Clark Gable
Acting • Born 1901-02-01 – Died 1960-11-16
Biography
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.
Filmography
154 credits
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Rhett Butler
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
It Happened One Night
Movie • 1934
Peter Warne
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
The Misfits
Movie • 1961
Gay Langland
Combat America
Movie • 1943
Self - Narrator
Command Decision
Movie • 1948
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Movie • 1936
Himself
Mogambo
Movie • 1953
Victor Marswell
Comrade X
Movie • 1940
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Chris Hunter
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie • 1951
Flint Mitchell
The Secret Six
Movie • 1931
Carl Luckner
Manhattan Melodrama
Movie • 1934
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1932
Babe Stewart
The King and Four Queens
Movie • 1956
Dan Kehoe
Band of Angels
Movie • 1957
Hamish Bond
The Tall Men
Movie • 1955
Col. Ben Allison
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1958
James Gannon
Test Pilot
Movie • 1938
Jim Lane
Dancing Lady
Movie • 1933
Patch Gallagher
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Harry Van
Love on the Run
Movie • 1936
Michael Anthony
San Francisco
Movie • 1936
Blackie Norton
Lone Star
Movie • 1952
Devereaux Burke
Red Dust
Movie • 1932
Dennis Carson
It Started in Naples
Movie • 1960
Michael Hamilton
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
Movie • 2021
Adventure
Movie • 1945
Harry Patterson
Soldier of Fortune
Movie • 1955
Hank Lee
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
The Actor (archive footage)
Saratoga
Movie • 1937
Duke Bradley
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie • 1936
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Never Let Me Go
Movie • 1953
Philip Sutherland
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie • 1942
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie • 1925
Roman Guard (uncredited)
Trifles of Importance
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie • 1958
Cmdr. Richardson
Chained
Movie • 1934
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Forbidden Paradise
Movie • 1924
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Movie • 1925
Athlete (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Movie • 1926
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Movie • 1938
Self (uncredited)
Screen Actors
Movie • 1950
Self (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie • 1961
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1939
Self (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1926
China Seas
Movie • 1935
Cpt Alan Gaskell
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1940
André Verne
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
After Office Hours
Movie • 1935
Jim Branch
Night Nurse
Movie • 1931
Nick
A Free Soul
Movie • 1931
Ace Wilfong
Possessed
Movie • 1931
Mark Whitney
Hold Your Man
Movie • 1933
Eddie Hall
Betrayed
Movie • 1954
Col. Pieter Deventer
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Big John McMasters
Night Flight
Movie • 1933
Jules
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1941
"Candy" Johnson
They Met in Bombay
Movie • 1941
Gerald Meldrick
Laughing Sinners
Movie • 1931
Carl Loomis
Homecoming
Movie • 1948
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Victor Albee Norman
Any Number Can Play
Movie • 1949
Charley Enley Kyng
But Not for Me
Movie • 1959
Russell 'Russ' Ward
Men in White
Movie • 1934
Dr. George Ferguson
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Forsaking All Others
Movie • 1934
Jeffrey Williams
Key to the City
Movie • 1950
Steve Fisk
Uncertain Verification
Movie • 1965
(archive footage)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Movie • 1931
Rodney Spencer
Strange Interlude
Movie • 1932
Dr. Ned Darrell
Dance, Fools, Dance
Movie • 1931
Jake Luva
The Easiest Way
Movie • 1931
Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
Call of the Wild
Movie • 1935
Jack Thornton
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
The White Sister
Movie • 1933
Giovanni Severi
To Please a Lady
Movie • 1950
Mike Brannan
Cain and Mabel
Movie • 1936
Larry Cain
Hell Divers
Movie • 1932
Steve Nelson
Polly of the Circus
Movie • 1932
John Hartley
The James Dean Story
Movie • 1957
Self
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1937
Himself
Sporting Blood
Movie • 1931
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Parnell
Movie • 1937
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Finger Points
Movie • 1931
Louis J. Blanco
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
The Painted Desert
Movie • 1931
Rance Brett
North Star
Movie • 1925
Archie West
The Christmas Party
Movie • 1931
Himself
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Movie • 2007
Himself (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Northward, Ho!
Movie • 1940
Himself
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Movie • 1997
Self (archiveFootage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Movie • 2004
Himself (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
Movie • 1937
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie • 1930
Extra (voice)
White Man
Movie • 1924
Lady Andrea's Brother
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie • 1940
Self
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Starlit Days at the Lido
Movie • 1935
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Various Roles (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Movie • 1934
Wings Up
Movie • 1943
Narrator / Host
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1935
Himself
Dear Mr. Gable
Movie • 1968
(archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Movie • 1975
Himself (archive footage)
One Minute to Play
Movie • 1926
Extra
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
You Can't Fool a Camera
Movie • 1941
Himself
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Fighting Blood
Movie • 1923
Bit Part
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 1966
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Movie • 1992
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Movie • 1933
Self (Archival)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Movie • 2022
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Movie • 1934
Self
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Movie • 1979
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Living Famously
TV • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Western von gestern
TV • 1978
Rance Brett (archive footage)
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self
Rogues Gallery
TV • 1997
Self (archive footage)