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Clark Gable

American actor (1901–1960)

Clark Gable was an American actor who 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. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night (1934) and was nominated for playing Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind.

Clark Gable appears in 8 films in The Rerun, from 1934 to 1961. Most of that work is in drama, romance and western. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: John Huston (2), Ava Gardner (2), Adolphe Menjou (2), Claire McDowell (2).

Known for

  • It Happened One Night (1934). The film for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Fletcher Christian. A role that earned him an Academy Award nomination.
  • Gone with the Wind (1939), Rhett Butler. A role that earned him an Academy Award nomination.
  • The Hucksters (1947).
  • The Misfits (1961).

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When was Clark Gable born?
Clark Gable was born on 1 February 1901.

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