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Clark Gable

Clark Gable was a leading American film actor renowned for his charismatic screen presence from the 1920s to 1960.

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Clark Gable is best known for Iconic American actor known as the 'King of Hollywood' with over 60 films including 'Gone with the Wind'. On Dead or Alive, Clark Gable is listed in the Classic Hollywood Stars and Oscar Best Actors categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Clark Gable is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Iconic American actor known as the 'King of Hollywood' with over 60 films including 'Gone with the Wind'.
Listed under: Classic Hollywood Stars and Oscar Best Actors

About Clark Gable

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). Gable was one of the most consistently bankable stars in the history of Hollywood, appearing 16 times on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time.

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