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