William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the greatest male stars 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 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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Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Rhett Butler
Red Dust
(1932)
Dennis Carson
Night Nurse
(1931)
Nick
The Misfits
(1961)
Gay Langland
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Peter Warne
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Chained
(1934)
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Run Silent, Run Deep
(1958)
Cmdr, Richardson
Mogambo
(1953)
Victor Marswell
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Honky Tonk
(1941)
'Candy' Johnson
La Classe américaine
(1993)
The Actor (archive footage)
Adventure
(1945)
Harry Patterson
Lone Star
(1952)
Devereaux Burke
Command Decision
(1948)
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Full Filmography
Acting
White Man
(1924)
Lady Andrea's Brother
Forbidden Paradise
(1924)
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
North Star
(1925)
Archie West
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Roman Guard (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
(1925)
Athlete (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
(1926)
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
(1926)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
(1930)
Extra (voice)
The Secret Six
(1931)
Carl Luckner
A Free Soul
(1931)
Ace Wilfong
Night Nurse
(1931)
Nick
Possessed
(1931)
Mark Whitney
Laughing Sinners
(1931)
Carl Loomis
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
(1931)
Rodney Spencer
Dance, Fools, Dance
(1931)
Jake Luva
The Easiest Way
(1931)
Nick Feliki
Sporting Blood
(1931)
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
The Finger Points
(1931)
Louis J. Blanco
The Painted Desert
(1931)
Rance Brett
The Christmas Party
(1931)
Himself
No Man of Her Own
(1932)
Jerry 'Babe' Stewart
Red Dust
(1932)
Dennis Carson
Strange Interlude
(1932)
Dr. Ned Darrell
Hell Divers
(1932)
Steve Nelson
Polly of the Circus
(1932)
John Hartley
Dancing Lady
(1933)
Patch Gallagher
Hold Your Man
(1933)
Eddie Hall
Night Flight
(1933)
Jules
The White Sister
(1933)
Giovanni Severi
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Peter Warne
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Chained
(1934)
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Men in White
(1934)
Dr. George Ferguson
Forsaking All Others
(1934)
Jeffrey Williams
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
(1934)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
China Seas
(1935)
Cpt Alan Gaskell
After Office Hours
(1935)
Jim Branch
Call of the Wild
(1935)
Jack Thornton
Starlit Days at the Lido
(1935)
Self
Hollywood Hobbies
(1935)
Himself
Love on the Run
(1936)
Michael Anthony
San Francisco
(1936)
Blackie Norton
Cain and Mabel
(1936)
Larry Cain
Wife vs. Secretary
(1936)
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
(1936)
Himself
Saratoga
(1937)
Duke Bradley
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Himself
Parnell
(1937)
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Romance of Celluloid
(1937)
Self
Too Hot to Handle
(1938)
Chris Hunter
Test Pilot
(1938)
Jim Lane
Another Romance of Celluloid
(1938)
Self (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Rhett Butler
Idiot's Delight
(1939)
Harry Van
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Comrade X
(1940)
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
Strange Cargo
(1940)
André Verne
Boom Town
(1940)
Big John McMasters
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(1940)
Self
Northward, Ho!
(1940)
Himself
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(1940)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
(1940)
Self
Trifles of Importance
(1940)
Self (archive footage)
Honky Tonk
(1941)
'Candy' Johnson
They Met in Bombay
(1941)
Gerald Meldrick
Somewhere I'll Find You
(1942)
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Combat America
(1943)
Self - Narrator
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Wings Up
(1943)
Narrator / Host
Adventure
(1945)
Harry Patterson
The Hucksters
(1947)
Victor Albee Norman
Command Decision
(1948)
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Homecoming
(1948)
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
Any Number Can Play
(1949)
Charley Enley Kyng
Key to the City
(1950)
Steve Fisk
To Please a Lady
(1950)
Mike Brannan
Screen Actors
(1950)
Self (uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951)
Flint Mitchell
Callaway Went Thataway
(1951)
Clark Gable (uncredited)
Lone Star
(1952)
Devereaux Burke
Mogambo
(1953)
Victor Marswell
Never Let Me Go
(1953)
Philip Sutherland
Betrayed
(1954)
Col. Pieter Deventer
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(1954)
Self
The Tall Men
(1955)
Col. Ben Allison
Soldier of Fortune
(1955)
Hank Lee
The King and Four Queens
(1956)
Dan Kehoe
Band of Angels
(1957)
Hamish Bond
The James Dean Story
(1957)
Self
Teacher's Pet
(1958)
James Gannon
Run Silent, Run Deep
(1958)
Cmdr, Richardson
But Not for Me
(1959)
Russell 'Russ' Ward
It Started in Naples
(1960)
Michael Hamilton
The Misfits
(1961)
Gay Langland
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(1961)
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
(1965)
(archive footage)
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
(1968)
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
(1975)
Himself (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
(1986)
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(1990)
(archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
(1993)
The Actor (archive footage)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
(2004)
Himself (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
(2007)
Himself (archive footage)
Girl 27
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(2008)
Various Roles (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
(2021)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)