Clark Gable filmography

Clark Gable (1901–1960) was an American actor and producer who appeared in over 70 feature films and several short films. Gable first began acting in stage productions, before his film debut in 1924. After many minor roles, Gable landed a leading role in 1931, subsequently becoming one of the most dominant leading men in Hollywood. He often acted alongside reoccurring leading ladies: six films with Jean Harlow, seven with Myrna Loy, and eight with Joan Crawford, among many others.

Gable in a 1938 publicity still

Gable's first leading role was opposite Crawford in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), the first of eight films in which they appeared together. That same year, he also appeared in the gangster film The Secret Six, his first film with Harlow. In 1932, he acted alongside future wife Carole Lombard in No Man of Her Own.[1] In his next role in Dancing Lady (1933), Gable appeared alongside Ted Healy and His Stooges and Fred Astaire, who was making his acting debut. Gable's role in the Frank Capra-directed It Happened One Night (1934) garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor.[2]

For his performance in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Gable was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He then appeared in San Francisco, which was the highest-grossing film of 1936. In 1937, he starred in Saratoga; his co-star Jean Harlow died during production. Gable then appeared in Too Hot to Handle (1938), the last of seven films with Myrna Loy. He then played Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939), acting alongside Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland. The film was massively successful, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, and remains the highest-grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation.[3][4] The following year, he starred with leading lady Hedy Lamarr in the King Vidor-directed Comrade X. Also released that year, Strange Cargo would be Gable's last film with Crawford. His final film before joining the United States Army Air Forces was Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). During the war, he narrated the propaganda film Wings Up (1942) and filmed Combat America (1945).

Gable's first film after returning from combat was the Victor Fleming-directed Adventure (1945). His next role was alongside leading ladies Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr in The Hucksters (1947). Gable next collaborated with Gardner and Grace Kelly in the John Ford-directed Mogambo (1953), a remake of Gable's earlier film Red Dust (1932).[5] In 1958, Gable appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep, which also featured Burt Lancaster and Don Rickles. That same year, he starred opposite Doris Day and Mamie Van Doren in Teacher's Pet, which garnered him a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[6] Gable acted alongside Sophia Loren in It Started in Naples (1960). Gable's final film appearance was in the John Huston-directed western The Misfits (1961), released posthumously. It was also Marilyn Monroe's last acting role.[7]

Film
Gable and Jean Harlow on the poster for Red Dust (1932)
Gable and Vivien Leigh on the poster for Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gable and Joan Crawford in Strange Cargo (1940)
Gable and Grace Kelly in Mogambo (1953)
Gable and Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits (1961)
Table displaying films that actor Clark Gable appeared in
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1924 White Man Lady Andrea's Brother Film debut, considered a lost film [8]
1924 Forbidden Paradise Extra [9][10]
1924 The Iron Horse Extra [10][11]
1925 The Merry Widow Extra [10][12]
1925 The Plastic Age Athlete [10][13]
1931 The Painted Desert Rance Brett Supporting role [14][15]
1931 The Easiest Way Nick Feliki [16]
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance Jake Luva First leading role [17]
1931 The Finger Points Louis J. Blanco [18]
1931 The Secret Six Carl Luckner Supporting role [19]
1931 Laughing Sinners Carl Loomis [20]
1931 A Free Soul Ace Wilfong [21]
1931 Night Nurse Nick [22]
1931 Sporting Blood Warren "Rid" Riddell [23]
1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) Rodney Spencer [24][25]
1931 Possessed Mark Whitney [26]
1931 Hell Divers C.P.O. Steve Nelson [27]
1932 Polly of the Circus Reverend John Hartley [28]
1932 Red Dust Dennis Carson [29]
1932 Strange Interlude Dr. Ned Darrell [30]
1932 No Man of Her Own Jerry "Babe" Stewart [31]
1933 The White Sister Giovanni Severi [32]
1933 Hold Your Man Eddie Hall [33][34]
1933 Night Flight Jules Fabian [35]
1933 Dancing Lady Patch Gallagher [36]
1934 It Happened One Night Peter Warne [2][37]
1934 Men in White Dr. George Ferguson [38]
1934 Manhattan Melodrama Edward J. "Blackie" Gallagher [39]
1934 Chained Michael "Mike" Bradley [40]
1934 Forsaking All Others Jeffrey "Jeff" Williams [41]
1935 After Office Hours James "Jim" Branch [42]
1935 Call of the Wild Jack Thornton [43]
1935 China Seas Captain Alan Gaskell [44]
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Fletcher Christian [45]
1936 Wife vs. Secretary Van Stanhope [46][47]
1936 San Francisco Blackie Norton [48]
1936 Cain and Mabel Larry Cain [49][50]
1936 Love on the Run Michael "Mike" Anthony [51]
1937 Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell [52]
1937 Saratoga Duke Bradley [53]
1938 Test Pilot Jim Lane [54]
1938 Too Hot to Handle Christopher "Chris" Hunter [55]
1939 Idiot's Delight Harry Van Gable performs Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz". [56]
1939 Gone with the Wind Rhett Butler [57]
1940 Strange Cargo André Verne [58]
1940 Boom Town Big John McMasters [59]
1940 Comrade X McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson [60][61]
1941 They Met in Bombay Gerald Meldrick [62]
1941 Honky Tonk "Candy" Johnson [63]
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You Jonathan "Jonny" Davis [64]
1945 Adventure Harry Patterson [65]
1947 The Hucksters Victor Albee Norman [66][67]
1948 Homecoming Col. Ulysses Delby "Lee" Johnson [68]
1948 Command Decision Brig. Gen. K.C. "Casey" Dennis [69]
1949 Any Number Can Play Charley Enley Kyng [70]
1950 Key to the City Steve Fisk [71]
1950 To Please a Lady Mike Brannan [72]
1951 Across the Wide Missouri Flint Mitchell [73][74]
1952 Lone Star Devereaux Burke [75]
1953 Never Let Me Go Philip Sutherland [76]
1953 Mogambo Victor Marswell [5]
1954 Betrayed Col. Pieter Deventer [77]
1955 Soldier of Fortune Hank Lee [78]
1955 The Tall Men Colonel Ben Allison [79]
1956 The King and Four Queens Dan Kehoe Also producer [80][81]
1957 Band of Angels Hamish Bond [82][83]
1958 Run Silent, Run Deep Cmdr. P. J. "Rich" Richardson [84]
1958 Teacher's Pet James Gannon / James Gallagher [85]
1959 But Not for Me Russell "Russ" Ward [86]
1960 It Started in Naples Michael Hamilton [87][88]
1961 The Misfits Gaylord "Gay" Langdon Posthumous release [7]

World War II propaganda films
A poster for Combat America (1945)
Further information: List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
Table displaying WW2 propaganda films that actor Clark Gable appeared in
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1942 Show Business at War Himself [89]
1942 Wings Up Narrator [90]
1945 Combat America Narrator Also produced [10][91]

Short films
Table displaying short films that actor Clark Gable appeared in
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1931 The Christmas Party Himself [92]
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido Himself [93]
1936 The Candid Camera Story Himself [94]
1937 Hollywood Party Himself [95]
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town Himself [96]
1939 Hollywood Hobbies Himself [97]
1940 Northward, Ho! Himself Archival footage, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Northwest Passage (1940) [98]
1941 You Can't Fool a Camera Himself [99]
1950 Screen Actors Himself [100]

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