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Quick Facts
- NAME: Clark Gable
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: February 01, 1901
- DEATH DATE: November 16, 1960
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Cadiz, Ohio
- PLACE OF DEATH: Hollywood, California
Best Known For
Gone With the Wind star Clark Gable epitomized Hollywood's Golden Age, so much so that the movie star was often called the "King of Hollywood."
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Clark Gable - His Most Famous Role
Clark Gable will always be best known for his performance as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic "Gone with the Wind," despite his reluctance to take the role.
Clark Gable - An Early Charmer
Born February 1st, 1901, Clark Gable moved away from his farm work life and relied on his charm and good looks to succeed.
Clark Gable - The Road to Fame
Clark Gable became a Hollywood leading man despite lesser known earlier movies. It was the film, "A Free Soul," and films with Joan Crawford that made him a star.
Clark Gable - Leading Lady
Actor Clarke Gable's marriage to Carole Lombard is considered his happiest time. But on January 16, 1942, Lombard died in a plane crash in the Las Vegas mountains.
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Profile
Born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, Clark Gable was an actor who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades. A hugely popular star, Gable was dubbed the King of Hollywood. He hit box office gold with such films as It Happened One Night and Gone with the Wind, and his final film, The Misfits, was also the final film of Marilyn Monroe.
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