Clark Gable
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Susan Lenox (1931)
as Rodney Spencer
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
The Tall Men (1955)
as Col. Ben Allison
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call of the Wild (1935)
as Jack Thornton
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Possessed (1931)
as Mark Whitney
Hollywood Party (1937)
as Himself
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
as Hank Lee
Boom Town (1940)
as Big John McMasters
Teacher's Pet (1958)
as James Gannon
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Betrayed (1954)
as Col. Pieter Deventer
San Francisco (1936)
as Blackie Norton
Test Pilot (1938)
as Jim Lane
Mogambo (1953)
as Victor Marswell
La Classe américaine (1993)
as The Actor (archive footage)
It Started in Naples (1960)
as Michael Hamilton
Lone Star (1952)
as Devereaux Burke
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
The King and Four Queens (1956)
as Dan Kehoe
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
as Flint Mitchell
Command Decision (1948)
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Band of Angels (1957)
as Hamish Bond
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies (1935)
as Himself
Honky Tonk (1941)
as "Candy" Johnson
Night Flight (1933)
as Jules
China Seas (1935)
as Cpt Alan Gaskell
Strange Cargo (1940)
as André Verne
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow (1926)
Actor
Night Nurse (1931)
as Nick
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
But Not for Me (1959)
as Russell 'Russ' Ward
Comrade X (1940)
as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Harry Van
Red Dust (1932)
as Dennis Carson
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Men in White (1934)
as Dr. George Ferguson
Key to the City (1950)
as Steve Fisk
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Chris Hunter
Saratoga (1937)
as Duke Bradley
Parnell (1937)
as Charles Stewart Parnell
The Happy Ending (1969)
as Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
as Jeffrey Williams
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
as Jake Luva
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
The Hucksters (1947)
as Victor Albee Norman
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Never Let Me Go (1953)
as Philip Sutherland
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
as archive footage
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Patch Gallagher
Combat America (1943)
as Self - Narrator
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear Mr. Gable (1968)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self
Chained (1934)
as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies (2012)
Actor
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
as Carl Loomis
No Man of Her Own (1932)
as Babe Stewart
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Any Number Can Play (1949)
as Charley Enley Kyng
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
A Free Soul (1931)
as Ace Wilfong
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Hold Your Man (1933)
as Eddie Hall
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn, dernières séances (2008)
as Self(archive footage)
Homecoming (1948)
as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Athlete (uncredited)
Eve and Marilyn (1987)
as Self (archive photo)
After Office Hours (1935)
as Jim Branch
To Please a Lady (1950)
as Mike Brannan
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
The Secret Six (1931)
as Carl Luckner
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
as Clark Gable (uncredited)
Adventure (1945)
as Harry Patterson
Marilyn at the Movies (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)
as Himself (archive footage)
The Painted Desert (1931)
as Rance Brett
Gable: The King Remembered (1975)
as Himself (archive footage)
The White Sister (1933)
as Giovanni Severi
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
Actor
They Met in Bombay (1941)
as Gerald Meldrick
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
as Self
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Interlude (1932)
as Dr. Ned Darrell
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wings Up (1943)
as Narrator / Host
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Forbidden Paradise (1924)
as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
Discovering Jean Harlow (2015)
as archive footage
Marilyn Monroe (1986)
as archive footage
Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Larry Cain
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification (1965)
as (archive footage)
Screen Actors (1950)
as Self (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
Actor
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)
as Self (archiveFootage)
Hell Divers (1932)
as Steve Nelson
The Christmas Party (1931)
as Himself
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
as Extra (voice)
The Easiest Way (1931)
as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
The Finger Points (1931)
as Louis J. Blanco
North Star (1925)
as Archie West
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
Sporting Blood (1931)
as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Love on the Run (1936)
as Michael Anthony
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (2004)
as Himself (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
Northward, Ho! (1940)
as Himself
Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Polly of the Circus (1932)
as John Hartley
One Minute to Play (1926)
as Extra
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe (1998)
Actor
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
Actor
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
White Man (1924)
as Lady Andrea's Brother
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
as Self
Fighting Blood (1923)
as Bit Part
You Can't Fool a Camera (1941)
as Himself
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Himself
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933)
as Self (Archival)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour (2014)
as (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind (2004)
as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" / Self (archive footage)