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Clark Gable

Acting Born Feb 1, 1901 Died Nov 16, 1960 Cadiz, Ohio, USA 169 credits

Biography

Clark Gable was an American actor born February 1, 1901, who died November 16, 1960. The American Film Institute ranked him seventh among greatest male stars in 1999. He portrayed Rhett Butler in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind alongside Vivien Leigh. Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night in 1934 and received nominations for Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935 and Gone with the Wind. He later appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep and his final film was The Misfits in 1961, which also featured Marilyn Monroe in her last screen performance.

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Career timeline

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Rat Pack
Her Name Was Grace KellyNormandie ne partira pas ce soir
Arthur Miller: Writer
Discovering Jean HarlowLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Marilyn Monroe: In The MoviesFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn at the Movies
Hollywood sul Tevere1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodMarilyn, dernières séances
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireThe Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Judy Garland: By MyselfChecking Out: Grand HotelRestoring a Legend: Gone with the WindMelanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Complicated Women
Living FamouslyMaking 'The Misfits'
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
Rogues GalleryHidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesLegends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
That's Entertainment! III
La Classe américaine
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Remembering MarilynAll-Time Movie GreatsThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Full filmography

  • 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