- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Cadiz, Ohio, USA
- Died
- November 16, 1960
Clark Gable
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 sev…
Filmography
movieGene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieRat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieNormandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
movieHer Name Was Grace Kelly
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Jean Harlow
2015 · archive footage
movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieStars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
movieMarilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn at the Movies
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood sul Tevere
2009
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn, dernières séances
2008 · Self(archive footage)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Various Roles (archive footage)
movieBela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 · Himself (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
movieThe Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieMelanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
2004 · Himself (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
movieChecking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
tvLiving Famously
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaking 'The Misfits'
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
movieBeyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
movieHollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998
movieHidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997 · Self (archiveFootage)
tvRogues Gallery
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieJoan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
movieLegends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa Classe américaine
1993 · The Actor (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
movieMurderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · (archive footage)
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
movieTwo Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
movieI Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Remembering Marilyn
movieRemembering Marilyn
1988 · Self (archive footage)
All-Time Movie Greats
movieAll-Time Movie Greats
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 · archive footage
movieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn Monroe
1986 · archive footage
movieThat's Dancing!
1985 · Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
movieShowbiz Ballyhoo
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieArthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
tvWestern von gestern
1978 · Rance Brett (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieGable: The King Remembered
1975 · Himself (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieDear Mr. Gable
1968 · (archive footage)
movieThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
movieUncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Misfits
1961 · Gay Langland
movieIt Started in Naples
1960 · Michael Hamilton
movieBut Not for Me
1959 · Russell 'Russ' Ward
movieTeacher's Pet
1958 · James Gannon
movieRun Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Cmdr. Richardson
movieThe James Dean Story
1957 · Self
movieBand of Angels
1957 · Hamish Bond
movieThe King and Four Queens
1956 · Dan Kehoe
movieThe Tall Men
1955 · Col. Ben Allison
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Self
movieSoldier of Fortune
1955 · Hank Lee
movieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
movieBetrayed
1954 · Col. Pieter Deventer
movieMogambo
1953 · Victor Marswell
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieNever Let Me Go
1953 · Philip Sutherland
movieLone Star
1952 · Devereaux Burke
movieCallaway Went Thataway
1951 · Clark Gable (uncredited)
movieAcross the Wide Missouri
1951 · Flint Mitchell
movieTo Please a Lady
1950 · Mike Brannan
Screen Actors
movieScreen Actors
1950 · Self (uncredited)
movieKey to the City
1950 · Steve Fisk
movieAny Number Can Play
1949 · Charley Enley Kyng
movieCommand Decision
1948 · Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieHomecoming
1948 · Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
movieThe Hucksters
1947 · Victor Albee Norman
movieAdventure
1945 · Harry Patterson
movieWings Up
1943 · Narrator / Host
movieShow-Business at War
1943 · Self
movieCombat America
1943 · Self - Narrator
movieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
movieHonky Tonk
1941 · "Candy" Johnson
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941 · Gerald Meldrick
You Can't Fool a Camera
movieYou Can't Fool a Camera
1941 · Himself
movieComrade X
1940 · McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieBoom Town
1940 · Big John McMasters
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieTrifles of Importance
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieStrange Cargo
1940 · André Verne
movieNorthward, Ho!
1940 · Himself
movieGone with the Wind
1939 · Rhett Butler
movieHollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
movieIdiot's Delight
1939 · Harry Van
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Chris Hunter
movieTest Pilot
1938 · Jim Lane
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self
movieSaratoga
1937 · Duke Bradley
movieParnell
1937 · Charles Stewart Parnell
movieHollywood Party
1937 · Himself
movieLove on the Run
1936 · Michael Anthony
movieCain and Mabel
1936 · Larry Cain
movieSan Francisco
1936 · Blackie Norton
movieWife vs. Secretary
1936 · Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
movieBehind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936 · Himself
movieMutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
movieStarlit Days at the Lido
1935 · Self
movieChina Seas
1935 · Cpt Alan Gaskell
movieCall of the Wild
1935 · Jack Thornton
Hollywood Hobbies
movieHollywood Hobbies
1935 · Himself
movieAfter Office Hours
1935 · Jim Branch
movieForsaking All Others
1934 · Jeffrey Williams
movieChained
1934 · Michael 'Mike' Bradley
movieManhattan Melodrama
1934 · Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 · Self
movieMen in White
1934 · Dr. George Ferguson
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
movieIt Happened One Night
1934 · Peter Warne
movieDancing Lady
1933 · Patch Gallagher
movieNight Flight
1933 · Jules
movieHold Your Man
1933 · Eddie Hall
movieThe White Sister
1933 · Giovanni Severi
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933 · Self (Archival)
movieNo Man of Her Own
1932 · Babe Stewart
movieStrange Interlude
1932 · Dr. Ned Darrell
movieRed Dust
1932 · Dennis Carson
moviePolly of the Circus
1932 · John Hartley
movieHell Divers
1932 · Steve Nelson
movieThe Christmas Party
1931 · Himself
moviePossessed
1931 · Mark Whitney
movieSusan Lenox
1931 · Rodney Spencer
movieSporting Blood
1931 · Warren 'Rid' Riddell
movieNight Nurse
1931 · Nick
movieA Free Soul
1931 · Ace Wilfong
movieLaughing Sinners
1931 · Carl Loomis
movieThe Secret Six
1931 · Carl Luckner
movieThe Finger Points
1931 · Louis J. Blanco
movieDance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Jake Luva
movieThe Easiest Way
1931 · Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
movieThe Painted Desert
1931 · Rance Brett
movieDu Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 · Extra (voice)
movieThe Merry Widow
1926
movieOne Minute to Play
1926 · Extra
movieThe Johnstown Flood
1926 · Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
movieNorth Star
1925 · Archie West
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Roman Guard (uncredited)
movieThe Plastic Age
1925 · Athlete (uncredited)
movieWhite Man
1924 · Lady Andrea's Brother
movieForbidden Paradise
1924 · Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
Fighting Blood
movieFighting Blood
1923 · Bit Part