🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Clark Gable
Acting
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 caree…
Read full 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.
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Clark Gable's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
as Self (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Jean Harlow
as archive footage
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn, dernières séances
as Self(archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
No Poster
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
as Himself (archive footage)
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
as The Actor (archive footage)
No Poster
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
as Self (archive footage)
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
as Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Remembering Marilyn
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Eve and Marilyn
as Self (archive photo)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Happy Ending
as Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear Mr. Gable
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Misfits
as Gay Langland
It Started in Naples
as Michael Hamilton
But Not for Me
as Russell 'Russ' Ward
Teacher's Pet
as James Gannon
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Cmdr. Richardson
The James Dean Story
as Self
Band of Angels
as Hamish Bond
The King and Four Queens
as Dan Kehoe
The Tall Men
as Col. Ben Allison
Soldier of Fortune
as Hank Lee
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Betrayed
as Col. Pieter Deventer
Mogambo
as Victor Marswell
Never Let Me Go
as Philip Sutherland
Lone Star
as Devereaux Burke
Callaway Went Thataway
as Clark Gable (uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri
as Flint Mitchell
To Please a Lady
as Mike Brannan
No Poster
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
Key to the City
as Steve Fisk
Any Number Can Play
as Charley Enley Kyng
Command Decision
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Homecoming
as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
The Hucksters
as Victor Albee Norman
Adventure
as Harry Patterson
Wings Up
as Narrator / Host
Show-Business at War
as Self
Combat America
as Self - Narrator
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Honky Tonk
as "Candy" Johnson
They Met in Bombay
as Gerald Meldrick
No Poster
You Can't Fool a Camera
as Himself
Comrade X
as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Boom Town
as Big John McMasters
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Strange Cargo
as André Verne
Northward, Ho!
as Himself
Gone with the Wind
as Rhett Butler
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
as Harry Van
Too Hot to Handle
as Chris Hunter
Test Pilot
as Jim Lane
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
Saratoga
as Duke Bradley
Parnell
as Charles Stewart Parnell
Hollywood Party
as Himself
Love on the Run
as Michael Anthony
Cain and Mabel
as Larry Cain
San Francisco
as Blackie Norton
Wife vs. Secretary
as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Self
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self
Call of the Wild
as Jack Thornton
China Seas
as Cpt Alan Gaskell
No Poster
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
After Office Hours
as Jim Branch
Forsaking All Others
as Jeffrey Williams
Chained
as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Manhattan Melodrama
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
as Self
Men in White
as Dr. George Ferguson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
It Happened One Night
as Peter Warne
Dancing Lady
as Patch Gallagher
Night Flight
as Jules
Hold Your Man
as Eddie Hall
The White Sister
as Giovanni Severi
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Self (Archival)
No Man of Her Own
as Babe Stewart
Strange Interlude
as Dr. Ned Darrell
Red Dust
as Dennis Carson
Polly of the Circus
as John Hartley
Hell Divers
as Steve Nelson
The Christmas Party
as Himself
Possessed
as Mark Whitney
Susan Lenox
as Rodney Spencer
Sporting Blood
as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Night Nurse
as Nick
A Free Soul
as Ace Wilfong
Laughing Sinners
as Carl Loomis
The Secret Six
as Carl Luckner
The Finger Points
as Louis J. Blanco
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Jake Luva
The Easiest Way
as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
The Painted Desert
as Rance Brett
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Extra (voice)
One Minute to Play
as Extra
The Johnstown Flood
as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
North Star
as Archie West
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
as Athlete (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
White Man
as Lady Andrea's Brother
Forbidden Paradise
as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
No Poster
Fighting Blood
as Bit Part