William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio. Later that year his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania, where he stayed until he was two. His father then returned to take him back to Cadiz. When Clark was 16 he dropped out of school and worked at many odd jobs before joining a traveling theater company...See full bio »
1940Boom Town
(performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
1939Idiot'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)
1938Test Pilot
(performer: "The Prisoner's Song If I Had the Wings of an Angel" 1924 - uncredited, "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
1937Saratoga
(performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" - uncredited / "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" - uncredited)
1936Love on the Run
(performer: "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" - uncredited, "String Quintet In E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet" - uncredited)
1936Wife vs. Secretary
(performer: "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)
1934It Happened One Night
(performer: "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" - uncredited)
[Miami News 1939 on public reaction to
Gone with the Wind] Damn it. I never conceived of this. When I rode through Atlanta's streets today it wasn't like an opening at Grauman's Chinese at Hollywood. It wasn't like anything I ever experienced in my life. It was almost too big for me to take. For the first time I actually realized I wasn't Clark Gable to Atlanta...
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Trivia:
When he was born he was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate.
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