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 Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

MGM Parade

Gone with the Wind

The Misfits

Western von gestern

It Happened One Night

Mogambo

All Movies (157)

• Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Normandie ne partira pas ce soir2021
• Her Name Was Grace Kelly2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Discovering Jean Harlow2015 · as archive footage
• Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies2012
• Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn at the Movies2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood sul Tevere2009
• 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn, dernières séances2008 · as Self(archive footage)
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire2007 · as Himself (archive footage)
• The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland2004 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Judy Garland: By Myself2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Making 'The Misfits'2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe1998
• Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults1997 · as Self (archiveFootage)
• Joan Crawford: Always the Star1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• La Classe américaine1993 · as The Actor (archive footage)
• Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files1992 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To1990 · as (archive footage)
• Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow1989
• I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...1989 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Remembering Marilyn1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1986 · as archive footage
• The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe1986 · as archive footage
• That's Dancing!1985 · as Self (archive footage)
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• Showbiz Ballyhoo1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Arthur Miller on Home Ground1979
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Hooray for Hollywood1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gable: The King Remembered1975 · as Himself (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dear Mr. Gable1968 · as (archive footage)
• The Legend of Marilyn Monroe1966
• Uncertain Verification1965 · as (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
• Hollywood: The Selznick Years1961 · as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Misfits1961 · as Gay Langland
• It Started in Naples1960 · as Michael Hamilton
• But Not for Me1959 · as Russell 'Russ' Ward
• Teacher's Pet1958 · as James Gannon
• Run Silent, Run Deep1958 · as Cmdr. Richardson
• The James Dean Story1957 · as Self
• Band of Angels1957 · as Hamish Bond
• The King and Four Queens1956 · as Dan Kehoe
• The Tall Men1955 · as Col. Ben Allison
• Soldier of Fortune1955 · as Hank Lee
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Betrayed1954 · as Col. Pieter Deventer
• Mogambo1953 · as Victor Marswell
• Never Let Me Go1953 · as Philip Sutherland
• Lone Star1952 · as Devereaux Burke
• Callaway Went Thataway1951 · as Clark Gable (uncredited)
• Across the Wide Missouri1951 · as Flint Mitchell
• To Please a Lady1950 · as Mike Brannan
• Screen Actors1950 · as Self (uncredited)
• Key to the City1950 · as Steve Fisk
• Any Number Can Play1949 · as Charley Enley Kyng
• Command Decision1948 · as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
• Homecoming1948 · as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
• The Hucksters1947 · as Victor Albee Norman
• Adventure1945 · as Harry Patterson
• Wings Up1943 · as Narrator / Host
• Show-Business at War1943 · as Self
• Combat America1943 · as Self - Narrator
• Somewhere I'll Find You1942 · as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
• Honky Tonk1941 · as "Candy" Johnson
• They Met in Bombay1941 · as Gerald Meldrick
• You Can't Fool a Camera1941 · as Himself
• Comrade X1940 · as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• Boom Town1940 · as Big John McMasters
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Trifles of Importance1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• Strange Cargo1940 · as André Verne
• Northward, Ho!1940 · as Himself
• Gone with the Wind1939 · as Rhett Butler
• Hollywood Hobbies1939 · as Self (uncredited)
• Idiot's Delight1939 · as Harry Van
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Chris Hunter
• Test Pilot1938 · as Jim Lane
• Another Romance of Celluloid1938 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Romance of Celluloid1937 · as Self
• Saratoga1937 · as Duke Bradley
• Parnell1937 · as Charles Stewart Parnell
• Hollywood Party1937 · as Himself
• Love on the Run1936 · as Michael Anthony
• Cain and Mabel1936 · as Larry Cain
• San Francisco1936 · as Blackie Norton
• Wife vs. Secretary1936 · as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
• Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel1936 · as Himself
• Mutiny on the Bounty1935 · as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
• Starlit Days at the Lido1935 · as Self
• China Seas1935 · as Cpt Alan Gaskell
• Call of the Wild1935 · as Jack Thornton
• Hollywood Hobbies1935 · as Himself
• After Office Hours1935 · as Jim Branch
• Forsaking All Others1934 · as Jeffrey Williams
• Chained1934 · as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
• Manhattan Melodrama1934 · as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-101934 · as Self
• Men in White1934 · as Dr. George Ferguson
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-11934
• It Happened One Night1934 · as Peter Warne
• Dancing Lady1933 · as Patch Gallagher
• Night Flight1933 · as Jules
• Hold Your Man1933 · as Eddie Hall
• The White Sister1933 · as Giovanni Severi
• Hollywood on Parade No. A-61933 · as Self (Archival)
• No Man of Her Own1932 · as Babe Stewart
• Strange Interlude1932 · as Dr. Ned Darrell
• Red Dust1932 · as Dennis Carson
• Polly of the Circus1932 · as John Hartley
• Hell Divers1932 · as Steve Nelson
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Himself
• Possessed1931 · as Mark Whitney
• Susan Lenox1931 · as Rodney Spencer
• Sporting Blood1931 · as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
• Night Nurse1931 · as Nick
• A Free Soul1931 · as Ace Wilfong
• Laughing Sinners1931 · as Carl Loomis
• The Secret Six1931 · as Carl Luckner
• The Finger Points1931 · as Louis J. Blanco
• Dance, Fools, Dance1931 · as Jake Luva
• The Easiest Way1931 · as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
• The Painted Desert1931 · as Rance Brett
• Du Barry, Woman of Passion1930 · as Extra (voice)
• The Merry Widow1926
• One Minute to Play1926 · as Extra
• The Johnstown Flood1926 · as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
• North Star1925 · as Archie West
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Roman Guard (uncredited)
• The Plastic Age1925 · as Athlete (uncredited)
• White Man1924 · as Lady Andrea's Brother
• Forbidden Paradise1924 · as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
• Fighting Blood1923 · as Bit Part

All TV Shows (6)

• Living Famously2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rogues Gallery1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Western von gestern1978 · as Rance Brett (archive footage)
• MGM Parade1955 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self