Togare, c1904 - 1999
Dates
- Existence: c1904 - 1999
Biography
Georg Kulovits aka Togare was a wild cat tamer originally from Germany. Togare was known as ‘The Valentino of the Ring’ due to his good looks and athletic physique, which helped promote his fame as a showman.
Togare came to the UK to work for Bertram Mills Circus from Circus Krone in 1928. He performed in Olympia to great success during this season and travelled with The Great Carmo Circus, which partnered up with Mills to experiment with launching their own travelling circus.
In 1930 Togare famously rescued his lions during a fire and nursed them back to health, for which he received various awards.
During his career Togare worked in the UK and Europe with Carmo Circus, Bertram Mills, Sarrasani, krone and Medrano among others.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Circus Friends Association Collection
This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses
Circus Photographic Album, 1952 - 1954
Photographic album containing black and white photographs of circus, including tents, animals, performers, transport and people from various circus including Smart, Bertram Mills, Wilkie's, Chiperfield's and Fossett's and performers including Priscilla Keys, Togare, The Corinthians and The Bakers, some images are missing, 22p.p.
Circus Research Material, 1891 - 1935
Durrant's Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1955
Films, c1930 - 1990
Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.
Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material, c1795 - 1999
Compilation of monographs, articles, manuscripts and a range of research material about circus companies and performers in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world by various authors, the research was mainly compiled by Hal Thomas.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.