Victor Mature (1913–1999)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and ...

Born: January 29, 1913
Died: August 4, 1999 (age 86)

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Filmography

Known For

Samson and Delilah Samson (1949)
I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (1941)
Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius (1954)
Known For

The Robe Demetrius (1953)
Actor

Samson and Delilah Manoah (1984)
Firepower Harold Everett (1979)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Nick (1976)
Every Little Crook and Nanny Carmine Ganucci (1972)
Head The Big Victor (1968)
After the Fox Tony Powell (1966)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Sparks (1966)
I tartari Oleg (1961)
Hannibal Hannibal (1959)
Timbuktu Mike Conway (1959)
The Big Circus Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe Kasim Khan (1959)
Escort West Ben Lassiter (1959)
China Doll Capt. Cliff Brandon (1958)
Tank Force Thatcher (1958)
The Long Haul Harry Miller (1957)
Pickup Alley Charles Sturgis (1957)
Zarak Zarak Khan (1956)
The Sharkfighters Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves (1956)
Safari Ken Duffield (1956)
The Last Frontier Jed Cooper (1955)
Violent Saturday Shelley Martin (1955)
Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse (1955)
Betrayed 'The Scarf' (1954)
The Egyptian Horemheb (1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius (1954)
Dangerous Mission Detective Matt Hallett (1954)
The Veils of Bagdad Antar (1953)
The Robe Demetrius (1953)
Affair with a Stranger Bill Blakeley (1953)
The Glory Brigade Lt. Sam Pryor (1953)
Androcles and the Lion Captain (1952)
Million Dollar Mermaid James Sullivan (1952)
Something for the Birds Steve Bennett (1952)
The Las Vegas Story Lt. Dave Andrews (1952)
Gambling House Marc Fury (1950)
Stella Jeff DeMarco (1950)
Wabash Avenue Andy Clark (1950)
Samson and Delilah Samson (1949)
Red, Hot and Blue Danny James (1949)
Easy Living Pete Wilson (1949)
Cry of the City Lt. Candella (1948)
Fury at Furnace Creek Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron (1948)
Kiss of Death Nick Bianco (1947)
Moss Rose Michael Drego (1947)
My Darling Clementine Doc Holliday (1946)
Seven Days' Leave Johnny Grey (1942)
Footlight Serenade Tommy Lundy (1942)
My Gal Sal Paul Dresser (1942)
Song of the Islands Jefferson Harper (1942)
The Shanghai Gesture Doctor Omar (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (1941)
No, No, Nanette William Trainor (1940)
Captain Caution Dan Marvin (1940)
One Million B.C. Tumak (1940)
Actor

The Housekeeper's Daughter Lefty (1939)
Soundtrack

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Soundtrack

My Gal Sal (1942)
Producer

China Doll (1958)
Archive footage

Our Queen at Ninety (2016)
The Naked Archaeologist (2005-2010)
How the West Was Lost (2008)
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
Biography (1995-1997)
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
Arena (1995)
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994)
John Ford (1993)
Gunfighters of the Old West (1992)
Legends of the West (1992)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
The American West of John Ford (1971)
Dynamite Chicken (1971)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Lykke og krone (1962)
Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Archive footage

Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1955)

Awards

1 win.

Did You Know

Trivia

Attended the Kentucky Military Academy. One of his classmates was future fellow actor, Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo and Thurston Howell III in Gilligan's Island (1964)).

I'm pretty proud of about 50% of my motion pictures. 'Demetrius and the Gladiators' (Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)) wasn't bad. 'The Robe' (The Robe (1953)) and 'Samson and Delilah' (Samson and Delilah (1949)) weren't bad. I made 72 of them ...

Trademark

Making use of his powerful physique, he became associated with "beefcake" scenes involving bondage and torture. In "Samson and Delilah" (1949) he was blinded and forced to turn a gristmill. In "The Robe" (1953) he suffered while stretched out on a ...