Clark Gable
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
20/20
Self (archive footage)
1978
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler
1939
Series
Western von gestern
Rance Brett (archive footage)
1978
Film
It Happened One Night
Peter Warne
1934
Film
Combat America
Self - Narrator
1943
Film
Mutiny on the Bounty
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
1935
Film
The Misfits
Gay Langland
1961
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Film
Call of the Wild
Jack Thornton
1935
Film
Susan Lenox
Rodney Spencer
1931
Film
Run Silent, Run Deep
Cmdr. Richardson
1958
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Mogambo
Victor Marswell
1953
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
Remembering Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
1988
Series
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Betrayed
Col. Pieter Deventer
1954
Film
But Not for Me
Russell 'Russ' Ward
1959
Film
It Started in Naples
Michael Hamilton
1960
Film
Possessed
Mark Whitney
1931
Film
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Self (archive footage)
1979
Film
The Tall Men
Col. Ben Allison
1955
Film
Teacher's Pet
James Gannon
1958
Film
The King and Four Queens
Dan Kehoe
1956
Series
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
Film
Honky Tonk
"Candy" Johnson
1941
Film
Boom Town
Big John McMasters
1940
Film
Strange Cargo
André Verne
1940
Film
San Francisco
Blackie Norton
1936
Film
Across the Wide Missouri
Flint Mitchell
1951
Film
Soldier of Fortune
Hank Lee
1955
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
La Classe américaine
The Actor (archive footage)
1993
Film
Band of Angels
Hamish Bond
1957
Film
Men in White
Dr. George Ferguson
1934
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
No Man of Her Own
Babe Stewart
1932
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
1935
Film
Manhattan Melodrama
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
1934
Film
The Painted Desert
Rance Brett
1931
Film
Test Pilot
Jim Lane
1938
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
The James Dean Story
Self
1957
Film
Night Nurse
Nick
1931
Film
Wife vs. Secretary
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
1936
Film
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
All-Time Movie Greats
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
China Seas
Cpt Alan Gaskell
1935
Film
Lone Star
Devereaux Burke
1952
Film
Homecoming
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
1948
Film
To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan
1950
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Any Number Can Play
Charley Enley Kyng
1949
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
1964
Film
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Somewhere I'll Find You
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
1942
Film
Hollywood Party
Himself
1937
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Film
Saratoga
Duke Bradley
1937
Film
Marilyn, dernières séances
Self(archive footage)
2008
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Too Hot to Handle
Chris Hunter
1938
Film
After Office Hours
Jim Branch
1935
Film
Never Let Me Go
Philip Sutherland
1953
Film
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1939
Film
Red Dust
Dennis Carson
1932
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Series
Living Famously
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Film
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Film
Forsaking All Others
Jeffrey Williams
1934
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Command Decision
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
1948
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Idiot's Delight
Harry Van
1939
Film
Wings Up
Narrator / Host
1943
Film
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
1937
Film
Adventure
Harry Patterson
1945
Film
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Film
Gable: The King Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
The Happy Ending
Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Film
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Film
Dancing Lady
Patch Gallagher
1933
Film
Hell Divers
Steve Nelson
1932
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self (Archival)
1933
Film
Love on the Run
Michael Anthony
1936
Film
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Chained
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
1934
Film
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Night Flight
Jules
1933
Film
Key to the City
Steve Fisk
1950
Film
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
A Free Soul
Ace Wilfong
1931
Film
The White Sister
Giovanni Severi
1933
Film
Discovering Jean Harlow
archive footage
2015
Film
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
1937
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
They Met in Bombay
Gerald Meldrick
1941
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
Film
Eve and Marilyn
Self (archive photo)
1987
Film
The Hucksters
Victor Albee Norman
1947
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Film
Dance, Fools, Dance
Jake Luva
1931
Film
The Merry Widow
1925
Film
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Himself (archive footage)
2004
Film
Forbidden Paradise
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
1924
Film
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Film
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
archive footage
1986
Film
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1999
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Polly of the Circus
John Hartley
1932
Film
Comrade X
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
1940
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Plastic Age
Athlete (uncredited)
1925
Film
Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Hold Your Man
Eddie Hall
1933
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
Film
One Minute to Play
Extra
1926
Film
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1986
Film
The Secret Six
Carl Luckner
1931
Film
North Star
Archie West
1925
Film
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
Film
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Easiest Way
Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
1931
Film
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)
2004
Film
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Extra (voice)
1930
Film
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998
Film
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
1935
Film
The Christmas Party
Himself
1931
Film
Callaway Went Thataway
Clark Gable (uncredited)
1951
Film
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
1997
Film
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
The Finger Points
Louis J. Blanco
1931
Film
Strange Interlude
Dr. Ned Darrell
1932
Film
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965
Film
Sporting Blood
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
1931
You Can't Fool a Camera
Himself
1941
Film
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Johnstown Flood
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
1926
Film
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Dear Mr. Gable
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
Cain and Mabel
Larry Cain
1936
Film
Laughing Sinners
Carl Loomis
1931
Film
White Man
Lady Andrea's Brother
1924
Fighting Blood
Bit Part
1923
Film
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self
1936
Film
Northward, Ho!
Himself
1940