But he didn't miss a trick. Contribute. Mature refused to make the movie and was put on suspension by Fox. Mature finally made a movie for his own production company, Romina Productions, in conjunction with United Artists and Batjac Productions: China Doll, directed by Frank Borzage, with whom Mature co-produced.

So what the hell. Mature injured himself in a motorcycle accident .

His zodiac sign is Aquarius. "FILM LADIES' DAY: THREE STARS CAST: Elizabeth Taylor, Rosalind Russell and. He attributed his success in Biblical spectacles to his ability to "make with the holy look.". The public is crazy about him and strangely enough every picture that he has been in has been a big box-office hit. [48] (It was later filmed with new stars as Red Skies of Montana.).

"Zanuck would say, 'If you're not careful, I'll give you Mature for your next picture'."[28]. Zanuck promised Mature he would keep him away from musicals and stuck to that, casting him in the period thriller Moss Rose; Mature received a $50,000 bonus after shooting completed. "CRITIC AT LARGE: MATURE STILL HAS A HUNK OF A TIME" Champlin, Charles. List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area, "News of the Screen: 'Replenish the Earth,' Novel, Is Purchased by Fox—'East of the River' Arrives at the Globe", "22 Films Planned by United Artists: Independent Producers Plan to Invest $30,000,000 in New Features Next Season", "Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard History", Mature's Matinee - The Victor Mature Fan Club and Website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor_Mature&oldid=979471959, United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II, St. Xavier High School (Louisville) alumni, Radio personalities from Louisville, Kentucky, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with TePapa identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Made for Romina Productions, Mature's own company, Martha Stephenson Kemp, the widow of bandleader, Dorothy Stanford Berry (1948–1955, divorced), Loretta Sebena (1974 until his death) - he had his only child, daughter Victoria, with her. 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.

Victoria Mature Interview with Alan K. Rode - Pt 1 - YouTube Mature was announced for a Fox musical, Highway to Hell, which ended up being postponed; instead, he replaced John Payne in a Betty Grable musical, Song of the Islands (Mature was replaced in turn on Highway by Cesar Romero). [41] It was not particularly popular, and Easy Living was a flop, but Samson and Delilah earned over $12 million during its original run, making it the most popular movie of the 1940s, and responsible for ushering in a cycle of spectacles set in the Ancient World.

Daughter, Victoria, born in 1975. He actually worked for his clients.

Back at RKO, Mature made Dangerous Mission for producer Irwin Allen. You've got to be one thing or the other in Hollywood. (This included loan out provisions to RKO.)

He never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. (1940). The film was highly publicized and it raised Mature's profile; Hedda Hopper called him "a sort of miniature Johnny Weissmuller". [When asked if it bothered him to play Samson's father in a TV-movie remake (.

Mature missed some of the run due to an emergency appendectomy,[20] but ended up playing the role until June. Login Roach had not wanted to sell, but he was in financial difficulties and his backers insisted. The character poked fun at both his screen image and, reportedly, RCA Victor, which distributed Colgems Records, The Monkees's label.

I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.

Fox put Mature into another ancient history spectacle, The Egyptian.

In July 1942, Mature attempted to enlist in the U.S. Navy, but was rejected for color blindness.

He had also been engaged to Rita Hayworth (before she married Orson Welles) and Anne Shirley.[82]. Featured in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 2003). "THE PLAY IN REVIEW: Gertrude Lawrence Appears in Moss Hart's Musical Drama, 'Lady in the Dark,' With a Score by Kurt Weill and Lyrics by Ira Gershwin" by BROOKS ATKINSON. Mature was reunited with producer Irwin Allen for The Big Circus, shot in early 1959. Mature made another movie for Romina and Batjac, a Western, Escort West. He was assigned to the USCGC Storis, which was part of the Greenland Patrol. "M-G-M TO MAKE 27 FILMS IN YEAR: 8 Movies Will Start Within 60 Days -- Three Broadway Plays on Studio Schedule" . "No Lions to Slay at Rancho Santa Fe" Tedrick, Dan.

It is too easy to dismiss Mature, for he surpasses badness.

Wise, James E., Jr. and Anne Collier Rehill. Rumors occasionally surfaced of another comeback, most notably in a never-realized remake of Red River (1948) with Sylvester Stallone, but none came to fruition. He very much looked out for his money always. I'll become a professional loafer. After achieving some acclaim in his first few films, he served in the Coast Guard in World War II.

Yeah? Actually, I am a golfer. In 1985, at the Uptown Lounge in Athens, Georgia, R.E.M. Mature was worried about the direction of his career at this stage, claiming, "nobody was going to believe I could do anything except grunt and groan.

[9], Roach gave Mature his first leading role, as a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. The band had since opted for something a little more West Coast, so Buck considered Hornets Attack Victor Mature to be fair game. David Thomson wrote a critical appraisal of Mature in his book The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Mature is an uninhibited creature of the naive. He assisted Coast Guard recruiting efforts by being a featured player in the musical revue Tars and Spars, which opened in Miami, Florida, in April 1944 and toured the United States for the next year. After 14 months aboard the Storis, Mature was promoted to the rank of chief boatswain's mate. In December 1952, Mature signed to play Demetrius in two movies, The Robe and a sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiator. [49] RKO released - but did not produce - Mature's next film, Androcles and the Lion, an adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw with Mature as a Roman centurion. I just couldn't show it. "HOLLYWOOD ARENA: 'Big Circus' Troupe Works to Equal Big Top's Authenticity and Color" by THOMAS M. PRYOR HOLLYWOOD.. Kevin Thomas, 'Victor Mature Hits Stride'. [on retirement] I thought it would be a good idea to sort of enjoy what I had worked so hard for and see how the other half of the world lived. [3] An older brother, Marcellus Paul Mature, died of osteomyelitis in 1918 at age 11. American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and Marcellus George Mature, a cutler and knife sharpener. The more lurid or distasteful the art the better Mature comes across. |  Attended the Kentucky Military Academy.

The name was used after Buck spotted it in a 'Name Your Band' article in Trouser Press. Instead, he co-starred with Richard Conte in a thriller directed by Robert Siodmak, Cry of the City. [62], Fox wanted Mature to support Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward in Untamed (1955), but Mature refused, claiming he had worked for two years and wanted a vacation. He came out of retirement again in 1971 to star in Every Little Crook and Nanny and again in 1976 along with many other former Hollywood stars in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood. Mature, I have not until now met a man who was 100 percent yellow.”[40].



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