William Clark Gable,
born on 1 February 1901, was
an was an American film
actor. Often referred to as the "King of Hollywood", he had roles in more
than 60 motion pictures in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37
years, three decades of which was as a leading man. He was named the seventh
greatest male movie star of classic American cinema by the American Film
Institute.
Gable won
the Academy Award for Best Actor his role in the romantic comedy It
Happened One Night (1934). He was further Oscar-nominated for his roles as
Fletcher Christian in the drama Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and Rhett
Butler in the historical romance drama Gone with the Wind (1939). He
received Golden Globe Award nominations for his comedic roles in Teacher’s
Pet (1958), and But Not For Me (1959). He also starred in Call of the Wild
(1935), Key to the City (1950), and Mogambo (1953). His final on-screen role
was as an aging cowboy in The Misfits (1961).
Gable was one of the
most consistent box-office performers in the history of Hollywood, appearing on
Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen
times. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time.
He frequently acted alongside Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Lana
Turner, Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. Gable died of a heart attack at the age
of 59.
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