- Born
- 1 February 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, United States
- First work
- 1924: White Man
- Peak
- 1934 to 1940 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1961: The Misfits
- Died
- 16 November 1960, Los Angeles, United States; aged 59; natural
Clark Gable
Film: actor, United States
Clark Gable was an American screen icon celebrated across four decades as the King of Hollywood. Born in Cadiz, Ohio, he broke through at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the early 1930s, establishing a charming yet masculine screen persona. Gable claimed an Academy Award for Frank Capra's romantic comedy It Happened One Night in 1934 and achieved immortality as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind in 1939. Following wartime military service, he sustained a successful freelance career in westerns and dramas, concluding with John Huston's The Misfits opposite Marilyn Monroe. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in November 1960 at fifty-nine.
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Signature works
- Red Dust film1932
- It Happened One Night film1934
- Mutiny on the Bounty film1935
- San Francisco film1936
- Gone with the Wind film1939
- Mogambo film1953
- The Misfits film1961
Honours
- Academy Award for Best Actor, 1934
- Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, 1935
- Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, 1939
Groups: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.