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.
Rhett Butler
Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Peter Warne
It Happened One Night
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Gay Langland
The Misfits
Self - Narrator
Combat America
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Command Decision
Himself
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Victor Marswell
Mogambo
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
Comrade X
Chris Hunter
Too Hot to Handle
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Mutiny on the Bounty
Flint Mitchell
Across the Wide Missouri
Carl Luckner
The Secret Six
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Manhattan Melodrama
Babe Stewart
No Man of Her Own
Col. Ben Allison
The Tall Men
Hamish Bond
Band of Angels
Dan Kehoe
The King and Four Queens
James Gannon
Teacher's Pet
Jim Lane
Test Pilot
Patch Gallagher
Dancing Lady
Harry Van
Idiot's Delight
Michael Anthony
Love on the Run
Blackie Norton
San Francisco
Devereaux Burke
Lone Star
Dennis Carson
Red Dust
Michael Hamilton
It Started in Naples
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Harry Patterson
Adventure
Hank Lee
Soldier of Fortune
The Actor (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Duke Bradley
Saratoga
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Wife vs. Secretary
Philip Sutherland
Never Let Me Go
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Somewhere I'll Find You
Roman Guard (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Self (archive footage)
Trifles of Importance
Cmdr. Richardson
Run Silent, Run Deep
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Chained
Self (uncredited)
Screen Actors
Athlete (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Self (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
Forbidden Paradise
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
The Merry Widow
Cpt Alan Gaskell
China Seas
André Verne
Strange Cargo
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Jim Branch
After Office Hours
Ace Wilfong
A Free Soul
Nick
Night Nurse
Mark Whitney
Possessed
Eddie Hall
Hold Your Man
Col. Pieter Deventer
Betrayed
Big John McMasters
Boom Town
Jules
Night Flight
"Candy" Johnson
Honky Tonk
Gerald Meldrick
They Met in Bombay
Carl Loomis
Laughing Sinners
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
Homecoming
Victor Albee Norman
The Hucksters
Charley Enley Kyng
Any Number Can Play
Russell 'Russ' Ward
But Not for Me
Dr. George Ferguson
Men in White
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Jeffrey Williams
Forsaking All Others
Steve Fisk
Key to the City
(archive footage)
La verifica incerta
Rodney Spencer
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Dr. Ned Darrell
Strange Interlude
Jake Luva
Dance, Fools, Dance
Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
The Easiest Way
Jack Thornton
Call of the Wild
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Giovanni Severi
The White Sister
Mike Brannan
To Please a Lady
Larry Cain
Cain and Mabel
Steve Nelson
Hell Divers
John Hartley
Polly of the Circus
Self
The James Dean Story
Himself
Hollywood Party
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Sporting Blood
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Louis J. Blanco
The Finger Points
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Rance Brett
The Painted Desert
Archie West
North Star
Himself
The Christmas Party
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Himself (archive footage)
Le vampire déchu
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Himself
Northward, Ho!
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self (archiveFootage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Himself (archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Self
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Extra (voice)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Lady Andrea's Brother
White Man
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Show-Business at War
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self
Starlit Days at the Lido
Various Roles (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Narrator / Host
Wings Up
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
Himself
Hollywood Hobbies
(archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
Self (archive footage)
Elle s'appelait Grace Kelly
Himself (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Extra
One Minute to Play
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly mène la danse
Himself
You Can't Fool a Camera
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Bit Part
Fighting Blood
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
139
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-02-01
Place of Birth
Cadiz, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
William Clark Gable