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Clark Gable (1901–1960)

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Clark Gable's mother died when he was seven months old. At 16 he quit high school, went to work in an Akron (Ohio) tire factory and decided to become an actor after seeing the play "The Bird of Paradise". He toured in stock companies, worked oil fields and sold ties. In 1924 he reached Hollywood with the help of Portland... See full bio »

Born:

William Clark Gable
in Cadiz, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Clark Gable circa 1955 Still of Clark Gable and Jane Russell in The Tall Men Cecil B. DeMille, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, Jesse Lasky, c. 1932.
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1961 The Misfits
Gay Langland
 
1960 It Started in Naples
Michael Hamilton
 
1959 But Not for Me
Russell 'Russ' Ward
 
1958 Teacher's Pet
James Gannon/James Gallangher
 
1958 Run Silent Run Deep
Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson
 
1957 Band of Angels
Hamish Bond
 
1956 The King and Four Queens
Dan Kehoe
 
1955 The Tall Men
Colonel Ben Allison
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
Hank Lee
 
1954 Betrayed
Col. Pieter Deventer
 
1953 Mogambo
Victor Marswell
 
1953 Never Let Me Go
Philip Sutherland
 
1952 Lone Star
Devereaux Burke
 
1951 Across the Wide Missouri
Flint Mitchell
 
1950 To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan
 
1950 Key to the City
Steve Fisk
 
1949 Any Number Can Play
Charley Enley Kyng
 
1948 Command Decision
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
 
1948 Homecoming
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson (Dr. Johnson)
 
1947 The Hucksters
Victor Albee Norman
 
1945 Adventure
Harry Patterson
 
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
 
1941 Honky Tonk
'Candy' Johnson
 
1941 They Met in Bombay
Gerald Meldrick
 
1940 Comrade X
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
 
1940 Boom Town
Big John McMasters
 
1940 Strange Cargo
André Verne
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler
 
1939 Idiot's Delight
Harry Van
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle
Christopher 'Chris' Hunter
 
1938 Test Pilot
Jim
 
1937 Saratoga
Duke Bradley
 
1937 Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
 
1936 Love on the Run
Michael Anthony
 
1936 Cain and Mabel
Larry Cain
 
1936 San Francisco
Blackie Norton
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary
Van
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
Christian
 
1935 China Seas
Alan Gaskell
 
1935 The Call of the Wild
Jack Thornton
 
1935 After Office Hours
James 'Jim' Branch
 
1934 Forsaking All Others
Jeffrey 'Jeff'/'Jeffy' Williams
 
1934 Chained
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
 
1934 Men in White
Dr. George Ferguson
 
1934 It Happened One Night
Peter Warne
 
1933 Dancing Lady
Patch Gallagher
 
1933 Night Flight
Jules
 
1933 Hold Your Man
Eddie Hall
 
1933 The White Sister
Giovanni Severi
 
1932 Strange Interlude
Dr. Ned Darrell
 
1932 No Man of Her Own
Babe Stewart
 
1932 Red Dust
Dennis Carson
 
1932 Polly of the Circus
Reverend John Hartley
 
1931 Hell Divers
CPO Steve Nelson
 
1931 Possessed
Mark Whitney
 
1931 Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise>
Rodney Spencer
 
1931 Sporting Blood
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
 
1931 Night Nurse
Nick, the Chauffeur
 
1931 A Free Soul
Ace Wilfong
 
1931 Laughing Sinners
Carl Loomis
 
1931 The Secret Six
Carl Luckner
 
1931 The Finger Points
Louis J. Blanco
 
1931 The Front Page
Reporter with hat at table in the prison. (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
Jake Luva
 
1931 The Easiest Way
Nick Feliki, Laundryman
 
1931 The Painted Desert
Rance Brett
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Extra (uncredited)
 
1926 One Minute to Play
Extra (uncredited)
 
1926 The Johnstown Flood
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
 
1925 North Star
Archie West
 
1925 The Plastic Age
Athlete (uncredited)
 
1925 The Merry Widow
Ballroom Extra (uncredited)
 
1925 What Price Gloria? (short)
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1925 The Merry Kiddo (short)
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1925 Declassée
Extra (uncredited)
 
1925 The Pacemakers (short)
Bit Role
 
1924 Fighting Blood
Extra (uncredited)
 
1924 Forbidden Paradise
Soldier in Czarina's guard (uncredited)
 
1924 White Man
Lady Andrea's Brother
 
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1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Puttin' On the Ritz" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1940 Comrade X (lyrics: "Funiculi, Funicula" - uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town ("Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
 
