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Victor Mature (born in Louisville, Kentucky; 1915–1999) was an American film actor. He was most commonly associated with the term "beefcake" due to his muscular physique and stolid onscreen manner.
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 westerns and 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.
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!"
Additional films by Victor Mature include The Egyptian (1954) and Chief Crazy Horse (1955).
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