Clark Gable
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.
TV Shows(6)
Movies(157)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
2021
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Discovering Jean Harlow
archive footage
2015
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
2014
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Marilyn, dernières séances
Self(archive footage)
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
2007
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Himself (archive footage)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2004
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
2002
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
1997
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
1996
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
La Classe américaine
The Actor (archive footage)
1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Remembering Marilyn
1988
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
archive footage
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1986
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1986
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Gable: The King Remembered
Himself (archive footage)
1975
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Dear Mr. Gable
(archive footage)
1968
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
The Misfits
Gay Langland
1961
It Started in Naples
Michael Hamilton
1960
But Not for Me
Russell 'Russ' Ward
1959
Teacher's Pet
James Gannon
1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Cmdr. Richardson
1958
The James Dean Story
Self
1957
Band of Angels
Hamish Bond
1957
The King and Four Queens
Dan Kehoe
1956
The Tall Men
Col. Ben Allison
1955
Soldier of Fortune
Hank Lee
1955
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Betrayed
Col. Pieter Deventer
1954
Mogambo
Victor Marswell
1953
Never Let Me Go
Philip Sutherland
1953
Lone Star
Devereaux Burke
1952
Callaway Went Thataway
Clark Gable (uncredited)
1951
Across the Wide Missouri
Flint Mitchell
1951
To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan
1950
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
Key to the City
Steve Fisk
1950
Any Number Can Play
Charley Enley Kyng
1949
Command Decision
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
1948
Homecoming
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
1948
The Hucksters
Victor Albee Norman
1947
Adventure
Harry Patterson
1945
Wings Up
Narrator / Host
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Combat America
Self - Narrator
1943
Somewhere I'll Find You
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
1942
Honky Tonk
"Candy" Johnson
1941
They Met in Bombay
Gerald Meldrick
1941
You Can't Fool a Camera
Himself
1941
Comrade X
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Boom Town
Big John McMasters
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Strange Cargo
André Verne
1940
Northward, Ho!
Himself
1940
Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
Idiot's Delight
Harry Van
1939
Too Hot to Handle
Chris Hunter
1938
Test Pilot
Jim Lane
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
1937
Saratoga
Duke Bradley
1937
Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
1937
Hollywood Party
Himself
1937
Love on the Run
Michael Anthony
1936
Cain and Mabel
Larry Cain
1936
San Francisco
Blackie Norton
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
1936
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Himself
1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
1935
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
1935
China Seas
Cpt Alan Gaskell
1935
Call of the Wild
Jack Thornton
1935
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
1935
After Office Hours
Jim Branch
1935
Forsaking All Others
Jeffrey Williams
1934
Chained
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Men in White
Dr. George Ferguson
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
It Happened One Night
Peter Warne
1934
Dancing Lady
Patch Gallagher
1933
Night Flight
Jules
1933
Hold Your Man
Eddie Hall
1933
The White Sister
Giovanni Severi
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self (Archival)
1933
No Man of Her Own
Babe Stewart
1932
Strange Interlude
Dr. Ned Darrell
1932
Red Dust
Dennis Carson
1932
Polly of the Circus
John Hartley
1932
Hell Divers
Steve Nelson
1932
The Christmas Party
Himself
1931
Possessed
Mark Whitney
1931
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Rodney Spencer
1931
Sporting Blood
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
1931
Night Nurse
Nick
1931
A Free Soul
Ace Wilfong
1931
Laughing Sinners
Carl Loomis
1931
The Secret Six
Carl Luckner
1931
The Finger Points
Louis J. Blanco
1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
Jake Luva
1931
The Easiest Way
Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
1931
The Painted Desert
Rance Brett
1931
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Extra (voice)
1930
The Merry Widow
1926
One Minute to Play
Extra
1926
The Johnstown Flood
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
1926
North Star
Archie West
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
The Plastic Age
Athlete (uncredited)
1925
White Man
Lady Andrea's Brother
1924
Forbidden Paradise
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
1924
Fighting Blood
Bit Part
1923