Clark Gable
Biography
William Clark Gable was an American actor born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio. He died on November 16, 1960. Often referred to as the King of Hollywood, his career spanned multiple decades during which he appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres. 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, starring alongside Vivien Leigh, which earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He previously won the Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night in 1934 and received a nomination for Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935. Later performances included the submarine war film Run Silent, Run Deep and his final film, The Misfits, released in 1961, which paired him with Marilyn Monroe.
Career overview
William Clark Gable was an American actor born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, and he passed away on November 16, 1960. During a career that spanned nearly four decades and 37 years, he appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres. He was often referred to as the King of Hollywood. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all time.
Gable's most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred alongside Vivien Leigh. This performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Earlier in his career, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night in 1934 and received another nomination for Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935.
His later performances included the submarine war film Run Silent, Run Deep and his final film, The Misfits, released in 1961. The latter paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, who also made her last screen appearance in the film. Throughout his extensive acting career, Gable built a legacy documented across numerous motion pictures and recognized by industry milestones.
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169 titles- Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
- Arthur Miller: Writer (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Discovering Jean Harlow (2015) as archive footage
- Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies (2012)
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn at the Movies (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- Marilyn, dernières séances (2008) as Self(archive footage)
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007) as Himself (archive footage)
- The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind (2004) as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" / Self (archive footage)
- Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (2004) as Himself (archive footage)
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Living Famously (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Making 'The Misfits' (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe (1998)
- Rogues Gallery (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) as Self (archiveFootage)
- Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
- La Classe américaine (1993) as The Actor (archive footage)
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990) as (archive footage)
- I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989) as Self (Archive Footage)
- Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow (1989)
- Remembering Marilyn (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- All-Time Movie Greats (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986) as archive footage
- Marilyn Monroe (1986) as archive footage
- That's Dancing! (1985) as Self (archive footage)
- Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) as (archive footage)
- Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as (archive footage)
- Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
- Western von gestern (1978) as Rance Brett (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Hooray for Hollywood (1976) as Self (archive footage)
- Gable: The King Remembered (1975) as Himself (archive footage)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- Dear Mr. Gable (1968) as (archive footage)
- The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
- Uncertain Verification (1965) as (archive footage)
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
- The Misfits (1961) as Gay Langland
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961) as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- It Started in Naples (1960) as Michael Hamilton
- But Not for Me (1959) as Russell 'Russ' Ward
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) as Cmdr. Richardson
- Teacher's Pet (1958) as James Gannon
- Band of Angels (1957) as Hamish Bond
- The James Dean Story (1957) as Self
- The King and Four Queens (1956) as Dan Kehoe
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- The Tall Men (1955) as Col. Ben Allison
- Soldier of Fortune (1955) as Hank Lee
- Betrayed (1954) as Col. Pieter Deventer
- A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Mogambo (1953) as Victor Marswell
- Never Let Me Go (1953) as Philip Sutherland
- Lone Star (1952) as Devereaux Burke
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951) as Flint Mitchell
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951) as Clark Gable (uncredited)
- Key to the City (1950) as Steve Fisk
- To Please a Lady (1950) as Mike Brannan
- Screen Actors (1950) as Self (uncredited)
- Any Number Can Play (1949) as Charley Enley Kyng
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Command Decision (1948) as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
- Homecoming (1948) as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
- The Hucksters (1947) as Victor Albee Norman
- Adventure (1945) as Harry Patterson
- Combat America (1943) as Self - Narrator
- Wings Up (1943) as Narrator / Host
- Show-Business at War (1943) as Self
- Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
- Honky Tonk (1941) as "Candy" Johnson
- They Met in Bombay (1941) as Gerald Meldrick
- You Can't Fool a Camera (1941) as Himself
- Strange Cargo (1940) as André Verne
- Boom Town (1940) as Big John McMasters
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) as Self
- Comrade X (1940) as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self (archive footage)
- Trifles of Importance (1940) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) as Self
- Northward, Ho! (1940) as Himself
- Gone with the Wind (1939) as Rhett Butler
- Idiot's Delight (1939) as Harry Van
- Hollywood Hobbies (1939) as Self (uncredited)
- Another Romance of Celluloid (1938) as Self (uncredited)
- Test Pilot (1938) as Jim Lane
- Too Hot to Handle (1938) as Chris Hunter
- Hollywood Party (1937) as Himself
- Parnell (1937) as Charles Stewart Parnell
- The Romance of Celluloid (1937) as Self
- Saratoga (1937) as Duke Bradley
- Wife vs. Secretary (1936) as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
- San Francisco (1936) as Blackie Norton
- Cain and Mabel (1936) as Larry Cain
- Love on the Run (1936) as Michael Anthony
- Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936) as Himself
- Call of the Wild (1935) as Jack Thornton
- Hollywood Hobbies (1935) as Himself
- China Seas (1935) as Cpt Alan Gaskell
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
- Starlit Days at the Lido (1935) as Self
- After Office Hours (1935) as Jim Branch
- It Happened One Night (1934) as Peter Warne
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934) as Self
- Forsaking All Others (1934) as Jeffrey Williams
- Chained (1934) as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
- Men in White (1934) as Dr. George Ferguson
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934) as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
- Night Flight (1933) as Jules
- Dancing Lady (1933) as Patch Gallagher
- Hold Your Man (1933) as Eddie Hall
- The White Sister (1933) as Giovanni Severi
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933) as Self (Archival)
- Hell Divers (1932) as Steve Nelson
- Polly of the Circus (1932) as John Hartley
- Strange Interlude (1932) as Dr. Ned Darrell
- Red Dust (1932) as Dennis Carson
- No Man of Her Own (1932) as Babe Stewart
- Susan Lenox (1931) as Rodney Spencer
- Possessed (1931) as Mark Whitney
- Night Nurse (1931) as Nick
- Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) as Jake Luva
- A Free Soul (1931) as Ace Wilfong
- Laughing Sinners (1931) as Carl Loomis
- The Christmas Party (1931) as Himself
- The Finger Points (1931) as Louis J. Blanco
- Sporting Blood (1931) as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
- The Easiest Way (1931) as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
- The Painted Desert (1931) as Rance Brett
- The Secret Six (1931) as Carl Luckner
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) as Extra (voice)
- The Merry Widow (1926)
- The Johnstown Flood (1926) as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
- One Minute to Play (1926) as Extra
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Roman Guard (uncredited)
- The Plastic Age (1925) as Athlete (uncredited)
- North Star (1925) as Archie West
- White Man (1924) as Lady Andrea's Brother
- Forbidden Paradise (1924) as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
- Fighting Blood (1923) as Bit Part
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Clark Gable best known for?
Clark Gable is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including That's Entertainment! III (1994), The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988), Blue Sunshine (1977), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976).
When and where was Clark Gable born?
Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, USA. They passed away on November 16, 1960.
How many credits does Clark Gable have?
Clark Gable has accumulated over 169 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1923 to 2025.
What is Clark Gable's background in cinema and television?
William Clark Gable was an American actor born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio. He died on November 16, 1960. Often referred to as the King of Hollywood, his career spanned multiple decades during which he appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres. In 1999, the American Film Institute name...