Clark Gable
Born Feb. 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, Clark Gable dropped out of school at age 16 and joined a stock theatre company at 17. In 1924, he found work as a movie extra in Hollywood but eventually moved to New York, where he was spotted on Broadway and given a screen test at MGM.

Gable became popular with his role in Red Dust (1932) and, shortly thereafter, won a Best Actor Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934). He received another Oscar nomination the following year for Mutiny on the Bounty. By the time he won the role of Rhett Butler in 1939's Gone with the Wind (for which he received a third Best Actor Oscar nomination), he was the undisputed King of Hollywood.

After wife Carole Lombard's death in 1942, Gable joined the Air Force and was decorated for his combat missions. He died of a heart attack in 1960, immediately after the strenuous filming of The Misfits (1961) with Marilyn Monroe.

Featured Movies
  • Gone with the WindGone with the Wind

    Director Victor Fleming's 1939 epic adaption of Margaret Mitchell's novel of the same name stars Vivien Leigh as self-absorbed, headstrong Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern Belle who meets her match in Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) just as the Civil War breaks out. Living on a large cotton plantation called... Read More

  • It Happened One NightIt Happened One Night

    Runaway socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) is en route to the Big Apple to elope with a fortune-hunting flyboy. Along the way she meets a crusty newspaperman (Clark Gable), who's just been sacked and -- unbeknownst to Ellie -- plans to sell her story to get his job back. But a string of... Read More

  • San FranciscoSan Francisco

    Brash nightclub owner Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) and his talented paramour, singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald), find their ardent love put to the test when real estate magnate Jack Burley (Jack Holt) steps in to fulfill Blake's dream of becoming an opera singer. In no time, a romantic... Read More

  • Manhattan MelodramaManhattan Melodrama

    Two boyhood pals end up on opposite sides of the law -- Jim Wade (William Powell) becomes a district attorney, while Blackie Gallagher (Clark Gable) moves on to racketeering and murder. They remain friendly, but their professional differences turn personal when Wade marries Gallagher's... Read More

  • MogamboMogambo

    Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly scored Oscar nominations for their performances as rivals vying for Clark Gable's affections in director John Ford's classic yarn that deftly blends adventure and romance. Stranded in Kenya, beautiful showgirl Eloise Kelly (Gardner) falls for big-game hunter Victor... Read More

All Clark Gable Movies
MGM: When the Lion Roars (2008)
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The U.S. Air Force Story (2008)
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Heroes of World War II (2008)
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Hollywood Couples (2005)
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Hollywood Biographies: The Leading Men (2005)
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Life Magazine: Great Romances (2002)
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Making the Misfits (2001)
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War in Color (2000)
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World War II in Color (1999)
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That's Entertainment 2 (1976)
G
That's Entertainment (1974)
(Bonus materials available separately)
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The Misfits (1961)
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It Started in Naples (1960)
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But Not for Me (1959)
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Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
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Teacher's Pet (1958)
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Band of Angels (1957)
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The King and Four Queens (1956)
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Clark Gable Collection: The Tall Men (1955)
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Soldier of Fortune (1955)
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Mogambo (1953)
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To Please a Lady / Jeopardy (1950)
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Command Decision (1949)
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Combat America (1943)
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Boom Town (1940)
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Strange Cargo (1940)
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
(Bonus materials available separately)
G
San Francisco (1936)
NR
Wife Versus Secretary (1936)
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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The Call of the Wild (1935)
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China Seas (1935)
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It Happened One Night (1934)
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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
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Night Flight (1933)
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Dancing Lady (1933)
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No Man of Her Own (1932)
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Night Nurse / Thou Shalt Not (1931)
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A Free Soul (1931)
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The Painted Desert (1931)
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The Divorcee / A Free Soul (1930)
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The Show Off / The Plastic Age (1925)
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