Victor Mature
Victor John Mature · Виктор Джон Мэтьюр · Виктор Матюр · Віктор Метьюр
- Туған күні:
- 1913-01-29
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1999-08-04
- Туған жері:
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Өмірбаяны
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.
Фильмографиясы
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
TMDb 9.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Samson and Delilah
1984
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Manoah
Огневая мощь
1979
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Howard Everett
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Nick
Mi Marilyn
1975
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Carmine Ganucci
Dynamite Chicken
1971
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Голова
1968
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Big Victor
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
TMDb 6.7 / 10
В погоне за «Лисом»
1966
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Tony Powell
La verifica incerta
1965
TMDb 6.6 / 10
(archive footage)
Lykke og krone
1962
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Татары
1961
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Oleg
Ганнибал
1959
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Hannibal
Большой цирк
1959
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Kasmin Khan
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Escort West
1959
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ben Lassiter
Timbuktu
1958
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Mike Conway
Китайская кукла
1958
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Capt. Cliff Brandon
Нет времени умирать
1958
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sgt. David Thatcher
Долгий рейс
1957
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Harry Miller
Интерпол
1957
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Charles Sturgis
Царек Хан
1956
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Zarak Khan
The Sharkfighters
1956
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves
Сафари
1956
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Ken Duffield
The Last Frontier
1955
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Jed Cooper
Вождь Бешеный Конь
1955
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Crazy Horse
Жестокая суббота
1955
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Shelley Martin
Betrayed
1954
TMDb 5.7 / 10
'The Scarf'
Египтянин
1954
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Horemheb
Деметрий и гладиаторы
1954
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Demetrius
Опасная миссия
1954
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Matt Hallett
The Veils of Bagdad
1953
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Antar
Плащаница
1953
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Demetrius
Affair with a Stranger
1953
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bill Blakeley
The Glory Brigade
1953
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lt. Sam Pryor
Миллион долларов для русалки
1952
TMDb 6.5 / 10
James Sullivan
Androcles and the Lion
1952
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Captain
Something for the Birds
1952
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Steve Bennett
История Лас-Вегаса
1952
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lt. Dave Andrews
House of Dreams
1951
Narrator (voice)
Gambling House
1950
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Marc Fury
Stella
1950
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jeff DeMarco
Wabash Avenue
1950
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Andy Clark
Самсон и Далила
1949
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Samson
Easy Living
1949
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Pete Wilson
Red, Hot and Blue
1949
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Danny James
Плач большого города
1948
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lt. Candella
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron
Поцелуй смерти
1947
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Nick Bianco
Мускусная роза
1947
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Michael Drego
Моя дорогая Клементина
1946
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Show-Business at War
1943
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self
Seven Days' Leave
1942
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Johnny Grey
Footlight Serenade
1942
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tommy Lundy
Моя девушка Сэл
1942
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Paul Dresser
Song of the Islands
1942
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jefferson Harper
Жестокий Шанхай
1941
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Doctor Omar
Ночной кошмар
1941
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Frankie Christopher (Botticelli)
No, No, Nanette
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
William Trainor
Captain Caution
1940
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Daniel 'Dan' Marvin
Миллион лет до нашей эры
1940
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Tumak
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Lefty