Applying for membership in the swank Los Angeles Country Club at the height of his fame, Mature was turned down and told that the golfing facility did not accept actors as members. His response: "I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it!...
[1992] Recently, I was asked to play Sylvester Stallone's father in a movie, so I gave them my price. It's been a few weeks now and I haven't heard, so it's probably not going to happen. But that's okay, I don't need the work. My father was rich and...
Before Charlton Heston, Victor Mature dominated the "biblical epic" genre, starring in Samson and Delilah (1949), Androcles and the Lion (1952), The Robe (1953), and Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
The Hunk
Aquarius
Victor John Mature
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
(age 86)
Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA