Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Known for
Acting
Born
February 1, 1901
Died
November 16, 1960 (aged 59)
Birthplace
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 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.

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Filmography

2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood poster

Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell poster

The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year poster

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

TV · 1 ep

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Her Name Was Grace Kelly poster

Her Name Was Grace Kelly

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests poster

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Arthur Miller: Writer poster

Arthur Miller: Writer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Discovering Jean Harlow poster

Discovering Jean Harlow

Movie · as archive footage

2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn poster

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo poster

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe poster

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

Movie

2011
Marilyn at the Movies poster

Marilyn at the Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Hollywood sul Tevere poster

Hollywood sul Tevere

Movie

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood poster

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)

2008
Marilyn, dernières séances poster

Marilyn, dernières séances

Movie · as Self(archive footage)

2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire poster

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage poster

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland poster

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2004
Judy Garland: By Myself poster

Judy Garland: By Myself

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind poster

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)

2003
Complicated Women poster

Complicated Women

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
Making 'The Misfits' poster

Making 'The Misfits'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
Living Famously poster

Living Famously

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2001
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel poster

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' poster

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe

Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe

Movie

1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults poster

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

Movie · as Self (archiveFootage)

1997
Rogues Gallery poster

Rogues Gallery

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star poster

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies poster

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
That's Entertainment! III poster

That's Entertainment! III

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as The Actor (archive footage)

1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To poster

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Movie · as (archive footage)

1989
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow

Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1989
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... poster

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind poster

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
Remembering Marilyn

Remembering Marilyn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
All-Time Movie Greats

All-Time Movie Greats

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess poster

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1987
Eve and Marilyn poster

Eve and Marilyn

Movie · as Self (archive photo)

1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn poster

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend poster

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Movie · as archive footage

1986
Marilyn Monroe poster

Marilyn Monroe

Movie · as archive footage

1985
That's Dancing! poster

That's Dancing!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie · as (archive footage)

1982
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie · as (archive footage)

1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo poster

Showbiz Ballyhoo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1979
Arthur Miller on Home Ground poster

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1978
Western von gestern poster

Western von gestern

TV · as Rance Brett (archive footage) · 1 ep

1978
20/20 poster

20/20

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
Hooray for Hollywood poster

Hooray for Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Gable: The King Remembered poster

Gable: The King Remembered

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1969
The Happy Ending poster

The Happy Ending

Movie · as Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968
Dear Mr. Gable poster

Dear Mr. Gable

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1966
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe poster

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

Movie

1965
Uncertain Verification poster

Uncertain Verification

Movie · as (archive footage)

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

Movie · as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

1961
The Misfits poster

The Misfits

Movie · as Gay Langland

1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years poster

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Movie · as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960
It Started in Naples poster

It Started in Naples

Movie · as Michael Hamilton

1959
But Not for Me poster

But Not for Me

Movie · as Russell 'Russ' Ward

1958
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

Movie · as James Gannon

1958
Run Silent, Run Deep poster

Run Silent, Run Deep

Movie · as Cmdr. Richardson

1957
Band of Angels poster

Band of Angels

Movie · as Hamish Bond

1957
The James Dean Story poster

The James Dean Story

Movie · as Self

1956
The King and Four Queens poster

The King and Four Queens

Movie · as Dan Kehoe

1955
The Tall Men poster

The Tall Men

Movie · as Col. Ben Allison

1955
Soldier of Fortune poster

Soldier of Fortune

Movie · as Hank Lee

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1954
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · as Col. Pieter Deventer

1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere poster

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Movie · as Self

1953
Mogambo poster

Mogambo

Movie · as Victor Marswell

1953
Never Let Me Go poster

Never Let Me Go

Movie · as Philip Sutherland

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Lone Star poster

Lone Star

Movie · as Devereaux Burke

1951
Across the Wide Missouri poster

Across the Wide Missouri

Movie · as Flint Mitchell

1951
Callaway Went Thataway poster

Callaway Went Thataway

Movie · as Clark Gable (uncredited)

1950
Screen Actors

Screen Actors

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1950
Key to the City poster

Key to the City

Movie · as Steve Fisk

1950
To Please a Lady poster

To Please a Lady

Movie · as Mike Brannan

1949
Any Number Can Play poster

Any Number Can Play

Movie · as Charley Enley Kyng

1948
Command Decision poster

Command Decision

Movie · as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis

1948
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

Movie · as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
The Hucksters poster

The Hucksters

Movie · as Victor Albee Norman

1945
Adventure poster

Adventure

Movie · as Harry Patterson

1943
Combat America poster

Combat America

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1943
Show-Business at War poster

Show-Business at War

Movie · as Self

1943
Wings Up poster

Wings Up

Movie · as Narrator / Host

1942
Somewhere I'll Find You poster

Somewhere I'll Find You

Movie · as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis

1941
Honky Tonk poster

Honky Tonk

Movie · as "Candy" Johnson

1941
They Met in Bombay poster

They Met in Bombay

Movie · as Gerald Meldrick

1941
You Can't Fool a Camera

You Can't Fool a Camera

Movie · as Himself

1940
Comrade X poster

Comrade X

Movie · as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson

1940
Trifles of Importance poster

Trifles of Importance

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1940
Strange Cargo poster

Strange Cargo

Movie · as André Verne

1940
Boom Town poster

Boom Town

Movie · as Big John McMasters

1940
Northward, Ho! poster

Northward, Ho!

