Clark Gable (1901–1960) was an American actor and producer who appeared in over 70 feature films and several short films. Gable first began acting in stage productions, before his film debut in 1924. After many minor roles, Gable landed a leading role in 1931, subsequently becoming one of the most dominant leading men in Hollywood. He often acted alongside re-occurring leading ladies: six films with Jean Harlow, seven with Myrna Loy, and eight with Joan Crawford, among many others.

Gable's first role opposite Joan Crawford was in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), the first of eight films in which they appeared together. He was billed sixth. That same year, he also appeared in the gangster film The Secret Six, his first film with Harlow. In 1932, he acted alongside future wife Carole Lombard in No Man of Her Own. In his next role in Dancing Lady (1933), Gable appeared alongside Ted Healy and His Stooges and Fred Astaire, who was making his acting debut. Gable's role in the Frank Capra-directed It Happened One Night (1934) garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

For his performance in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Gable was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He then appeared in San Francisco, which was the highest-grossing film of 1936. In 1937, he starred in Saratoga; his co-star Jean Harlow died during production. Gable then appeared in Too Hot to Handle (1938), the last of seven films with Myrna Loy. He then played Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939), acting alongside Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland. The film was massively successful, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, and remains the highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation. The following year, Gable starred with leading lady Hedy Lamarr in the King Vidor-directed Comrade X. Also released that year, Strange Cargo would be Gable's last film with Crawford. His final film before joining the United States Army Air Forces was Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). During the war, he narrated the propaganda film Wings Up (1942), and filmed Combat America (1945).

Gable's first film after returning from combat was the Victor Fleming-directed Adventure (1945). His next role was alongside leading ladies Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr in The Hucksters (1947). Gable next collaborated with Gardner and Grace Kelly in the John Ford-directed Mogambo (1953), a remake of Gable's earlier film Red Dust (1932). In 1958, Gable appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep, which also featured Burt Lancaster and Don Rickles. That same year, he starred opposite Doris Day and Mamie Van Doren in Teacher's Pet, which garnered him a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Gable acted alongside Sophia Loren in It Started in Naples (1960). Gable's final film appearance was in the John Huston-directed western The Misfits (1961), released posthumously. It was also Marilyn Monroe's last acting role.

Film

+ Year Title Role Notes 1924 White Man Lady Andrea's Brother Film debut, considered a lost filmForbidden Paradise Extra The Iron Horse 1925 Athlete 1931 Supporting role Dance, Fools, Dance Supporting role Laughing Sinners Night Nurse Nick Sporting Blood Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) Possessed 1932 Hell Divers Polly of the Circus Red Dust Strange Interlude No Man of Her Own 1933 Hold Your Man Night Flight Dancing Lady 1934 It Happened One Night Men in White Manhattan Melodrama Chained Forsaking All Others 1935After Office Hours Call of the Wild China Seas Mutiny on the Bounty 1936Wife vs. Secretary San Francisco Cain and Mabel Love on the Run 1937 Parnell Saratoga 1938Test Pilot Too Hot to Handle 1939 Idiot's Delight Gable performs Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz".Gone with the Wind1940Strange Cargo Boom Town Comrade X 1941 They Met in BombayHonky Tonk 1942 Somewhere I'll Find You 1945Adventure 19471948Homecoming Command Decision 1949Any Number Can Play 1950Key to the City To Please a Lady1951 Across the Wide Missouri1952 Lone Star1953 Never Let Me GoMogambo1954Betrayed 1955 Soldier of Fortune 1956 Also producer1957 Band of Angels 1958Run Silent, Run Deep Teacher's Pet1959But Not for Me1960It Started in Naples 1961 Posthumous release

World War II propaganda films

+ Year Title Role Notes 1942 Show Business at WarHimself Wings Up Narrator1945 Combat America Also produced

Short films + Year Title Role Notes 1931 The Christmas PartyHimself1935 Starlit Days at the Lido1936 The Candid Camera Story 1937 Hollywood Party1938 Hollywood Goes to Town1939 Hollywood Hobbies1940 Northward, Ho! Archival footage, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Northwest Passage (1940) 1941 You Can't Fool a Camera1950 Screen Actors

References

External links

Clark Gable at the Rotten Tomatoes