Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1913-01-29
Deathday: 1999-08-04 (86 years old)

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Biography

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.

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Filmography

all 62

Movies 60

self 4

TV Shows 2

Narrator 1

Hanibal
Sphinx – Secrets of the History

Sphinx – Secrets of the History (1994)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)

Movie
Manoah
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah (1984)

Movie
Howard Everett
Firepower

Firepower (1979)

Movie
Nick
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mi Marilyn

Mi Marilyn (1975)

Movie
Ganucci
Every Little Crook and Nanny

Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)

Movie
The Big Victor
Head

Head (1968)

Movie
Tony Powell
After the Fox

After the Fox (1966)

Movie
(archive footage)
Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification (1965)

Movie
Oleg
The Tartars

The Tartars (1961)

Movie
Hannibal
Hannibal

Hannibal (1959)

Movie
6
Mike Conway
Timbuktu

Timbuktu (1959)

Movie
Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling
The Big Circus

The Big Circus (1959)

Movie
Kasim Khan
The Bandit Of Zhobe

The Bandit Of Zhobe (1959)

Movie
Ben Lassiter
Escort West

Escort West (1959)

Movie
Capt. Cliff Brandon
China Doll

China Doll (1958)

Movie
Thatcher
Tank Force!

Tank Force! (1958)

Movie
Harry Miller
The Long Haul

The Long Haul (1957)

Movie
3.5
Charles Sturgis
Interpol

Interpol (1957)

Movie
Zarak Khan
Zarak

Zarak (1956)

Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves
The Sharkfighters

The Sharkfighters (1956)

Movie
Ken Duffield
Safari

Safari (1956)

Movie
Jed Cooper
The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier (1955)

Movie
10
Crazy Horse
Chief Crazy Horse

Chief Crazy Horse (1955)

Movie
Shelley Martin
Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday (1955)

Movie
5.33
'The Scarf'
Betrayed

Betrayed (1954)

Movie
Horemheb
The Egyptian

The Egyptian (1954)

Movie
Demetrius
Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Movie
Matt Hallett
Dangerous Mission

Dangerous Mission (1954)

Movie
Antar
The Veils of Bagdad

The Veils of Bagdad (1953)

Movie
Demetrius
The Robe

The Robe (1953)

Movie
4
Bill Blakeley
Affair with a Stranger

Affair with a Stranger (1953)

Movie
Lt. Sam Pryor
The Glory Brigade

The Glory Brigade (1953)

Movie
James Sullivan
Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Movie
Captain
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Movie
Steve Bennett
Something for the Birds

Something for the Birds (1952)

Movie
Lt. Dave Andrews
The Las Vegas Story

The Las Vegas Story (1952)

Movie
Narrator
House of Dreams

House of Dreams (1951)

Movie
Marc Fury
Gambling House

Gambling House (1950)

Movie
Jeff DeMarco
Stella

Stella (1950)

Movie
Andy Clark
Wabash Avenue

Wabash Avenue (1950)

Movie
Samson
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah (1949)

Movie
Pete Wilson
Easy Living

Easy Living (1949)

Movie
Danny James
Red Hot and Blue

Red Hot and Blue (1949)

Movie
Lt. Vittorio Candella
Cry of the City

Cry of the City (1948)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron
Fury at Furnace Creek

Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)

Movie
Nick Bianco
Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death (1947)

Movie
Michael Drego
Moss Rose

Moss Rose (1947)

Movie
Doc Holliday
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Movie
6.5
Self
Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War (1943)

Movie
Johnny Grey
Seven Days' Leave

Seven Days' Leave (1942)

Movie
Tommy Lundy
Footlight Serenade

Footlight Serenade (1942)

Movie
Paul Dresser
My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal (1942)

Movie
Jefferson Harper
Song of the Islands

Song of the Islands (1942)

Movie
Doctor Omar
The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

Movie
Frankie Christopher
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Movie
William Trainor
No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette (1940)

Movie
Dan Marvin
Captain Caution

Captain Caution (1940)

Movie
Tumak
One Million B.C.

One Million B.C. (1940)

Movie
Lefty
The Housekeeper's Daughter

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1913-01-29

Deathday
1999-08-04 (86 years old)

Birth Name
Victor Joseph Maturi

Birth Place
Louisville, United States of America

Height
187-centimeter

Relationships
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/0873a8f80fecf54193676ac602606461 (1948-01-01 - 1955-01-01), Martha Stephenson (1941-01-01 - 1943-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/287bea2f2294bc2c4a987440eec3c078 (1974-01-01 - 1999-08-04), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/c32f0751ca5b2bcd2033eda05406909d (1959-01-01 - 1969-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/47df03cd96b9275df77cfead35976fe9 (1938-01-01 - 1940-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Victor John Mature, Виктор Джон Мэтьюр, Виктор Матюр, Віктор Метьюр

Awards
American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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