Real Name:William Clark Gable
Birthdate: February 1,1901
Birthplace:Cadiz, Ohio
Deathdate: November 16,1960
Deathplace:Los Angeles, California
Cause Of Death:Heart Attack
Wives:
Josephine Dillon (13 December 1924 - 1 April 1930) (divorced)
'Rhea Langham' (19 June 1931 - 4 March 1939) (divorced)
Carole Lombard (29 March 1939 - 16 January 1942) (her death)
'Sylvia Ashley' (20 December 1949 - 21 April 1952) (divorced)
'Kay Spreckles' (11 July 1955 - 16 November 1960) (his death)
Children: John Clark Gable and Judy Lewis
Nicknames:Gabe and The King
Height:6'1"
Adolf Hitler esteemed the film star above all other actors, and during the war offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and return Gable unscathed to him.
A few months after his death, his wife gave birth to John Clark Gable. John is into racing and has appeared in at least one film.
Actress Judy Lewis (I) is Clark's illegitimate daughter by actress Loretta Young.
Cousin-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks.
When he took off his shirt in It Happened One Night (1934) -- revealing bare skin beneath rather than an undershirt -- sales of undershirts reportedly showed a significant drop.
It was at Gable's 36th birthday that Judy Garland sang "Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You."
Gable's first two wives -- Josephine Dillon and Ria Langham -- were 14 and 17 years older than he was.
In the summer of 1942, Clark enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard. She had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds.
When Gable was first cast in 1934's "It Happened One Night" opposite Claudette Colbert, he told director Frank Capra that he would give the role a shot, but if things weren't going well after a few days, he would leave the production.
So durable, he could play the same role in both the original, (1932's "Red Dust" with Jean Harlow and Mary Astor), and the re-make, (1953's "Mogambo" with Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly).
When Clark Gable was born he was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate.
He disliked Greta Garbo, a feeling that was mutual. She thought his acting was wooden while he considered her a snob.
Playing a cowboy in his last film The Misfits (1961), which would also be the final film for co-star Marilyn Monroe, the ageing Gable diligently performed his own stunts, taking its toll on his already guarded health. He died of cardiac arrest before the film was released.
Pictured on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps issued 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara from _Gone with the Wind (1939)_. The other films honored were _Beau Geste (1939)_, _Stagecoach (1939)_, and _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_.
