Victor Mature


    Starbirth:
    January 29, 1913
    Supernova:
    August 4, 1999
    Birthplace:
    Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor. In July 1942 Mature attempted to enlist in the U.S. Navy but was rejected for color blindness. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard after taking a different eye test the same day. He was assigned to the USCGC Storis (WMEC-38), which was doing Greenland patrol work. After 14 months aboard the Storis, Mature was promoted to the rate of Chief Boatswain's Mate. In 1944 he did a series of War Bond tours and acted in morale shows. He assisted Coast Guard recruiting efforts by being a featured player in the musical revue "Tars and Spars" which opened in Miami, Florida in April of 1944 and toured the United States for the next year. In May 1945 Mature was reassigned to the Coast Guard manned troop transport USS Admiral H. T. Mayo (AP-125) which was involved in transferring troops to the Pacific Theater. Mature was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard in November 1945 and he resumed his acting career. Film career After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as Westerns and Biblical films, such as The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its popular sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible epic, Samson and Delilah (1949) and as Horemheb in The Egyptian (1954) with Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney. He reportedly stated he was successful in Biblical epics because he could "make with the holy look". He also starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and, according to her autobiography, had a romantic relationship with her.  After five years of retirement, he was lured back into acting by the opportunity to parody himself in After the Fox (1966), co-written by Neil Simon. In a similar vein in 1968 he played a giant, The Big Victor, in Head, a potpourri movie starring The Monkees. The character poked fun at both his screen image and, reportedly, RCA Victor who distributed Colgems Records, the Monkees's label. Mature enjoyed the script while admitting it made no sense to him, stating "All I know is it makes me laugh." Mature was famously self-deprecatory about his acting skills. Once, after being rejected for membership in a country club because he was an actor, he cracked, "I'm not an actor — and I've got sixty-four films to prove it!" He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: "Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics." Victor Mature died of leukemia in 1999, at his Rancho Santa Fe, California home, at the age of 86. He was buried in the family plot at St. Michael's Cemetery in his hometown of Louisville. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Victor Mature has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6780 Hollywood Blvd.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend Self (archive footage) 1986
Samson and Delilah Manoah 1984
Firepower Howard Everett 1979
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Nick 1976
Mi Marilyn Self (archive footage) 1975
Every Little Crook and Nanny Carmine Ganucci 1972
Head The Big Victor 1968
After the Fox Tony Powell 1966
Uncertain Verification (archive footage) 1965
The Tartars Oleg 1961
Hannibal Hannibal 1959
Timbuktu Mike Conway 1959
The Big Circus Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling 1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe Kasmin Khan 1959
Escort West Ben Lassiter 1959
China Doll Capt. Cliff Brandon 1958
Tank Force! Sgt. David Thatcher 1958
The Long Haul Harry Miller 1957
Interpol Charles Sturgis 1957
Zarak Zarak Khan 1956
The Sharkfighters Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves 1956
Safari Ken Duffield 1956
The Last Frontier Jed Cooper 1955
Violent Saturday Shelley Martin 1955
Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse 1955
Betrayed 'The Scarf' 1954
The Egyptian Horemheb 1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius 1954
Dangerous Mission Matt Hallett 1954
The Veils of Bagdad Antar 1953
The Robe Demetrius 1953
Affair with a Stranger Bill Blakeley 1953
The Glory Brigade Lt. Sam Pryor 1953
Million Dollar Mermaid James Sullivan 1952
Androcles and the Lion Captain 1952
Something for the Birds Steve Bennett 1952
The Las Vegas Story Lt. Dave Andrews 1952
House of Dreams Narrator (voice) 1951
Gambling House Marc Fury 1950
Stella Jeff DeMarco 1950
Wabash Avenue Andy Clark 1950
Samson and Delilah Samson 1949
Easy Living Pete Wilson 1949
Red Hot and Blue Danny James 1949
Cry of the City Lt. Candella 1948
Fury at Furnace Creek Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron 1948
Kiss of Death Nick Bianco 1947
Moss Rose Michael Drego 1947
My Darling Clementine Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday 1946
Show-Business at War Self 1943
Seven Days' Leave Johnny Grey 1942
Footlight Serenade Tommy Lundy 1942
My Gal Sal Paul Dresser 1942
Song of the Islands Jefferson Harper 1942
The Shanghai Gesture Doctor Omar 1941
I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (Botticelli) 1941
No, No, Nanette William Trainor 1940
Captain Caution Daniel 'Dan' Marvin 1940
One Million B.C. Tumak 1940
The Housekeeper's Daughter Lefty 1939
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