William Figge

Who is William Figge?

William Figge was a professional photographer who, along with his wife Melba, ran a photography studio in Glendale, California. Figge was a combat photographer in World War II. After the war, he failed to find work as a cinematographer, so he stayed with photography and specialised in portraiture, shooting weddings and contributing to Playboy Magazine. Notably, he discovered many Playmates at weddings. Bill Figge, as he is sometimes called, shot 48 gatefolds and 3 covers. The couple ceased contributing to Playboy when the magazine became more risqué in the 1980s.

Bill and Melba had three sons, and one daughter. Greg and Leslie run the studio that their parents began, Figge Studios. Eric, the only child to have formal education photography, photographs architecture professionally.