Post by Taxigirl on Oct 18, 2003 13:39:33 GMT
Born in Kentucky, Victor Mature studied at the Pasadena Community Playhouse in California. He auditioned for Gone With the Wind, for the role ultimately played by his fellow Playhouse student, 'George Reeves' (qv). After achieving some acclaim in his first few films, he served in the Coast Guard in World War II. He became one of Hollywood's busiest and most popular actors after the war, though rarely was he given the critical respect he often deserved. His roles in John Ford's My Darling Clementine and in Henry Hathaway's Kiss of Death were among his finest work, though he moved more and more frequently into more exotic roles in films like Samson and Delilah and The Egyptian. Never an energetic actor nor one of great artistic pretensions, he nevertheless continued as a Hollywood stalwart both in programmers and in more prominent films like The Robe. More interested in golf than in acting, his appearances diminished through the Sixties, but he made a stunning comeback of sorts in a hilarious romp as a very Victor Mature-like actor in Neil Simon's After the Fox. Golf eventually took over his activities, and after a cameo as Samson's father in a TV remake of his own Samson and Delilah, he apparently retired for good. Rumors occasionally surfaced of another comeback, most notably in a never-realized remake of Red River with 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv), but none came to fruition.
Samson and Delilah (Made for TV)(1984)
[ Eric Thal ] [ Dennis Hopper ] [ Alessandro Gassman ] [ Daniel Stern ]
Firepower(1979)
[ Eli Wallach ] [ Chad McQueen ]
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976)
[ Aldo Ray ] [ Tab Hunter ] [ Bruce Dern ] [ Guy Madison ]
Every Little Crook and Nanny(1972)
Head(1968)
[ Jack Nicholson ] [ Dennis Hopper ] [ Davy Jones ]
Caccia alla volpe(1966)
[ Martin Balsam ]
Lykke og krone(1962)
[ William Holden ] [ Gary Cooper ]
Tartari, I(1961)
Annibale(1960)
Big Circus, The(1959)
Timbuktu(1959)
Bandit of Zhobe, The(1959)
China Doll(1958)
No Time to Die(1958)
Escort West(1958)
Long Haul, The(1957)
Interpol(1957)
Sharkfighters, The(1956)
[ Claude Akins ]
Zarak(1956)
Safari(1956)
Violent Saturday(1955)
[ Lee Marvin ]
Chief Crazy Horse(1955)
Last Frontier, The(1955)
[ Guy Madison ]
Dangerous Mission(1954)
[ William Bendix ]
Betrayed(1954)
[ Timothy Hutton ] [ John Heard ] [ Tom Berenger ]
Demetrius and the Gladiators(1954)
[ Ed Fury ]
Egyptian, The(1954)
Affair with a Stranger(1953)
Glory Brigade, The(1953)
[ Lee Marvin ]
Robe, The(1953)
[ Jeff Morrow ]
Veils of Bagdad, The(1953)
[ Robert Blake ]
Something for the Birds(1952)
Las Vegas Story, The(1952)
Androcles and the Lion(1952)
Million Dollar Mermaid(1952)
Gambling House(1951)
[ William Bendix ]
Stella(1950)
[ William McNamara ] [ Ben Stiller ]
Wabash Avenue(1950)
I'll Get by(1950)
Red, Hot and Blue(1949)
Samson and Delilah(1949)
Easy Living(1949)
Fury at Furnace Creek(1948)
Cry of the City(1948)
Kiss of Death(1947)
[ Nicolas Cage ]
Moss Rose(1947)
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 7: Hollywood Victory Show(1946)
My Darling Clementine(1946)
Show Business at War(1943)
Footlight Serenade(1942)
Song of the Islands(1942)
My Gal Sal(1942)
Seven Days' Leave(1942)
[ Gary Cooper ]
Shanghai Gesture, The(1941)
I Wake Up Screaming(1941)
Captain Caution(1940)
One Million B.C.(1940)
No, No, Nanette(1940)
Housekeeper's Daughter, The(1939)
