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Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film and television actor. Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, was an Italian-speaking immigrant from the town Pinzolo, in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol (now Trentino in Italy, at that time part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire) he was a cutler. His mother, Clara P. (Ackley), was Kentucky-born and of Swiss heritage.
An older brother, Marcellus Paul Mature, died at 11 in 1918 from osteomyelitis. Victor Mature was educated at parochial schools, the Kentucky Military Institute and the Spencerian Business School. He briefly sold candy and operated a restaurant before moving to California. Mature went to study and act at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. For three years he lived in a tent and was spotted by an agent for Hal Roach while acting in To Quito and Back. This led to a contract with Roach, who cast him in a small role in The Housekeeper’s Daughter then gave Mature his first leading role as a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. (1940). This was followed up with Captain Caution.
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In 1941 Mature’s contract was bought out by 20th Century Fox who used him to star opposite actresses such as Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. He also supported Gertrude Lawrence on Broadway in Lady in the Dark.
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, which was doing Greenland Patrol work. After 14 months aboard the Storis, Mature was promoted to the rate of Chief Boatswain’s Mate.
After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda’s Wyatt Earp. Darryl F. Zanuck was delighted that Ford wanted to use Mature.
For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as film noir, Westerns, and Biblical motion pictures like The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille’s Biblical 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 continued to appear in a number of musicals and co-starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and, according to her autobiography, had a romantic relationship with her.
Mature’s old agreement with Roach contained multiple loan-out clauses to RKO which still applied when it was transferred to 20th Century-Fox and he made a number of films for RKO. However Fox suspended him in 1949 for refusing to make Mike Fury. Fox later suspended him for refusing to appear with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward in Untamed (1955).
In the 1950s Mature’s contract with 20th Century Fox ended and he freelanced. He concentrated mostly on action adventure movies, making a number in particular for Warwick Films. In 1954 he signed a two-picture deal with Columbia Pictures giving him script and co-star approval.
Acting credits
1984 Samson and Delilah (TV Movie)
Manoah
1979 Firepower
Harold Everett
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Nick
1972 Every Little Crook and Nanny
Carmine Ganucci
1968 Head
The Big Victor
1966 After the Fox
Tony Powell
1961 I tartari
Oleg
1959 Hannibal
Hannibal
1959 The Big Circus
Henry Jasper ‘Hank’ Whirling
1959 The Bandit of Zhobe
Kasim Khan
1958 Timbuktu
Mike Conway
1958 Escort West
Ben Lassiter
1958 China Doll
Capt. Cliff Brandon
1958 Tank Force
Sgt. David H. Thatcher
1957 The Long Haul
Harry Miller
1957 Pickup Alley
Charles Sturgis
1956 Zarak
Zarak Khan
1956 The Sharkfighters
Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves
1956 Safari
Ken
1955 The Last Frontier
Jed Cooper
1955 Chief Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
1955 Violent Saturday
Shelley Martin
1954 Betrayed
‘The Scarf’
1954 The Egyptian
Horemheb
1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators
Demetrius
1954 Dangerous Mission
Matt Hallett
1953 The Veils of Bagdad
Antar
1953 The Robe
Demetrius
1953 Affair with a Stranger
Bill Blakeley
1953 The Glory Brigade
Lt. Sam Pryor
1952 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
1950 Gambling House
Marc Fury
1950 Stella
Jeff DeMarco
1950 Wabash Avenue
Andy Clark
1949 Samson and Delilah
Samson
1949 Easy Living
Pete Wilson
1949 Red, Hot and Blue
Danny James
1948 Cry of the City
Lt. Candella
1948 Fury at Furnace Creek
Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron
1947 Kiss of Death
Nick Bianco
1947 Moss Rose
Michael Drego
1946 My Darling Clementine
Doc Holliday
1942 Seven Days’ Leave
Johnny Grey
1942 Footlight Serenade
Tommy Lundy
1942 My Gal Sal
Paul Dresser
1942 Song of the Islands
Jefferson Harper
1941 The Shanghai Gesture
Doctor Omar
1941 I Wake Up Screaming
Frankie Christopher
1940 No, No, Nanette
William Trainor
1940 Captain Caution
Dan Marvin
1940 One Million B.C.
Tumak
1939 The Housekeeper’s Daughter
Lefty