Clark Gable

Also known as The King, The King of Hollywood, William Clark Gable, William Gable

American actor (1901–1960)

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Clark Gable was an American actor who lived from 1901 to 1960 and became one of Hollywood's most prominent leading men during the Golden Age of cinema. He is remembered as an iconic figure in film history, best known for roles that made him a major star and cultural figure of his era.

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“The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great — and they know I know it.”
“You know, this "King" stuff is pure bullshit. I eat and sleep and go to the bathroom just like anyone else. There's no special light that shines inside me and makes me a star. I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time and I had a lot of smart guys helping me—that's all.”
“My father could never get it through his head that acting was honorable work for a man. Even when I was making $7,500 a week, he stubbornly kept saying, "What kind of a job is that for a fellow six feet tall, weighs 195 pounds?"”
“I worked like a son of a bitch to learn a few tricks and I fight like a steer to avoid getting stuck with parts I can't play.”

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Clark Gable is known as “The King of Hollywood.” Over the course of his 37 year career, Gable played roles in more than 60 motion pictures across various genres. Gable’s masculine charm and magnetic performances quickly solidified his stature as a cinematic icon.

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Official website: clarkgable.com
Image: Clark Gable Publicity Photo, 1945.jpg
Height: 184

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Commons category: Clark Gable
date of birth: 1901-02-01
date of death: 1960-11-16
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name in native language: Clark Gable
start of work period: 1923-00-00
birth name: William Clark Gable
end of work period: 1960-00-00
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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres during a 37-year career, three decades of which he spent as a leading man. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gable as the seventh-greatest male screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema.

Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) and earned nominations in the same category for portraying Fletcher Christian in Frank Lloyd's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Rhett Butler in Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind (1939). For his comedic performances in George Seaton's Teacher's Pet (1958) and Walter Lang's But Not for Me (1959), Gable received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. His other notable films include William A. Wellman's Call of the Wild (1935), George Sidney's Key to the City (1950), and John Ford's Mogambo (1953). His final onscreen role was as an aging cowboy in John Huston's The Misfits (1961).