Movie · as Himself

1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Movie · as Self

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World poster

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Movie · as Self

1939
Gone with the Wind poster

Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Rhett Butler

1939
Idiot's Delight poster

Idiot's Delight

Movie · as Harry Van

1939
Hollywood Hobbies poster

Hollywood Hobbies

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1939
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind poster

British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1938
Too Hot to Handle poster

Too Hot to Handle

Movie · as Chris Hunter

1938
Test Pilot poster

Test Pilot

Movie · as Jim Lane

1938
Another Romance of Celluloid poster

Another Romance of Celluloid

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1937
Saratoga poster

Saratoga

Movie · as Duke Bradley

1937
Hollywood Party poster

Hollywood Party

Movie · as Himself

1937
Parnell poster

Parnell

Movie · as Charles Stewart Parnell

1937
The Romance of Celluloid poster

The Romance of Celluloid

Movie · as Self

1936
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel poster

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

Movie · as Self

1936
Love on the Run poster

Love on the Run

Movie · as Michael Anthony

1936
San Francisco poster

San Francisco

Movie · as Blackie Norton

1936
Wife vs. Secretary poster

Wife vs. Secretary

Movie · as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope

1936
Cain and Mabel poster

Cain and Mabel

Movie · as Larry Cain

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty poster

Mutiny on the Bounty

Movie · as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

1935
China Seas poster

China Seas

Movie · as Cpt Alan Gaskell

1935
After Office Hours poster

After Office Hours

Movie · as Jim Branch

1935
Call of the Wild poster

Call of the Wild

Movie · as Jack Thornton

1935
Starlit Days at the Lido poster

Starlit Days at the Lido

Movie · as Self

1935
Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

Movie · as Himself

1934
It Happened One Night poster

It Happened One Night

Movie · as Peter Warne

1934
Manhattan Melodrama poster

Manhattan Melodrama

Movie · as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

1934
Chained poster

Chained

Movie · as Michael 'Mike' Bradley

1934
Men in White poster

Men in White

Movie · as Dr. George Ferguson

1934
Forsaking All Others poster

Forsaking All Others

Movie · as Jeffrey Williams

1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Movie

1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

Movie · as Self

1933
Dancing Lady poster

Dancing Lady

Movie · as Patch Gallagher

1933
Hold Your Man poster

Hold Your Man

Movie · as Eddie Hall

1933
Night Flight poster

Night Flight

Movie · as Jules

1933
The White Sister poster

The White Sister

Movie · as Giovanni Severi

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

Movie · as Self (Archival)

1932
No Man of Her Own poster

No Man of Her Own

Movie · as Babe Stewart

1932
Red Dust poster

Red Dust

Movie · as Dennis Carson

1932
Strange Interlude poster

Strange Interlude

Movie · as Dr. Ned Darrell

1932
Hell Divers poster

Hell Divers

Movie · as Steve Nelson

1932
Polly of the Circus poster

Polly of the Circus

Movie · as John Hartley

1931
The Secret Six poster

The Secret Six

Movie · as Carl Luckner

1931
A Free Soul poster

A Free Soul

Movie · as Ace Wilfong

1931
Night Nurse poster

Night Nurse

Movie · as Nick

1931
Possessed poster

Possessed

Movie · as Mark Whitney

1931
Laughing Sinners poster

Laughing Sinners

Movie · as Carl Loomis

1931
Susan Lenox poster

Susan Lenox

Movie · as Rodney Spencer

1931
Dance, Fools, Dance poster

Dance, Fools, Dance

Movie · as Jake Luva

1931
The Easiest Way poster

The Easiest Way

Movie · as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki

1931
Sporting Blood poster

Sporting Blood

Movie · as Warren 'Rid' Riddell

1931
The Finger Points poster

The Finger Points

Movie · as Louis J. Blanco

1931
The Painted Desert poster

The Painted Desert

Movie · as Rance Brett

1931
The Christmas Party poster

The Christmas Party

Movie · as Himself

1930
Du Barry, Woman of Passion poster

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Movie · as Extra (voice)

1926
The Johnstown Flood poster

The Johnstown Flood

Movie · as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)

1926
One Minute to Play poster

One Minute to Play

Movie · as Extra

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ poster

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Movie · as Roman Guard (uncredited)

1925
The Merry Widow poster

The Merry Widow

Movie

1925
The Plastic Age poster

The Plastic Age

Movie · as Athlete (uncredited)

1925
North Star poster

North Star

Movie · as Archie West

1924
Forbidden Paradise poster

Forbidden Paradise

Movie · as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)

1924
White Man poster

White Man

Movie · as Lady Andrea's Brother

1923
Fighting Blood

Fighting Blood

Movie · as Bit Part