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Clark Gable

Clark GableAKA William Clark Gable

Born: 1-Feb-1901
Birthplace: Cadiz, OH
Died: 16-Nov-1960
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust, Forest Lawn Glendale, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: See Note [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Gone With the Wind

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII)


[1] Baptized a Roman Catholic by his mother before her death, but was not raised Catholic and never practiced the religion.

Father: William Gable (oil worker)
Mother: Adeline Hershelman (b. 3-Jan-1869, d. 14-Nov-1901)
Wife: Josephine Dillon (m. 13-Dec-1924, div. 1-Apr-1930)
Wife: Maria "Ria" Franklin Printiss Lucas Langham (m. 30-Mar-1930, div. Mar-1939)
Mistress:
Loretta Young (one daughter)
Daughter: Judy Lewis (illegitimate, b. 6-Nov-1935 to Loretta Young)
Wife: Carole Lombard (m. 29-Mar-1939, d. 16-Jan-1942 from airplane crash)
Girlfriend: Olivia de Havilland
Wife: Sylvia Ashley (m. 20-Dec-1949, div. 21-Apr-1952)
Wife: Kay Spreckles (m. 11-Jul-1955)
Son: John Clark Gable (b. Mar-1961)

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Freemasonry Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528
    Shriners
    Oscar for Best Actor 1935 for It Happened One Night
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1610 Vine St.
    Kentucky Colonel
    Appendectomy
    Tonsillectomy

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Misfits (1-Feb-1961)
    It Started in Naples (7-Aug-1960)
    But Not For Me (19-Aug-1959)
    Teacher's Pet (1-Apr-1958)
    Run Silent Run Deep (27-Mar-1958)
    Band of Angels (3-Aug-1957)
    The King and Four Queens (21-Dec-1956)
    The Tall Men (5-Oct-1955)
    Soldier of Fortune (17-May-1955)
    Betrayed (7-Sep-1954)
    Mogambo (9-Oct-1953)
    Never Let Me Go (1-May-1953)
    Lone Star (8-Feb-1952)
    Across the Wide Missouri (1-Oct-1951)
    To Please a Lady (13-Oct-1950)
    Key to the City (2-Feb-1950)
    Command Decision (23-Dec-1948)
    Homecoming (29-Apr-1948)
    The Hucksters (27-Aug-1947)
    Adventure (28-Dec-1945)
    Somewhere I'll Find You (27-Aug-1942)
    Honky Tonk (1-Oct-1941)
    They Met in Bombay (27-Jun-1941)
    Comrade X (13-Dec-1940)
    Boom Town (30-Aug-1940)
    Strange Cargo (1-Mar-1940)
    Gone with the Wind (15-Dec-1939)
    Idiot's Delight (27-Jan-1939)
    Too Hot to Handle (16-Sep-1938)
    Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938)
    Saratoga (23-Jun-1937)
    Love on the Run (20-Nov-1936)
    Cain and Mabel (26-Sep-1936)
    San Francisco (26-Jun-1936)
    Wife vs. Secretary (28-Feb-1936)
    Mutiny on the Bounty (8-Nov-1935)
    China Seas (9-Aug-1935)
    The Call of the Wild (9-Aug-1935)
    Forsaking All Others (23-Dec-1934)
    Chained (31-Aug-1934)
    Manhattan Melodrama (2-May-1934)
    Men in White (28-Mar-1934)
    It Happened One Night (22-Feb-1934)
    Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933)
    Hold Your Man (30-Jun-1933)
    Strange Interlude (30-Dec-1932)
    No Man of Her Own (15-Dec-1932)
    Red Dust (22-Oct-1932)
    Polly of the Circus (27-Feb-1932)
    Possessed (21-Nov-1931)
    Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (10-Oct-1931)
    Night Nurse (16-Jul-1931)
    A Free Soul (20-Jun-1931)
    Laughing Sinners (30-May-1931)
    The Secret Six (18-Apr-1931)
    The Easiest Way (7-Feb-1931)
    The Painted Desert (18-Jan-1931)


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