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Clark Gable
Known for: ActingWilliam 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.
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Gone with the Wind
as Rhett Butler 
It Happened One Night
as Peter Warne 
The Misfits
as Gay Langland 
Command Decision
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis 
The Tall Men
as Col. Ben Allison 
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian 
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Cmdr. Richardson 
Susan Lenox
as Rodney Spencer 
Mogambo
as Victor Marswell 
The James Dean Story
as Self 
Band of Angels
as Hamish Bond 
The King and Four Queens
as Dan Kehoe 
It Started in Naples
as Michael Hamilton 
Soldier of Fortune
as Hank Lee 
Teacher's Pet
as James Gannon 
Call of the Wild
as Jack Thornton 
Lone Star
as Devereaux Burke 
Chained
as Michael 'Mike' Bradley 
Strange Cargo
as André Verne 
China Seas
as Cpt Alan Gaskell 
But Not for Me
as Russell 'Russ' Ward 
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 
Manhattan Melodrama
as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher 
Across the Wide Missouri
as Flint Mitchell 
Honky Tonk
as "Candy" Johnson 
San Francisco
as Blackie Norton 
Boom Town
as Big John McMasters 
Idiot's Delight
as Harry Van 
Wife vs. Secretary
as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope 
Possessed
as Mark Whitney 
Key to the City
as Steve Fisk 
Night Flight
as Jules 
Saratoga
as Duke Bradley 
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage) 
Night Nurse
as Nick 
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis 
Too Hot to Handle
as Chris Hunter 
Never Let Me Go
as Philip Sutherland 
Dancing Lady
as Patch Gallagher 
Forsaking All Others
as Jeffrey Williams 
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Jake Luva 
To Please a Lady
as Mike Brannan 
Betrayed
as Col. Pieter Deventer 
Men in White
as Dr. George Ferguson 
The Painted Desert
as Rance Brett 
No Man of Her Own
as Babe Stewart 
The Secret Six
as Carl Luckner 
The Hucksters
as Victor Albee Norman 
Any Number Can Play
as Charley Enley Kyng 
Adventure
as Harry Patterson 
Polly of the Circus
as John Hartley 
Love on the Run
as Michael Anthony 
Red Dust
as Dennis Carson 
Hold Your Man
as Eddie Hall 
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage) 
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage) 
Homecoming
as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson 
Her Name Was Grace Kelly
as Self (archive footage) 
A Free Soul
as Ace Wilfong 
Combat America
as Self - Narrator 
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage 
Cain and Mabel
as Larry Cain 
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)