Clark Gable
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
Acting
(2025)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2017)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(2007)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
(2006)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
as Himself (archive footage)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
(1996)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as The Actor (archive footage)
(1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
(1988)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Gable: The King Remembered
as Himself (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
Dear Mr. Gable
as (archive footage)
(1966)
(1965)
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
(1961)
The Misfits
as Gay Langland
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1960)
It Started in Naples
as Michael Hamilton
(1959)
But Not for Me
as Russell 'Russ' Ward
(1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Cmdr. Richardson
(1958)
Teacher's Pet
as James Gannon
(1957)
The James Dean Story
as Self
(1957)
Band of Angels
as Hamish Bond
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
as Dan Kehoe
(1955)
The Tall Men
as Col. Ben Allison
(1955)
Soldier of Fortune
as Hank Lee
(1954)
(1954)
Betrayed
as Col. Pieter Deventer
(1953)
Mogambo
as Victor Marswell
(1953)
Never Let Me Go
as Philip Sutherland
(1952)
Lone Star
as Devereaux Burke
(1951)
Across the Wide Missouri
as Flint Mitchell
(1951)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Clark Gable (uncredited)
(1950)
Key to the City
as Steve Fisk
(1950)
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
(1950)
To Please a Lady
as Mike Brannan
(1949)
Any Number Can Play
as Charley Enley Kyng
(1948)
Command Decision
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
(1948)
Homecoming
as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
(1947)
The Hucksters
as Victor Albee Norman
(1945)
Adventure
as Harry Patterson
(1943)
Show-Business at War
as Self
(1943)
Combat America
as Self - Narrator
(1943)
Wings Up
as Narrator / Host
(1942)
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
(1941)
Honky Tonk
as "Candy" Johnson
(1941)
You Can't Fool a Camera
as Himself
(1941)
They Met in Bombay
as Gerald Meldrick
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as André Verne
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Big John McMasters
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
Comrade X
as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
(1940)
Northward, Ho!
as Himself
(1940)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Rhett Butler
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Harry Van
(1939)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Jim Lane
(1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Chris Hunter
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
(1937)
Saratoga
as Duke Bradley
(1937)
Parnell
as Charles Stewart Parnell
(1937)
Hollywood Party
as Himself
(1936)
San Francisco
as Blackie Norton
(1936)
Love on the Run
as Michael Anthony
(1936)
Cain and Mabel
as Larry Cain
(1936)
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Himself
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
(1935)
China Seas
as Cpt Alan Gaskell
(1935)
Call of the Wild
as Jack Thornton
(1935)
Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self
(1935)
After Office Hours
as Jim Branch
(1935)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
(1934)
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Peter Warne
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
(1934)
Men in White
as Dr. George Ferguson
(1934)
Chained
as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
(1934)
Forsaking All Others
as Jeffrey Williams
(1933)
Hold Your Man
as Eddie Hall
(1933)
Night Flight
as Jules
(1933)
The White Sister
as Giovanni Severi
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Patch Gallagher
(1932)
Hell Divers
as Steve Nelson
(1932)
Strange Interlude
as Dr. Ned Darrell
(1932)
Polly of the Circus
as John Hartley
(1932)
No Man of Her Own
as Babe Stewart
(1932)
Red Dust
as Dennis Carson
(1931)
A Free Soul
as Ace Wilfong
(1931)
The Easiest Way
as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
(1931)
The Painted Desert
as Rance Brett
(1931)
Laughing Sinners
as Carl Loomis
(1931)
Sporting Blood
as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
(1931)
The Finger Points
as Louis J. Blanco
(1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Jake Luva
(1931)
Night Nurse
as Nick
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Carl Luckner
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Himself
(1931)
Possessed
as Mark Whitney
(1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Rodney Spencer
(1930)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Extra (voice)
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
(1926)
(1926)
One Minute to Play
as Extra
(1925)
North Star
as Archie West
(1925)
The Plastic Age
as Athlete (uncredited)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
(1924)
White Man
as Lady Andrea's Brother
(1924)
Forbidden Paradise
as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
(1923)
Fighting Blood
as Bit Part