Victor Mature

Victor Mature

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.

  • Популярність : 7.281
  • Відомий за : Acting
  • День народження : 1913-01-29
  • Місце народження : Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Victor Mature Фільми

  • 1946
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    Моя дорога Клементина

    Моя дорога Клементина

    7.4 1946 HD

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  • 1940
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    One Million B.C.

    One Million B.C.

    5.8 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    Cry of the City

    Cry of the City

    6.8 1948 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Last Frontier

    The Last Frontier

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Chief Crazy Horse

    Chief Crazy Horse

    5.6 1955 HD

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  • 1947
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    Поцілунок смерті

    Поцілунок смерті

    7 1947 HD

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  • 1941
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    I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming

    6.8 1941 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

    6.4 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Las Vegas Story

    The Las Vegas Story

    5.8 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Robe

    The Robe

    6.8 1953 HD

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  • 1949
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    Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1976
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    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    4.1 1976 HD

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  • 1941
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    Жорстокий Шанхай

    Жорстокий Шанхай

    6.2 1941 HD

    В один з найбільших гральних будинків Шанхая, який утримує ексцентрична Матуся...

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  • 1954
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    Demetrius and the Gladiators

    Demetrius and the Gladiators

    6.5 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    Million Dollar Mermaid

    Million Dollar Mermaid

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1942
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    Footlight Serenade

    Footlight Serenade

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1947
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    Moss Rose

    Moss Rose

    6.4 1947 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Long Haul

    The Long Haul

    5.8 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Interpol

    Interpol

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1950
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    Gambling House

    Gambling House

    6.1 1950 HD

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  • 1955
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    Violent Saturday

    Violent Saturday

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1959
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    Escort West

    Escort West

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.1 1968 HD

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  • 1956
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    Safari

    Safari

    5.6 1956 HD

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  • 1952
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    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    5.8 1952 HD

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  • 1966
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    After the Fox

    After the Fox

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1954
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    Betrayed

    Betrayed

    5.6 1954 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Glory Brigade

    The Glory Brigade

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Sharkfighters

    The Sharkfighters

    5.3 1956 HD

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  • 1949
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    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    5.9 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    Affair with a Stranger

    Affair with a Stranger

    4.3 1953 HD

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  • 1942
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    Seven Days' Leave

    Seven Days' Leave

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1972
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    Every Little Crook and Nanny

    Every Little Crook and Nanny

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1942
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    My Gal Sal

    My Gal Sal

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1951
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    House of Dreams

    House of Dreams

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    Wabash Avenue

    Wabash Avenue

    4.7 1950 HD

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  • 1954
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    Dangerous Mission

    Dangerous Mission

    5.8 1954 HD

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  • 1965
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    La verifica incerta

    La verifica incerta

    6.6 1965 HD

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  • 1940
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    Captain Caution

    Captain Caution

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    Fury at Furnace Creek

    Fury at Furnace Creek

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Big Circus

    The Big Circus

    6.5 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    China Doll

    China Doll

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Annibale

    Annibale

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Bandit Of Zhobe

    The Bandit Of Zhobe

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1950
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    Stella

    Stella

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1961
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    I tartari

    I tartari

    5.5 1961 HD

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  • 1959
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    Timbuktu

    Timbuktu

    4.7 1959 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    3.5 1939 HD

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  • 1986
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    Мерилін Монро: За межами легенди

    Мерилін Монро: За межами легенди

    7.5 1986 HD

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  • 1949
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    Red, Hot and Blue

    Red, Hot and Blue

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1958
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    Tank Force!

    Tank Force!

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    Zarak

    Zarak

    4.7 1956 HD

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  • 1942
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    Song of the Islands

    Song of the Islands

    6.2 1942 HD

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  • 1952
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    Something for the Birds

    Something for the Birds

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1984
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    Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

    4.9 1984 HD

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  • 1979
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    Firepower

    Firepower

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1940
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    No, No, Nanette

    No, No, Nanette

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Veils of Bagdad

    The Veils of Bagdad

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

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  • 1975
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    Mi Marilyn

    Mi Marilyn

    6.1 1975 HD

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  • 1994
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    Sphinx – Geheimnisse der Geschichte

    Sphinx – Geheimnisse der Geschichte

    4 1994 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

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