Victor Mature or Charlton Heston, who was the better Biblical/costume hero actor?

[Dr. Fate]

Prior to the 1956 remake of The Ten Commandments, Victor Mature was the primary Biblical epic actor of Hollywood, having starred in films such as Samson & Delilah and The Robe - position he then lost to Charlton Heston, who went on to headline the aforementioned TTC, Ben-Hur, and other costume dramas.

So for those of you familiar with these two men, who was the better costume/Biblical epic hero type actor - Mature or Heston? Discuss.

Victor Mature (with Angela Lansbury) in Samson & Delilah

Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments

(PS: Just doing my part to fill this forum with useless threads. Have a nice day)

 

[Obsidian]

Charlton Heston, nuff said

 

[The Chairman]

I absolutely have to give my vote to Heston. The man is just amazing to watch on screen. The man's presence is astounding.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Haven't seen much at all with Mature, but Heston is the man to me. Like John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzneggar, Clint Eastwood, etc., the man has the presence of a god. You can't look away, even if his acting may stretch over the top a bit at times. It was awesome in Wayne's World 2 when they replaced that gas attendant with Heston. Perfectly appropriate and true.

 

[sithgoblin]

wtf kind of last name is mature?

 

[The Chairman]

French.

 

[dpm07]

Charlton Heston easily.

No contest.

 

[livrule]

Heston without question.

 

[Superman]

John Huston, He played god.

 

[batman44]

Charlton Heston has so much more presence imo, plus I love both TTC and Ben-Hur. So Heston gets my vote.