Victor mature actor cause of death

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — Victor Mature liked to joke that he once tried to get into a country club that didn\'t accept actors by saying, "Hell, I\'m no actor, and I\'ve got 28 pictures and a scrapbook of reviews to prove it."But the brawny actor given the nickname "beautiful hunk of man" also took his job seriously. "I just couldn\'t show it," he died at the age of 86 after suffering from cancer for three years, said a friend, Zollie Volchok. The San Diego County coroner\'s office said it was notified that Mature died Aug. , dark-haired and muscular, Mature got his nickname from films like Samson and Delilah, One Million B.C. and Song of the appeared in musicals, Westerns, comedies, historical epics and melodramas before largely retiring from films around While first making his name as a glamour-boy star with a devil-may-care attitude, he gradually gained more critical respect in the late s in such films as Cry of the City and Kiss of \'s My Darling

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From the Archives: Victor Mature, Beefcake Star of ‘40s and ‘50s, Dies

Victor Mature, the muskulös, broad-shouldered actor who was one of Hollywood’s first beefcake stars, has died. He was

Mature, who played numerous leads during the s and ‘50s, including Doc Holliday in John Ford’s “My älskling Clementine,” was a shrewd real estate investor who was able to retire decades ago. He had been lured out of retirement only a few times since the mids.

He lived on 11 acres of rolling hills in Rancho Santa Fe and spent his days playing golf and monitoring his investments.

During the past three years, he had suffered from cancer, friends said. A begravning service fryst vatten scheduled for today in Louisville, Ky., Mature’s hometown.

The San Diego County coroner’s office said it was notified that Mature died Wednesday.

Mature appeared in 72 movies--many of them forgettable--and was often cast in roles that allowed him to appear shirtless and display his powerful physique. By the late s, however, he g

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Victor Mature dies at 86

Victor Mature, the beefy leading man of the &#;40s and &#;50s whose films included &#;Kiss of Death&#; and &#;Samson and Delilah,&#; died Wednesday in Rancho Santa Fe following a three-year battle with cancer. He was

Announcement of his death, funeral arrangements and other information were delayed at his widow&#;s request, Encinitas Mortuary spokesman Joe Reynolds said.

Though he admitted to being a better golfer than actor, Mature, who had leading roles in almost 50 films, came along at a time when inscrutable leading men with muscular physiques were in fashion. Never averse to publicity, he played up his sobriquet &#;the Hunk,&#; which gave him needed visibility to compete with some of his more talented contemporaries like Charlton Heston and Robert Mitchum.

Biblical to noir

He is best remembered for Biblical spectacles including Cecil B. DeMille&#;s &#;Samson and Delilah&#; and &#;The Robe,&#; but turned in some of his best work in films