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