Clark Gable

Acting · Born 1901-02-01 in Cadiz, Ohio, USA

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…

Filmography

• Gone with the Wind as Rhett Butler
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
• It Happened One Night as Peter Warne
• Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
• The Misfits as Gay Langland
• Combat America as Self - Narrator
• Command Decision as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
• Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel as Himself
• Mogambo as Victor Marswell
• Comrade X as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson