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