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Victor Mature (born in Louisville, Kentucky; 29
January 1915–4 August 1999) was an United
States|American film actor. He is often described
as an early examplar of the term
Wiktionary:Beefcake|beefcake due to his
Muscle|muscular physique and stolid onscreen
manner. But unlike any of his contemporaries and
his many successors, Mature always brought a sense
of fragility, doubt and uncertainty to his
characters. His Samson in Samson and Delilah
(movie)|Samson and Delilah is no doubt his best
known role; not because of the beefcake, but for
the pathos he brings to the blinded hero. 

Discovered while on stage at the Pasadena
Community Playhouse, his first leading role was as
a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. (1940),
after which he joined 20th Century Fox to star
opposite actresses such as Betty Grable and Rita
Hayworth. However, with the US entry into World
War II, Mature entered military service. 

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 Western
movie|westerns and Bible|Biblical films, such as
The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons)
and its popular sequel, Demetrius and the
Gladiators (with Susan Hayward).  Both films deal
with the fate of the robe worn by Jesus before the
crucifixion.  Victor also starred with Hedy Lamarr
in Cecil B. Demille's Bible epic, Samson and
Delilah (movie)|Samson and Delilah.

Mature was under no illusions as to his acting
prowess. 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 67 films
to prove it!"

Victor Mature died of leukemia on 4 August 1999,
at the age of 84. He was once List of premature
obituaries|incorrectly listed as dead in a film
book.

==Filmography==

*The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
*One Million B.C. (1940)
*Captain Caution (1940)
*No, No, Nanette (1940)
*I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
*The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
*Song of the Islands (1942)
*My Gal Sal (1942)
*Footlight Serenade (1942)
*Seven Days' Leave (1942)
*Show Business at War (1943) (Short film|short
subject)
*Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Victory Show (1946)
(short subject)
*My Darling Clementine (1946)
*Moss Rose (1947)
*Kiss of Death (1947)
*Fury of Furnace Creek (1948)
*Cry of the City (1948)
*Easy Living (1949)
*Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
*Samson and Delilah (1949)
*Wabash Avenue (1950)
*Stella (1950)
*I'll Get By (1950) (Cameo)
*Gambling House (1951)
*The Las Vegas Story (1952)
*Something for the Birds (1952)
*Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
*Androcles and the Lion (1952)
*The Glory Brigade (1953)

*Affair with a Stranger (1953)
*The Robe (1953)
*The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
*Dangerous Mission (1954)
*Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
*The Egyptian (1954)
*Betrayed (1954)
*Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
*Violent Saturday (1955)
*The Last Frontier (1955)
*Safari (1956)
*The Sharkfighters (1956)
*Zarak (1956)
*Pickup Alley (1957)
*The Long Haul (1957)
*China Doll (1958) (also producer)
*Tank Force (1958)
*Escort West (1958)
*Timbuktu (1959)
*The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
*The Big Circus (1959)
*Hannibal (1960)
*The Tartars (1961)
*Lykke og krone (1962) (documentary)
*After the Fox (1966)
*Head (movie)|Head (1968)
*Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
*Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
*Firepower (1979)



==External link==
* http://members.aol.com/VMature/ Mature's Matinee
- The Victor Mature Fan Club and Website