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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Rancho Santa Fe, California
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Victor Mature was a film actor who became a sex symbol in the 1940s with hordes of adoring female fans.

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In the 1940s, Victor Mature appeared in several different types of films—comedy, adventure, drama, musical and suspense—and became a very popular film idol with many adoring female fans. Putting acting on hold, Mature joined the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He continued to be to a in-demand leading man in the 1950s and appeared in several more epic films, making his last film in 1984.

Early Career

Actor. Born on January 29, 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky. The son of an Austrian scissors grinder, Mature left school at the age of 15. He then took on a string of odd jobs to support himself, including selling candy. Four years later, he headed out to Hollywood.

Mature started his acting career at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, appearing in more than 60 plays. He got a small role in 1939's The Housekeeper's Daughter, making his first on-screen appearance. He graduated to a more substantial part in the movie One Million B.C. (1940). The film made him a star and was the first of many roles that showcased his good looks and muscular physique.




Career Highlights

In the early 1940s, Mature appeared in several different types of films - comedy, adventure, drama, and suspense. He even appeared in such musicals as No, No, Nanette (1940), Seven Days' Leave (1942) with Lucille Ball, and My Gal Sal (1942) with Rita Hayworth. Mature starred in a number of films opposite Betty Grable, including I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and Footlight Serenade (1942). Sometimes called "the Hunk," he became a very popular film idol and had many adoring female fans.

Putting acting on hold, Mature joined the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. After the war, Mature returned to Hollywood and turned in arguably two of his best performances. In the John Ford-directed western My Darling Clementine (1946), Mature played the legendary Dr. John "Doc" Holliday alongside Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp. In the crime drama Kiss of Death (1947), he starred as Nick Bianco, an ex-con who tries to go straight, but is menaced by someone from his criminal past.

Two years later, Mature took on one of his most famous roles as the long-haired hero in the biblical epic Samson and Delilah (1949). He starred opposite Hedy Lamarr as the legendary temptress. Mature continued to be to a in-demand leading man in the 1950s and appeared in several more epic films, such as The Robe (1953), The Egyptian (1954), and Hannibal
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