Clark Gable

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

145

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-01

Day of death

1960-11-16 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Cadiz, Ohio, USA

Clark Gable

Biography

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all-time. His most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later performances were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her last screen appearance. During his long film career, Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was partnered with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer in three. Gable was often named the top male star in the mid-30s, and was second only to the top box-office draw of all, Shirley Temple.

Known For

  • The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

  • The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

    The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

  • The Misfits

    The Misfits

  • Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

    Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Western von gestern

    Western von gestern

  • Laughing Sinners

    Laughing Sinners

  • San Francisco

    San Francisco

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

  • Test Pilot

    Test Pilot

  • Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

  • Hell Divers

    Hell Divers

  • Across the Wide Missouri

    Across the Wide Missouri

  • A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

  • China Seas

    China Seas

  • Sporting Blood

    Sporting Blood

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • North Star

    North Star

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Chained

    Chained

  • Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

  • Betrayed

    Betrayed

  • It Started in Naples

    It Started in Naples

  • Run Silent, Run Deep

    Run Silent, Run Deep

  • The King and Four Queens

    The King and Four Queens

  • The Tall Men

    The Tall Men

  • It Happened One Night

    It Happened One Night

  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    Mutiny on the Bounty

  • Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

  • A Free Soul

    A Free Soul

  • Adventure

    Adventure

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • Too Hot to Handle

    Too Hot to Handle

  • A Star Is Born World Premiere

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

  • Forbidden Paradise

    Forbidden Paradise

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Band of Angels

    Band of Angels

  • Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

  • Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Parnell

    Parnell

  • Teacher's Pet

    Teacher's Pet

  • The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

  • The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

  • Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

  • Key to the City

    Key to the City

  • Men in White

    Men in White

  • Hold Your Man

    Hold Your Man

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Command Decision

    Command Decision

  • The Finger Points

    The Finger Points

  • After Office Hours

    After Office Hours

  • The Easiest Way

    The Easiest Way

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • But Not for Me

    But Not for Me

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

  • Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play

  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

  • The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

  • Polly of the Circus

    Polly of the Circus

  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

  • The Secret Six

    The Secret Six

  • Idiot's Delight

    Idiot's Delight

  • No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

  • The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

    The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

  • Cain and Mabel

    Cain and Mabel

  • Callaway Went Thataway

    Callaway Went Thataway

  • Mogambo

    Mogambo

  • Night Nurse

    Night Nurse

  • Love on the Run

    Love on the Run

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

  • The White Sister

    The White Sister

  • Hooray for Hollywood

    Hooray for Hollywood

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

  • Gable: The King Remembered

    Gable: The King Remembered

  • John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • Soldier of Fortune

    Soldier of Fortune

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

  • Wings Up

    Wings Up

  • Another Romance of Celluloid

    Another Romance of Celluloid

  • Somewhere I'll Find You

    Somewhere I'll Find You

  • Arthur Miller: Writer

    Arthur Miller: Writer

  • Judy Garland: By Myself

    Judy Garland: By Myself

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Making 'The Misfits'

    Making 'The Misfits'

  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Du Barry, Woman of Passion

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • One Minute to Play

    One Minute to Play

  • Hollywood Hobbies

    Hollywood Hobbies

  • Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Wife vs. Secretary

    Wife vs. Secretary

  • Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

    Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

  • Trifles of Importance

    Trifles of Importance

  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • To Please a Lady

    To Please a Lady

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • Forsaking All Others

    Forsaking All Others

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Red Dust

    Red Dust

  • They Met in Bombay

    They Met in Bombay

  • The Hucksters

    The Hucksters

  • Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

    Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

  • Boom Town

    Boom Town

  • Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

  • Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

    Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

  • The Painted Desert

    The Painted Desert

  • Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

  • The James Dean Story

    The James Dean Story

  • Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

  • Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

    Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

  • Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

  • Dance, Fools, Dance

    Dance, Fools, Dance

  • Dear Mr. Gable

    Dear Mr. Gable

  • Living Famously

    Living Famously

  • Strange Interlude

    Strange Interlude

  • White Man

    White Man

  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

  • Comrade X

    Comrade X

  • Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

  • Combat America

    Combat America

  • Her Name Was Grace Kelly

    Her Name Was Grace Kelly

  • Showbiz Ballyhoo

    Showbiz Ballyhoo

  • Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

  • The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid

  • Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

    Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

  • Fighting Blood

    Fighting Blood

  • Starlit Days at the Lido

    Starlit Days at the Lido

  • 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

  • Hollywood Hobbies

    Hollywood Hobbies

  • Northward, Ho!

    Northward, Ho!

  • You Can't Fool a Camera

    You Can't Fool a Camera