Actually, I am a golfer. He was on Okinawa when the A-bomb was dropped on Japan. DeMille hired the best people in town for his films, and since we were all professionals he didn't feel he had to direct us too much. Yeah? New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Victor's father, Marcello Gelindo Maturi (later Marcellus George Mature), a knife sharpener and cutler, was born in 1877 in the town of Pinzolo, in the Italian Tyrolean region of Trentino, which was then under the rule of the Austria-Hungary Empire, and was returned to Italian sovereignty in 1918, after WWI.
Well, what a lovely way to die. Victor's mother, Clara P. (Ackley), was born in Kentucky. In "The Robe" (1953) he suffered while stretched out on a torture-table inside a Roman dungeon. [When asked if it bothered him to play Samson's father in a TV-movie remake (
Some kind of complex, I guess. [of his decision to retire from acting at age 46] It wasn't fun anymore. I was never that crazy about acting. "Look, Vic," he'd say, "why lose all that money? Victor Mature Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. Hollywoodglamourgirl 45,476 views. If the picture's a flop, it doesn't hurt you, it hurts the studio." George Clooney played a caricature of Victor Mature in the 2016 Coen brothers movie Hail Caesar. Victor's maternal grandfather, Charles Anthony "Antone" Ackley, was a Swiss immigrant, of Swiss-German descent, while Victor's maternal grandmother, Magdalen "Lena" Weekes, was born in Indiana, to German parents. In "Zarak" (1957) he endured two separate floggings. Supplement 1, pp. Juni 1989 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur. I just couldn't show it. Leben. He never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. I never was an actor. Victor's mother, Clara P. (Ackley), was born in Kentucky.
Victor John Mature was born on January 29, 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky.His parents were Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcello George Mature … He'd say a few words to us, then shoot the scene. He served on the troop transport ship Admiral Mayo. Hoping to become an actor, he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.
Dezember 1934 in Santa Barbara; † 15. That was the great thing about being under contract. In "Samson and Delilah" (1949) he was blinded and forced to turn a gristmill. That is my real occupation. Victor Mature died of leukemia at his Rancho Santa Fe, California, home in 1999, at the age of 86. I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. Victor Mature, Actor: Samson and Delilah. Victor Mature was born on January 29, 1913 and died on August 4, 1999. Making use of his powerful physique, he became associated with "beefcake" scenes involving bondage and torture. Victor Frenchs Vater Ted war Stuntman in Hollywood, seine Mutter Susan eine Bühnenschauspielerin.
2:06. Victor's father, Marcello Gelindo Maturi (later Marcellus George Mature), a knife sharpener and cutler, was born in 1877 in the town of Pinzolo, in the Italian Tyrolean region of Trentino, which was then under the rule of the Austria-Hungary Empire, and was returned to Italian sovereignty in 1918, after WWI. Victor Edwin French (* 4. American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and Marcellus George Mature, a cutler and knife sharpener. Ask anybody, particularly the critics. Biography in: "American National Biography". Victor Mature was an American actor who rose from the theater stage to mega films in Hollywood.. One of his classmates was future fellow actor, Attended the Kentucky Military Academy. [20th Century] Fox was like a country club.
Either people think you're lousy jerk like me or a great guy like Gable. Mature worked as a teenager with his father as a salesman for butcher supplies.
You automatically accepted the pictures they wanted to give you unless you wanted to take a suspension for the length of the picture plus eight weeks. He was a petty officer in the Coast Guard during World War II. Although several sources suggest that Mature's family name was originally Maturi, United States and Austrian birth, immigration, census and other records, as well as Victor Mature himself, are quite clear that as of 1877, the family name was Mature. His father, born Marcello Gelindo Maturi in Pinzolo, Trentino, was Italian, and his mother was of Swiss-German and German descent. Not six people know Gable intimately, yet everyone will tell you what a great guy he is. I had a compulsion to earn money, not to act. His service carried him to the North Atlantic, including Normandy, the Mediterranean, Caribbean and many islands in the South Pacific. Not only did he refuse to wrestle a tame movie lion for He auditioned for His response: "I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it!". You've got to be one thing or the other in Hollywood. American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and Marcellus George Mature, a cutler and knife sharpener. Victor Mature would have been 86 years old at the time of death or 102 years old today. [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. In a scene with 3,000 extras, if one guy in the back was picking his nose, Mr. DeMille would spot it and stop everything to chew him out. His father, born Marcello Gelindo Maturi in Pinzolo, Trentino, was Italian, and his mother was of Swiss-German and German descent. 389-390. Early Life. I'll become a professional loafer. Upon his death, Mature was brought back to his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky and was buried in his family's burial plot at St. Michael's Cemetery. He attributed his success in Biblical spectacles to his ability to "make with the holy look." He figured we knew our jobs.