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Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Acting

Born February 1, 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (73)
  • 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Her Name Was Grace Kelly — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)
  • 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire — Himself (archive footage)
  • 2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk — Self (archive footage)
  • 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Judy Garland: By Myself — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland — Himself (archive footage)
  • 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
  • Living Famously — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Making 'The Misfits' — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults — Self (archiveFootage)
  • Rogues Gallery — Self (archive footage)
  • 1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star — Self (archive footage)
  • 1995Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell — Self (archive footage)
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
  • 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988All-Time Movie Greats — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988Remembering Marilyn — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)
  • 1987Eve and Marilyn — Self (archive photo)
  • 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)
  • 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985That's Dancing! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Showbiz Ballyhoo — Self (archive footage)
  • 1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground — Self (archive footage)
  • 20/20 — Self (archive footage)
  • 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Gable: The King Remembered — Self (archive footage)
  • 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
  • 1969The Happy Ending — Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1968Dear Mr. Gable — Self (archive footage)
  • 1957The James Dean Story — Self
  • MGM Parade — Self
  • 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • 1950Screen Actors — Self (uncredited)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1943Combat America — Self - Narrator
  • 1943Show-Business at War — Self
  • 1941You Can't Fool a Camera — Himself
  • 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound — Self
  • 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)
  • 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World — Self
  • 1940Northward, Ho! — Himself
  • 1940Trifles of Importance — Self (archive footage)
  • 1939British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)
  • 1939Hollywood Hobbies — Self (uncredited)
  • 1938Another Romance of Celluloid — Self (uncredited)
  • 1937Hollywood Party — Himself
  • 1937The Romance of Celluloid — Self
  • 1936Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel — Self
  • 1935Hollywood Hobbies — Himself
  • 1935Starlit Days at the Lido — Self
  • 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 — Self
  • 1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 — Self (Archival)
  • 1931The Christmas Party — Himself
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