Clark Gable
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Rhett Butler
It Happened One Night (1934)
as Peter Warne
The Misfits (1961)
as Gay Langland
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
as Cmdr. Richardson
Susan Lenox (1931)
as Rodney Spencer
The Tall Men (1955)
as Col. Ben Allison
Call of the Wild (1935)
as Jack Thornton
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
as archive footage
It Started in Naples (1960)
as Michael Hamilton
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Key to the City (1950)
as Steve Fisk
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
But Not for Me (1959)
as Russell 'Russ' Ward
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
as Flint Mitchell
The King and Four Queens (1956)
as Dan Kehoe
Teacher's Pet (1958)
as James Gannon
Possessed (1931)
as Mark Whitney
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Chris Hunter
Band of Angels (1957)
as Hamish Bond
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Patch Gallagher
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
Actor
San Francisco (1936)
as Blackie Norton
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Adventure (1945)
as Harry Patterson
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine (1993)
as The Actor (archive footage)
Any Number Can Play (1949)
as Charley Enley Kyng
Betrayed (1954)
as Col. Pieter Deventer
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
The Happy Ending (1969)
as Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
as Hank Lee
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Gerald Meldrick
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Lone Star (1952)
as Devereaux Burke
Mogambo (1953)
as Victor Marswell
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
China Seas (1935)
as Cpt Alan Gaskell
Parnell (1937)
as Charles Stewart Parnell
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Harry Van
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Party (1937)
as Himself
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Honky Tonk (1941)
as "Candy" Johnson
Never Let Me Go (1953)
as Philip Sutherland
To Please a Lady (1950)
as Mike Brannan
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
No Man of Her Own (1932)
as Babe Stewart
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Command Decision (1948)
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies (1935)
as Himself
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933)
as Self (Archival)
Strange Cargo (1940)
as André Verne
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
as Self (archiveFootage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Red Dust (1932)
as Dennis Carson
Boom Town (1940)
as Big John McMasters
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Nurse (1931)
as Nick
Test Pilot (1938)
as Jim Lane
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Six (1931)
as Carl Luckner
Love on the Run (1936)
as Michael Anthony
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
as Clark Gable (uncredited)
The Hucksters (1947)
as Victor Albee Norman
Marilyn at the Movies (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
One Minute to Play (1926)
as Extra
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self
Comrade X (1940)
as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
Hold Your Man (1933)
as Eddie Hall
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Forsaking All Others (1934)
as Jeffrey Williams
Wings Up (1943)
as Narrator / Host
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
as Self
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow (1925)
Actor
Making 'The Misfits' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Polly of the Circus (1932)
as John Hartley
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe (1998)
Actor
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies (2012)
Actor
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
A Free Soul (1931)
as Ace Wilfong
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
as Extra (voice)
Chained (1934)
as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Combat America (1943)
as Self - Narrator
Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Larry Cain
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Self (archive footage)
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Athlete (uncredited)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Homecoming (1948)
as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Flight (1933)
as Jules
Men in White (1934)
as Dr. George Ferguson
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Saratoga (1937)
as Duke Bradley
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Forbidden Paradise (1924)
as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
as Self (uncredited)
Marilyn, dernières séances (2008)
as Self(archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (2004)
as Himself (archive footage)
The White Sister (1933)
as Giovanni Severi
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Self
Hell Divers (1932)
as Steve Nelson
You Can't Fool a Camera (1941)
as Himself
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)
as Himself (archive footage)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
as Carl Loomis
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
as Jake Luva
The Painted Desert (1931)
as Rance Brett
The Christmas Party (1931)
as Himself
The Easiest Way (1931)
as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
After Office Hours (1935)
as Jim Branch
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors (1950)
as Self (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe (1986)
as archive footage
The Finger Points (1931)
as Louis J. Blanco
Dear Mr. Gable (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
North Star (1925)
as Archie West
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Sporting Blood (1931)
as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Discovering Jean Harlow (2015)
as archive footage
Uncertain Verification (1965)
as (archive footage)
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind (2004)
as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)
Eve and Marilyn (1987)
as Self (archive photo)
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Interlude (1932)
as Dr. Ned Darrell
White Man (1924)
as Lady Andrea's Brother
Northward, Ho! (1940)
as Himself
Fighting Blood (1923)
as Bit Part