

should fit the bill.  I have to say I'm quite taken with that bulge.

 

Marconi

I found this Marconi in a stray file folder, and I'm too lazy at the moment 

to look up whether I've posted it befor.  In any case, here it is.

 

Igout

This one is by Louis Igout.

 

Hermann Heid I

Hermann Heid was a late 19th Century Austrian whose work is often confused with that of Louis Igout.  This is mainly because a publisher in Paris issued a volume of artists' studies that had the work of both men mixed up without attribution.  This one could go either way, imho.

 

Gerard Levy, Two Views

I don't know if these two photos are by Gerard Levy or of him.

My source just had the name attached and nothing else.

 

Bushmaster

I've looked at a lot of photos of naked men over the years,

and this may be the most impressive bush of all.

 

Charles Eisenmann

Charles Eisenmann took this picture of a carnival strong man in profile.

 

Muscular Recline

I don't know why, but I find the muscles here a bit surprising for a reclining pose.

 

Hermann Heid II

I first posted this about seven years ago, and I didn't know the photographer at the time, 

although I had seen it attributed to both Igout and Max Koch.  Turns out to be by Hermann Heid, 

as verified  by a couple of major European universities.

 

Russ Warner Quarterly Series

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Ray Harper

I recently found this "new" photo of Ray Harper,

a model who has appeared  here in the past.

 

Charles Berendo

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Giroux and Norton

Russ Warner posed Armand Giroux and Joe Norton

back to back against a Classical column.

 

Unknown I

This is the first of two unknown (to me) models in today's series.

 

Irwin Koszewski

We should always remember that Russ Warner started out as a successful competitive bodybuilder before he went on to an even more successful career as a photographer.  These front and back photos of Irwin Koszewski, aka Irwin Zabo, are examples of Mr. Warner's magazine work.  In fact, he is said to have done more bodybuilder magazine covers than anyone else.  If there is interest, I can do a complete set of those covers for a future series.

 

Frank Stagg

Not even Russ Warner escaped the 1950 kitschy trend of fish net props.

The model here is Frank Stagg.

 

Dick Fenley

Although reasonably well developed, Dick Fenley is one 

of the least beefy models in Russ Warners portfolio.

 

Unknown II

Mr. Warner posed our second unknown model behind a very large cogwheel.

 

Norm Tousley

I can't think of a better way to end today's series

than with this fine shot of Norm Tousley.