1939 Idiot's Delight (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited, "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited, "Boola Boola" - uncredited, "Abide with Me" - uncredited, "The Fountain in the Park" - uncredited)
 
1938 Test Pilot ("The Prisoner's Song If I Had the Wings of an Angel" 1924 - uncredited, "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1937 Saratoga (performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" - uncredited / "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1936 Love on the Run (performer: "String Quintet In E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet" - uncredited / "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" - uncredited)
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary ("Thank You for a Lovely Evening" - uncredited, "She Was Poor But She Was Honest" - uncredited, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915 - uncredited)
 
1934 It Happened One Night ("Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
– The Films of Frank Capra (uncredited)
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Himself - in crowd (uncredited)
 
1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.33 (1953) … Himself
 
1951 Callaway Went Thataway
Himself (uncredited)
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1943 Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (documentary short)
Himself
 
1943 Wings Up (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1943 Combat America (documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1941 You Can't Fool a Camera (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself, Horse Show Attendee
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Another Romance of Celluloid (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Hollywood Party (short)
Himself
 
1937 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (documentary short)
Himself - Observer
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short)
Himself
 
1935 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 The Christmas Party (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (documentary short)
Himself
 
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2011 Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (documentary)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Smash His Camera (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Der Klang Hollywoods - Max Steiner & seine Erben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Various Roles
 
2008 Gable and Crawford (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Fallen Vampire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (documentary)
Commander Richardson
 
2007 Today Tonight (TV series)
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Girl 27 (documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2006 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2005-2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
 
2005 Garbo (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2004 Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself - At the premiere
 
2003 The People's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The True Story of Seabiscuit (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Clark Gable and Carole Lombard (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2001 Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (TV documentary)
Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind"
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1997 Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Hollywood Commandos (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 We Remember Marilyn (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Legends of Entertainment Video (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Dancing Lady' (uncredited)
 
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
L'Acteur
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
Himself
 
1991 The Geraldo Rivera Show (TV series)
 
1991 Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary)
Himself - Screen Test
 
1990 Hollywood on Parade (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Himself - Cast Member in 'Gone with the Wind'
 
1988 Hollywood Sex Symbols (video documentary short)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 America Censored (TV documentary)
Rhett Butler
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Himself (clip from "Gone with the Wind")
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 That's Hollywood (TV series)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Peter Warne/Blackie Norton
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clips from 'Gone with the Wind' & 'Strange Cargo' etc.
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Gable: The King Remembered (TV documentary)
Himself/Various Characters
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Idiot's Delight'
 
1974 Just One More Time (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
 
1969 The Happy Ending
Himself - actor in 'Susan Lenox' (uncredited)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clips from 'Manhattan Melodrama' - 'Gone with the Wind' (uncredited)
 
1968 Dear Mr. Gable (documentary)
 
1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 La verifica incerta (documentary short)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actor in 'Hold Your Man'
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1955-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Himself - Actor in Clip from 'Mogambo' (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1957 The James Dean Story (documentary)
Himself - 'Giant' premiere footage (uncredited)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1955 When the Talkies Were Young (short)
Nick (uncredited)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Memories in Uniform (documentary short)
Himself
 
1949 The Stratton Story
Himself, Clip from 'Honky Tonk' (uncredited)
 
1940 Trifles of Importance (short)
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1940 Northward, Ho! (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Land of Liberty
Blackie Norton (edited from: San Francisco)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Machinal (1928). Written by Sophie Treadwell. Directed and produced by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 7 Sep 1928- Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "A Mother"), Nancy Allen, Grace Atwell, Leopold Badia, Monroe Childs, John Connery, Hal K. Dawson (as "A Young Man"/"Third Reporter"), Otto Frederick, Millicent Green, John Hanley, Hugh M. Hite, Zita Johann (as "A Young Woman"), Charles Kennedy, James MacDonald, Jess Sidney, George Stillwell, Clyde Stork, Conway Washburne, Tom Waters, Mrs. Charles Willard, Zenaide Ziegfeld. See more »

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3 Biographical Movies  | 16 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I don't believe I'm king of anything, but I know why they like to think I am. I'm not much of an actor, but I'm not bad unless it's one of those things outside my comprehension. I work hard. I'm no Adonis, and I'm as American as the telephone poles I used to climb to make a living. So men don't get sore if their women folks like me on the screen... See more »

Trivia:

Died on the first birthday of his granddaughter, Maria. See more »

Trademark:

Pencil thin mustache that hugged his upper lip See more »

Nickname:

Pa by Carole Lombard See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius