Filmography
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Known For
Samson and Delilah Samson (1949) -
I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (1941) -
Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius (1954) -
Known For
One Million B.C. Tumak (1940) -
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) -
The Tartars Oleg (1961) -
Hannibal Hannibal (1959) -
Timbuktu Mike Conway (1959) -
![The Big Circus]( "The Big Circus")
The Big Circus Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling (1959) -
![The Bandit of Zhobe]( "The Bandit of Zhobe")
The Bandit of Zhobe Kasim Khan (1959) -
![Escort West]( "Escort West")
Escort West Ben Lassiter (1959) -
![China Doll]( "China Doll")
China Doll Capt. Cliff Brandon (1958) -
![Tank Force]( "Tank Force")
Tank Force Thatcher (1958) -
![The Long Haul]( "The Long Haul")
The Long Haul Harry Miller (1957) -
![Pickup Alley]( "Pickup Alley")
Pickup Alley Charles Sturgis (1957) -
![Zarak]( "Zarak")
Zarak Zarak Khan (1956) -
![The Sharkfighters]( "The Sharkfighters")
The Sharkfighters Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves (1956) -
![Safari]( "Safari")
Safari Ken Duffield (1956) -
![The Last Frontier]( "The Last Frontier")
The Last Frontier Jed Cooper (1955) -
![Violent Saturday]( "Violent Saturday")
Violent Saturday Shelley Martin (1955) -
![Chief Crazy Horse]( "Chief Crazy Horse")
Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse (1955) -
![Betrayed]( "Betrayed")
Betrayed 'The Scarf' (1954) -
![The Egyptian]( "The Egyptian")
The Egyptian Horemheb (1954) -
![Demetrius and the Gladiators]( "Demetrius and the Gladiators")
Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius (1954) -
![Dangerous Mission]( "Dangerous Mission")
Dangerous Mission Matt Hallett (1954) -
![The Veils of Bagdad]( "The Veils of Bagdad")
The Veils of Bagdad Antar (1953) -
![The Robe]( "The Robe")
The Robe Demetrius (1953) -
![Affair with a Stranger]( "Affair with a Stranger")
Affair with a Stranger Bill Blakeley (1953) -
![The Glory Brigade]( "The Glory Brigade")
The Glory Brigade Lt. Sam Pryor (1953) -
![Androcles and the Lion]( "Androcles and the Lion")
Androcles and the Lion Captain (1952) -
![Million Dollar Mermaid]( "Million Dollar Mermaid")
Million Dollar Mermaid James Sullivan (1952) -
![Something for the Birds]( "Something for the Birds")
Something for the Birds Steve Bennett (1952) -
![The Las Vegas Story]( "The Las Vegas Story")
The Las Vegas Story Lt. Dave Andrews (1952) -
![Gambling House]( "Gambling House")
Gambling House Marc Fury (1950) -
![Stella]( "Stella")
Stella Jeff DeMarco (1950) -
![Wabash Avenue]( "Wabash Avenue")
Wabash Avenue Andy Clark (1950) -
![Samson and Delilah]( "Samson and Delilah")
Samson and Delilah Samson (1949) -
![Red, Hot and Blue]( "Red, Hot and Blue")
Red, Hot and Blue Danny James (1949) -
![Easy Living]( "Easy Living")
Easy Living Pete Wilson (1949) -
![Cry of the City]( "Cry of the City")
Cry of the City Lt. Candella (1948) -
![Fury at Furnace Creek]( "Fury at Furnace Creek")
Fury at Furnace Creek Cash Blackwell / Tex Cameron (1948) -
![Kiss of Death]( "Kiss of Death")
Kiss of Death Nick Bianco (1947) -
![Moss Rose]( "Moss Rose")
Moss Rose Michael Drego (1947) -
![My Darling Clementine]( "My Darling Clementine")
My Darling Clementine Doc Holliday (1946) -
![Seven Days' Leave]( "Seven Days' Leave")
Seven Days' Leave Johnny Grey (1942) -
![Footlight Serenade]( "Footlight Serenade")
Footlight Serenade Tommy Lundy (1942) -
![My Gal Sal]( "My Gal Sal")
My Gal Sal Paul Dresser (1942) -
![Song of the Islands]( "Song of the Islands")
Song of the Islands Jefferson Harper (1942) -
![The Shanghai Gesture]( "The Shanghai Gesture")
The Shanghai Gesture Doctor Omar (1941) -
![I Wake Up Screaming]( "I Wake Up Screaming")
I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (1941) -
![No, No, Nanette]( "No, No, Nanette")
No, No, Nanette William Trainor (1940) -
![Captain Caution]( "Captain Caution")
Captain Caution Dan Marvin (1940) -
![One Million B.C.]( "One Million B.C.")
One Million B.C. Tumak (1940) -
Actor
![The Housekeeper's Daughter]( "The Housekeeper's Daughter")
The Housekeeper's Daughter Lefty (1939) -
Soundtrack
![Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults]( "Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults")
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![Seven Days' Leave]( "Seven Days' Leave")
Seven Days' Leave (1942) -
![Footlight Serenade]( "Footlight Serenade")
Footlight Serenade (1942) -
Soundtrack
![My Gal Sal]( "My Gal Sal")
My Gal Sal (1942) -
Producer
![China Doll]( "China Doll")
China Doll (1958) -
Archive footage
![Our Queen at Ninety]( "Our Queen at Ninety")
Our Queen at Ninety (2016) -
![The Naked Archaeologist]( "The Naked Archaeologist")
The Naked Archaeologist (2005-2010) -
How the West Was Lost (2008)
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![The 72nd Annual Academy Awards]( "The 72nd Annual Academy Awards")
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![Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults]( "Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults")
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1995-1997) -
![20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years]( "20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years")
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![Arena]( "Arena")
Arena (1995) -
![Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte]( "Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte")
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![John Ford]( "John Ford")
John Ford (1993) -
![Gunfighters of the Old West]( "Gunfighters of the Old West")
Gunfighters of the Old West (1992) -
![Legends of the West]( "Legends of the West")
Legends of the West (1992) -
![Entertaining the Troops]( "Entertaining the Troops")
Entertaining the Troops (1988) -
![Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend]( "Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend")
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![The American West of John Ford]( "The American West of John Ford")
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![Dynamite Chicken]( "Dynamite Chicken")
Dynamite Chicken (1971) -
![ABC Stage 67]( "ABC Stage 67")
ABC Stage 67 (1966) -
![Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase]( "Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase")
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![The Legend of Marilyn Monroe]( "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe")
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965) -
![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
Lykke og krone (1962)
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![Valley of the Dragons]( "Valley of the Dragons")
Valley of the Dragons (1961) -
Archive footageZwischen Glück und Krone (1959)
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![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1955)
All Filmography
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)).
Quotes
[on Samson and Delilah (1949)] Samson wasn't exactly bad for me. How can you go wrong in a picture that is going to pull in 17 million and maybe as high as 20? Why, I'm getting fan mail from places all over the world that I've never heard of before.
Trademark
Before Charlton Heston, Victor Mature dominated the "biblical epic" genre, starring in Samson and Delilah (1949), The Robe (1953) , and Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Nickname
Beautiful Hunk of Man
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Victor John Mature
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died
(age 86)
Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
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