Clark Gable biography
Clark Gable was an American actor, born on 1 February 1901 in Cadiz, who died on 16 November 1960.
Clark Gable's screen career began in 1924 with The Iron Horse, playing Extra.
Clark Gable had 91 screen credits between 1924 and 1988.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
- Also known as
- William Clark Gable, William Gable, The King of Hollywood
- Born
- 1 February 1901
- Died
- 16 November 1960 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Cadiz
- Work
- Film actor, Actor, Military personnel, Military officer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1924 to 1960
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Air Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
Clark Gable filmography
91 screen credits, newest first.
Screen credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | English | ||
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | English | ||
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | English | ||
| 1969 | The Happy Ending | English | ||
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | |||
| 1964 | MGM's Big Parade of Comedy | |||
| 1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | English | ||
| 1963 | Hollywood Without Make-Up | English | ||
| 1961 | The Misfits | Gaylord "Gay" Langland | Posthumous release | |
| 1960 | It Started in Naples | Michael Hamilton | ||
| 1959 | But Not for Me | Russell "Russ" Ward | ||
| 1958 | Teacher's Pet | James Gannon / James Gallagher | ||
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Cmdr. P. J. "Rich" Richardson | ||
| 1957 | Band of Angels | Hamish Bond | ||
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens | Dan Kehoe | Also producer | |
| 1955 | The Tall Men | Colonel Ben Allison | ||
| 1955 | Soldier of Fortune | Hank Lee | ||
| 1954 | Betrayed | Col. Pieter Deventer | ||
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go | Philip Sutherland | ||
| 1953 | Mogambo | Victor Marswell | ||
| 1952 | Lone Star | Devereaux Burke | ||
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Flint Mitchell | ||
| 1950 | To Please a Lady | Mike Brannan | ||
| 1950 | Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership | |||
| 1950 | Key to the City | Steve Fisk |
Show all 91 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Charley Enley Kyng | ||
| 1948 | Homecoming | Col. Ulysses Delby "Lee" Johnson | ||
| 1948 | Command Decision | Brig. Gen. K. C. "Casey" Dennis | ||
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Victor Albee Norman | ||
| 1945 | Combat America | Narrator | Also produced | |
| 1945 | Adventure | Harry Patterson | ||
| 1943 | Show Business at War | English | ||
| 1942 | Wings Up | Narrator | ||
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Jonathan "Jonny" Davis | ||
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Gerald Meldrick | ||
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | "Candy" Johnson | ||
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | André Verne | ||
| 1940 | Comrade X | McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson | ||
| 1940 | Boom Town | Big John McMasters | ||
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Rhett Butler | ||
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | English | ||
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Harry Van | Gable performs Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz". | |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Christopher "Chris" Hunter | ||
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Jim Lane | ||
| 1937 | Saratoga | Duke Bradley | ||
| 1937 | Romance of Celluloid | English | ||
| 1937 | Parnell | Charles Stewart Parnell | ||
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary | Van Stanhope | ||
| 1936 | San Francisco | Blackie Norton | ||
| 1936 | Love on the Run | Michael "Mike" Anthony | ||
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Larry Cain | ||
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Fletcher Christian | ||
| 1935 | China Seas | Captain Alan Gaskell | ||
| 1935 | Call of the Wild | Jack Thornton | ||
| 1935 | After Office Hours | James "Jim" Branch | ||
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | Peter Warne | ||
| 1934 | Men in White | Dr. George Ferguson | ||
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Edward J. "Blackie" Gallagher | ||
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Jeffrey "Jeff" Williams | ||
| 1934 | Chained | Michael "Mike" Bradley | ||
| 1933 | The White Sister | Giovanni Severi | ||
| 1933 | Night Flight | Jules Fabian | ||
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Eddie Hall | ||
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Patch Gallagher | ||
| 1932 | Strange Interlude | Dr. Ned Darrell | ||
| 1932 | Red Dust | Dennis Carson | ||
| 1932 | Polly of the Circus | Reverend John Hartley | ||
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own | Jerry "Babe" Stewart | ||
| 1932 | Hell Divers | C.P.O. Steve Nelson | ||
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Carl Luckner | Supporting role | |
| 1931 | The Painted Desert | Rance Brett | Supporting role | |
| 1931 | The Finger Points | Louis J. Blanco | ||
| 1931 | The Easiest Way | Nick Feliki | ||
| 1931 | Susan Lenox | English | ||
| 1931 | Sporting Blood | Warren "Rid" Riddell | ||
| 1931 | Possessed | Mark Whitney | ||
| 1931 | Night Nurse | Nick | ||
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Carl Loomis | ||
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Jake Luva | ||
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Ace Wilfong | ||
| 1931 | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Rodney Spencer | ||
| 1930 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | English | ||
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | English | ||
| 1925 | The Merry Widow | Extra | ||
| 1925 | What Price Gloria? | |||
| 1925 | The Plastic Age | Athlete | ||
| 1925 | The Pacemakers | |||
| 1925 | Déclassée | |||
| 1924 | White Man | Lady Andrea's Brother | Film debut, considered a lost film | |
| 1924 | Forbidden Paradise | Extra | ||
| 1924 | The Iron Horse | Extra |