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Actor (82 credits)
1948
Homecoming
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson (Dr. Johnson)
1934
Chained
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
1945
Adventure
(performer: "The Trolley Song (1944)" - uncredited)
1940
Comrade X
(lyrics: "Funiculi, Funicula" (1880) - uncredited) / (performer: "Funiculi, Funicula" (1880) - uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
(performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
1939
Idiot's Delight
(performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Boola Boola", "Abide with Me", "The Fountain in the Park" - uncredited)
1938
Test Pilot
(performer: "The Prisoner's Song (If I Had the Wings of an Angel)" (1924), "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (1922) - uncredited)
1937
Saratoga
("The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" (1937), uncredited) / (performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" (1937) - uncredited)
1936
Love on the Run
(performer: "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain", "String Quintet In E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet" - uncredited)
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
(performer: "Thank You for a Lovely Evening" (1934), "She Was Poor But She Was Honest" (1930), "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" (1915) - uncredited)
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1943
Wings Up
(Documentary short)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Stage:
Appeared (as "A Man"; Broadway debut) in "Machinal" on Broadway. Written by
Sophie Treadwell. Directed / produced by
Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 7 Sep 1928-Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast:
Jean Adair (as "A Mother"), Nancy Allen (as "A Nurse"), Grace Atwell (as "A Stenographer"),
Leopold Badia (as "A...
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Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies
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20 Print Biographies
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21 Portrayals
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18 Articles
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6 Pictorials
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11 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
Major Clark Gable
Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?
Personal Quote:
I hate a liar. Maybe because I'm such a good one myself, heh? Anyway, to find someone has told an out-and-out lie puts him on the other side of the fence from me for all time.
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Trivia:
Prior to making
The Misfits (1961), he crash-dieted from a bloated 230 lb. to 195 lb. Twice in the previous decade he had suffered seizures that might have been heart attacks; once, ten years earlier, while driving along a freeway he had chest pains so severe that he had to pull off the road and lie down on the ground until he felt well enough to continue on.
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Trademark:
Often played a virile, lovable rogue whose gruff facade only thinly masked a natural charm and goodness.
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