Actor
Clark Gable
Born 1 February 1901 · Cadiz, Ohio, USA — died 16 November 1960
Clark Gable (1901–1960) was an American leading man and one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1930s and 1940s, nicknamed "The King of Hollywood." He is best remembered as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. His final film was The Misfits.
Key films
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra's screwball comedy earned Gable his Best Actor Oscar and cemented his star persona.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
He played Fletcher Christian in this acclaimed adventure, earning a second Best Actor nomination.
Gone with the Wind (1939)On Cinespective
His role as Rhett Butler became his most famous and brought a third Best Actor nomination.
Red Dust (1932)
Pre-Code tropical romance with Jean Harlow that helped establish his rugged, charismatic image.
The Misfits (1961)
His final film, co-starring Marilyn Monroe, also her last completed screen role.
Key awards
- 1935 Academy Award for Best Actor (It Happened One Night)
- Nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Gone with the Wind (1939)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 167
- 1923Fighting Blood · as Bit PartActor
- 1924Forbidden Paradise · as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)Actor
- 1924White Man · as Lady Andrea's BrotherActor
- 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Roman Guard (uncredited)Actor
- 1925The Merry WidowActor
- 1925The Plastic Age · as Athlete (uncredited)Actor
- 1925North Star · as Archie WestActor
- 1926The Johnstown Flood · as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)Actor
- 1926One Minute to Play · as ExtraActor
- 1930Du Barry, Woman of Passion · as Extra (voice)Actor
- 1931Night Nurse · as NickActor
- 1931A Free Soul · as Ace WilfongActor
- 1931Possessed · as Mark WhitneyActor
- 1931Dance, Fools, Dance · as Jake LuvaActor
- 1931Susan Lenox · as Rodney SpencerActor
- 1931The Painted Desert · as Rance BrettActor
- 1931The Secret Six · as Carl LucknerActor
- 1931The Easiest Way · as Nickolas (Nick) FelikiActor
- 1931Laughing Sinners · as Carl LoomisActor
- 1931Sporting Blood · as Warren 'Rid' RiddellActor
- 1931The Christmas Party · as HimselfActor
- 1931The Finger Points · as Louis J. BlancoActor
- 1932Red Dust · as Dennis CarsonActor
- 1932No Man of Her Own · as Babe StewartActor
- 1932Strange Interlude · as Dr. Ned DarrellActor
- 1932Hell Divers · as Steve NelsonActor
- 1932Polly of the Circus · as John HartleyActor
- 1933Dancing Lady · as Patch GallagherActor
- 1933Hold Your Man · as Eddie HallActor
- 1933Night Flight · as JulesActor
- 1933The White Sister · as Giovanni SeveriActor
- 1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 · as Self (Archival)Actor
- 1934It Happened One Night · as Peter WarneActor
- 1934Manhattan Melodrama · as Edward J. 'Blackie' GallagherActor
- 1934Forsaking All Others · as Jeffrey WilliamsActor
- 1934Chained · as Michael 'Mike' BradleyActor
- 1934Men in White · as Dr. George FergusonActor
- 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1Actor
- 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 · as SelfActor
- 1935Mutiny on the Bounty · as Lieutenant Fletcher ChristianActor
- 1935Call of the Wild · as Jack ThorntonActor
- 1935China Seas · as Cpt Alan GaskellActor
- 1935After Office Hours · as Jim BranchActor
- 1935Starlit Days at the Lido · as SelfActor
- 1935Hollywood Hobbies · as HimselfActor
- 1936San Francisco · as Blackie NortonActor
- 1936Wife vs. Secretary · as Van 'V.S.' StanhopeActor
- 1936Love on the Run · as Michael AnthonyActor
- 1936Cain and Mabel · as Larry CainActor
- 1936Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel · as SelfActor
- 1937Saratoga · as Duke BradleyActor
- 1937Parnell · as Charles Stewart ParnellActor
- 1937Hollywood Party · as HimselfActor
- 1937The Romance of Celluloid · as SelfActor
- 1938Test Pilot · as Jim LaneActor
- 1938Too Hot to Handle · as Chris HunterActor
- 1938Another Romance of Celluloid · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Gone with the Wind · as Rhett ButlerActor
- 1939Idiot's Delight · as Harry VanActor
- 1939Hollywood Hobbies · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1939British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1940Boom Town · as Big John McMastersActor
- 1940Strange Cargo · as André VerneActor
- 1940Comrade X · as McKinley B. 'Mac' ThompsonActor
- 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound · as SelfActor
- 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World · as SelfActor
