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Victor Mature
American actor (1913–1999)
Victor Mature | |
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Mature c. 1940s | |
| Born | Victor John Mature (1913-01-29)January 29, 1913 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 1999(1999-08-04) (aged 86) Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. Michael's Cemetery, Louisville, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1984 |
| Spouses | Frances Charles (m. 1938; annul. 1940)Martha Stephenson Kemp (m. 1941; div. 1943)Dorothy Standford Berry (m. 1948; div. 1955)Adrienne Joy Urwick (m. 1959; div. 1969)Loretta Gaye Sebena (m. 1974) |
| Children | 1 |
Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American scen, film, and television actor who was a leading
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Kiss of Death (1947 film)
1947 film by Henry Hathaway
Kiss of Death is a 1947 American film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky. The story revolves around ex-con Nick Bianco (played by Victor Mature) and another hoodlum, Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark in his first film). The movie also starred Brian Donlevy and introduced Coleen Gray in her first billed role.[4] The film has received critical praise since its release, with two Academy Award nominations.
Plot
[edit]On Christmas Eve, down-on-his-luck ex-convict Nick Bianco and his three colleagues rob a jewelry store. Before they can exit the building, however, the injured proprietor sets off his alarm. While attempting to escape, Nick assaults a police officer but is wounded and arrested.
The Assistant District Attorney Louis D'Angelo tries to persuade Nick to name his accomplices in exchange for a light sentence. Confident that his partners
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By Steve Flairty
NKyTribune columnist
To say that Kentuckian Victor Mature got through life on his looks might be a stretch, but the thought is worth considering. He admitted he wasn’t good at his chosen profession, acting, though he was quite successful.
Born in Louisville in 1913, he was the son of an immigrant knife sharpener. Mature left school — though likely not on his own terms — as a teen and developed a successful candy dealership. He used the money he made to open a restaurant, then sold it and headed west to Pasadena, California, to attempt to realize his acting ambitions. While there, he studied and acted in the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where reportedly he lived in a tent in the backyard of a fellow student’s mother.
Mature rose from those humble circumstances to be a part of more than 50 motion pictures, along with a handful of theatre and television performances stretching from 1939 to 1984.
His first lead role was in One Million B.C. in 19