Cast & creator
Clark Gable
Best known for 20/20, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Oscars
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.
Also known as: William Clark Gable, The King of Hollywood, کلارک گیبل
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television credits
175
1923–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (175)
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20/20
Self (archive footage)
1978
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Oscars
Self
1953
Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler
1939
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Western von gestern
Rance Brett (archive footage)
1978
It Happened One Night
Peter Warne
1934
The Misfits
Gay Langland
1961
Run Silent, Run Deep
Cmdr. Richardson
1958
Mutiny on the Bounty
Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
1935
Susan Lenox
Rodney Spencer
1931
The Tall Men
Col. Ben Allison
1955
It Started in Naples
Michael Hamilton
1960
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
1997
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
Possessed
Mark Whitney
1931
Dancing Lady
Patch Gallagher
1933
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Across the Wide Missouri
Flint Mitchell
1951
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
Manhattan Melodrama
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
1934
Any Number Can Play
Charley Enley Kyng
1949
Betrayed
Col. Pieter Deventer
1954
Call of the Wild
Jack Thornton
1935
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Too Hot to Handle
Chris Hunter
1938
The King and Four Queens
Dan Kehoe
1956
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
archive footage
1986
Key to the City
Steve Fisk
1950
Lone Star
Devereaux Burke
1952
Wife vs. Secretary
Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
1936
But Not for Me
Russell 'Russ' Ward
1959
Teacher's Pet
James Gannon
1958
They Met in Bombay
Gerald Meldrick
1941
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Band of Angels
Hamish Bond
1957
San Francisco
Blackie Norton
1936
Adventure
Harry Patterson
1945
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Mogambo
Victor Marswell
1953
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
1937
Never Let Me Go
Philip Sutherland
1953
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
La Classe américaine
The Actor (archive footage)
1993
China Seas
Cpt Alan Gaskell
1935
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Self (archive footage)
1995
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
1985
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Honky Tonk
"Candy" Johnson
1941Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
1935
The James Dean Story
Self
1957
Soldier of Fortune
Hank Lee
1955
Somewhere I'll Find You
Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
1942
To Please a Lady
Mike Brannan
1950
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
2014
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
The Hucksters
Victor Albee Norman
1947
Night Nurse
Nick
1931
Command Decision
Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
1948
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
1990
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
2020
Idiot's Delight
Harry Van
1939
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
The Big Parade of Comedy
Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
1964
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Red Dust
Dennis Carson
1932
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Hollywood Party
Himself
1937
Test Pilot
Jim Lane
1938
Strange Cargo
André Verne
1940
Gable: The King Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1975Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
1998
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
1937Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2004All-Time Movie Greats
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
1986
The Happy Ending
Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self (Archival)
1933
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
1935Remembering Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
1988
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self (archive footage)
2001
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015
No Man of Her Own
Babe Stewart
1932Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Self (archive footage)
1979
Hold Your Man
Eddie Hall
1933
Boom Town
Big John McMasters
1940
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
1997
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
2021
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Living Famously
Self (archive footage)
2002
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Comrade X
McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
1940
Wings Up
Narrator / Host
1943The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
2007
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1939
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Extra (voice)
1930
Love on the Run
Michael Anthony
1936Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Polly of the Circus
John Hartley
1932
The Merry Widow
1925Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1999
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Callaway Went Thataway
Clark Gable (uncredited)
1951
Chained
Michael 'Mike' Bradley
1934
Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
2002Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
1989
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Combat America
Self - Narrator
1943
Night Flight
Jules
1933
Forsaking All Others
Jeffrey Williams
1934
The Painted Desert
Rance Brett
1931
One Minute to Play
Extra
1926
Cain and Mabel
Larry Cain
1936
The Easiest Way
Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
1931
The Plastic Age
Athlete (uncredited)
1925
Saratoga
Duke Bradley
1937
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Homecoming
Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
1948
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Secret Six
Carl Luckner
1931
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self (archive footage)
1989
Dear Mr. Gable
Self (archive footage)
1968
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Himself (archive footage)
2004
A Free Soul
Ace Wilfong
1931
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
The White Sister
Giovanni Severi
1933
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
1996
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Dance, Fools, Dance
Jake Luva
1931
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Forbidden Paradise
Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
1924
Men in White
Dr. George Ferguson
1934
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self
1936
Hell Divers
Steve Nelson
1932
Marilyn, dernières séances
Self(archive footage)
2008
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965
Trifles of Importance
Self (archive footage)
1940You Can't Fool a Camera
Himself
1941
The Johnstown Flood
Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
1926
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1986Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950
The Finger Points
Louis J. Blanco
1931
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Discovering Jean Harlow
archive footage
2015
North Star
Archie West
1925
Sporting Blood
Warren 'Rid' Riddell
1931
After Office Hours
Jim Branch
1935
Eve and Marilyn
Self (archive photo)
1987
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)
2004
The Christmas Party
Himself
1931
Laughing Sinners
Carl Loomis
1931
White Man
Lady Andrea's Brother
1924
Strange Interlude
Dr. Ned Darrell
1932
Northward, Ho!
Himself
1940Fighting Blood
Bit Part
1923