Gable was one of the most consistent box-office performers in history, appearing on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen times. Later he starred in westerns and war movies, such as Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) with Burt Lancaster, and in comedies that paired him with a new generation of leading ladies, such as Doris Day in Teacher's Pet (1958), Sophia Loren in It Started in Naples (1960) and Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits (1961). He experienced a critical revival with The Hucksters (1947), Homecoming (1948) and Mogambo (1953), which also featured newcomer Grace Kelly. Although the movies he appeared in following his return were not critically lauded, they did well at the box office. Gable spent two years as an aerial cameraman and bomber gunner in Europe during World War II.
He also starred with Lana Turner in four features and in three each with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. Myrna Loy worked with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. Joan Crawford was a favorite actress of his to work with, and he partnered with her in eight films. Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of their time. He found continued commercial and critical success with Manhattan Melodrama (1934), San Francisco (1936), Saratoga (1937), Test Pilot (1938), and Boom Town (1940), three of which co-starred Spencer Tracy. He was again nominated for the award for his roles as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and as Rhett Butler opposite Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Frank Capra's romantic comedy It Happened One Night (1934), co-starring Claudette Colbert. His next role, in the romantic drama Red Dust (1932) with reigning sex symbol Jean Harlow, made him MGM's biggest male star. He progressed to supporting roles for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and his first leading role in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) was alongside Joan Crawford, who requested him for the part. Gable died of a heart attack at the age of 59 his final on-screen appearance was of an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961.īorn and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollywood where he began his film career as an extra in Hollywood silent films between 19. He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man.
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
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