- 1940Northward, Ho! · as HimselfActor
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1940Trifles of Importance · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1941They Met in Bombay · as Gerald MeldrickActor
- 1941Honky Tonk · as "Candy" JohnsonActor
- 1941You Can't Fool a Camera · as HimselfActor
- 1942Somewhere I'll Find You · as Jonathon 'Jonny' DavisActor
- 1943Combat America · as Self - NarratorActor
- 1943Wings Up · as Narrator / HostActor
- 1943Show-Business at War · as SelfActor
- 1945Adventure · as Harry PattersonActor
- 1947The Hucksters · as Victor Albee NormanActor
- 1948Command Decision · as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' DennisActor
- 1948Homecoming · as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' JohnsonActor
- 1949Any Number Can Play · as Charley Enley KyngActor
- 1950To Please a Lady · as Mike BrannanActor
- 1950Key to the City · as Steve FiskActor
- 1950Screen Actors · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1951Across the Wide Missouri · as Flint MitchellActor
- 1951Callaway Went Thataway · as Clark Gable (uncredited)Actor
- 1952Lone Star · as Devereaux BurkeActor
- 1953Mogambo · as Victor MarswellActor
- 1953Never Let Me Go · as Philip SutherlandActor
- 1954Betrayed · as Col. Pieter DeventerActor
- 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere · as SelfActor
- 1955The Tall Men · as Col. Ben AllisonActor
- 1955Soldier of Fortune · as Hank LeeActor
- 1956The King and Four Queens · as Dan KehoeActor
- 1957Band of Angels · as Hamish BondActor
- 1957The James Dean Story · as SelfActor
- 1958Run Silent, Run Deep · as Cmdr. RichardsonActor
- 1958Teacher's Pet · as James GannonActor
- 1959But Not for Me · as Russell 'Russ' WardActor
- 1960It Started in Naples · as Michael HamiltonActor
- 1961The Misfits · as Gay LanglandActor
- 1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy · as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)Actor
- 1965Uncertain Verification · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1966The Legend of Marilyn MonroeActor
- 1968Dear Mr. Gable · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1969The Happy Ending · as Self - Actor in 'Susan Lenox' (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1974That's Entertainment! · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1975Gable: The King Remembered · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1976Hooray for Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1982Showbiz Ballyhoo · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1985That's Dancing! · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend · as archive footageActor
- 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Marilyn Monroe · as archive footageActor
- 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1987Eve and Marilyn · as Self (archive photo)Actor
- 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988Remembering Marilyn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1988All-Time Movie Greats · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1989Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1993La Classe américaine · as The Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 1994That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults · as Self (archiveFootage)Actor
- 1998Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn MonroeActor
- 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1999Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Making 'The Misfits' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Complicated Women · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind · as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland · as Himself (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Judy Garland: By Myself · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire · as Himself (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Various Roles (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Marilyn, dernières séances · as Self(archive footage)Actor
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Hollywood sul TevereActor
- 2011Marilyn at the Movies · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Marilyn Monroe: In The MoviesActor
- 2014Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Discovering Jean Harlow · as archive footageActor
- 2017Arthur Miller: Writer · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Her Name Was Grace Kelly · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Rat Pack · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.