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Victor Mature
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-01-29,Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

My Darling Clementine

7.4

My Darling Clementine
1946-10-17

One Million B.C.

5.8

One Million B.C.
1940-04-05

Cry of the City

6.8

Cry of the City
1948-09-29

The Last Frontier

6

The Last Frontier
1955-12-07

Chief Crazy Horse

5.6

Chief Crazy Horse
1955-04-01

7

Kiss of Death
1947-08-27

I Wake Up Screaming

6.8

I Wake Up Screaming
1941-10-31

6.4

The Egyptian
1954-08-25

The Las Vegas Story

5.8

The Las Vegas Story
1952-01-30

6.7

The Robe
1953-09-16

Samson and Delilah

6.5

Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

4.1

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976-07-26

The Shanghai Gesture

6.2

The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25

Demetrius and the Gladiators

6.5

Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954-06-16

Million Dollar Mermaid

6.4

Million Dollar Mermaid
1952-12-04

Footlight Serenade

0

Footlight Serenade
1942-08-01

6.4

Moss Rose
1947-05-30

5.8

The Long Haul
1957-08-27

6.4

Interpol
1957-04-02

6.1

Gambling House
1950-12-27

Violent Saturday

6.7

Violent Saturday
1955-04-01

5.6

Escort West
1959-01-23

6.1

Head
1968-11-06

5.6

Safari
1956-06-20

Androcles and the Lion

5.8

Androcles and the Lion
1952-12-01

6

After the Fox
1966-09-08

5.6

Betrayed
1954-09-07

The Glory Brigade

5.7

The Glory Brigade
1953-05-20

The Sharkfighters

5.3

The Sharkfighters
1956-11-01

5.9

Easy Living
1949-10-08

Affair with a Stranger

4.3

Affair with a Stranger
1953-06-20

Seven Days' Leave

6

Seven Days' Leave
1942-11-13

Every Little Crook and Nanny

0

Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972-06-14

5.8

My Gal Sal
1942-04-30

House of Dreams

0

House of Dreams
1951-07-05

4.7

Wabash Avenue
1950-03-31

Dangerous Mission

5.8

Dangerous Mission
1954-03-06

Uncertain Verification

6.6

Uncertain Verification
1965-04-30

Captain Caution

5.3

Captain Caution
1940-08-09

Fury at Furnace Creek

6

Fury at Furnace Creek
1948-04-30

6.5

The Big Circus
1959-07-05

7.2

China Doll
1958-06-06

5.459

Hannibal
1959-12-21

The Bandit Of Zhobe

0

The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959-04-01

0

Stella
1950-07-20

5.5

The Tartars
1961-04-01

4.7

Timbuktu
1959-11-22

The Housekeeper's Daughter

3.5

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

7.5

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986-04-19

Red, Hot and Blue

5.8

Red, Hot and Blue
1949-09-05

6

Tank Force!
1958-04-22

4.7

Zarak
1956-12-01

Song of the Islands

6.2

Song of the Islands
1942-03-13

Something for the Birds

0

Something for the Birds
1952-09-30

Samson and Delilah

4.9

Samson and Delilah
1984-03-31

5

Firepower
1979-04-27

No, No, Nanette

6

No, No, Nanette
1940-12-19

The Veils of Bagdad

6

The Veils of Bagdad
1953-10-06

Show-Business at War

7

Show-Business at War
1943-05-21

6.1

Mi Marilyn
1975-01-02

Sphinx – Secrets of the History

4

Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994-12-04

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20