Clark Gable
Known for: Acting
Born: February 1, 1901
Died: November 16, 1960
Place of birth: Cadiz, Ohio, USA
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
168 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
6.5
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
2025
5.7
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
NR
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
2023
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
7.0
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
6.6
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
2021
NR
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020
7.1
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
10.0
Discovering Jean Harlow
2015
9.0
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
3.0
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
20147.0
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
7.2
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
NR
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
NR
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.0
Marilyn, dernières séances
2008
6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
20077.0
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
7.2
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
2004
8.2
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
20047.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
10.0
Living Famously
2002
7.0
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
NR
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
6.5
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
19997.8
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999NR
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998
7.7
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
NR
Rogues Gallery
1997
7.5
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
19952.0
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.6
La Classe américaine
19938.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
8.5
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
19909.0
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
NR
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
19889.0
Remembering Marilyn
1988NR
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
8.0
Eve and Marilyn
1987
7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
7.4
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
8.3
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
10.0
Marilyn Monroe
1986
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
NR
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
10.0
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
7.7
Western von gestern
1978
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.5
Gable: The King Remembered
1975
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.1
The Happy Ending
1969
10.0
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
6.7
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
6.6
Uncertain Verification
1965
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
4.4
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
7.0
The Misfits
1961
6.4
It Started in Naples
1960
6.3
But Not for Me
1959
6.8
Teacher's Pet
1958
7.0
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
5.6
The James Dean Story
1957
6.3
Band of Angels
1957
5.6
The King and Four Queens
1956
6.5
The Tall Men
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.0
Soldier of Fortune
1955
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
5.8
Betrayed
1954
6.4
Mogambo
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.9
Never Let Me Go
1953
5.7
Lone Star
1952
5.6
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
6.1
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
6.5
To Please a Lady
19506.3
Screen Actors
1950
6.5
Key to the City
1950
6.9
Any Number Can Play
1949
6.6
Command Decision
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.1
Homecoming
1948
7.0
The Hucksters
1947
6.4
Adventure
1945
5.7
Wings Up
1943
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
5.7
Combat America
1943
5.7
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
7.3
They Met in Bombay
19416.0
You Can't Fool a Camera
1941
6.1
Comrade X
1940
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
7.5
Trifles of Importance
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
6.7
Northward, Ho!
1940
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
NR
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
1939
5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
6.1
Test Pilot
1938
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
6.5
Saratoga
1937
4.6
Parnell
1937
6.8
Hollywood Party
1937
6.5
Love on the Run
1936
6.4
Cain and Mabel
1936
6.6
San Francisco
1936
6.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
6.0
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
5.7
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
6.3
China Seas
1935
6.3
Call of the Wild
19357.0
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
6.5
After Office Hours
1935
6.0
Forsaking All Others
1934
7.0
Chained
1934
7.0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
6.3
Men in White
1934
7.3
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
6.9
Dancing Lady
1933
5.6
Night Flight
1933
6.3
Hold Your Man
1933
5.4
The White Sister
19334.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
6.5
No Man of Her Own
1932
5.6
Strange Interlude
1932
6.9
Red Dust
1932
5.6
Polly of the Circus
1932
6.7
Hell Divers
1932
5.4
The Christmas Party
1931
7.0
Possessed
1931
6.1
Susan Lenox
1931
5.4
Sporting Blood
1931
6.8
Night Nurse
1931
6.2
A Free Soul
1931
5.3
Laughing Sinners
1931
5.6
The Secret Six
1931
6.4
The Finger Points
1931
6.5
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
5.1
The Easiest Way
1931
5.2
The Painted Desert
1931
6.0
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
6.7
The Merry Widow
1926
5.0
One Minute to Play
1926
7.0
The Johnstown Flood
1926
7.5
North Star
1925
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
6.2
The Plastic Age
1925
6.5
White Man
1924
5.6
Forbidden Paradise
1924NR
Fighting Blood
1923