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<html> <head> <title>Clark Gable</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/156/000027075/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Clark Gable</b></font><p><img src="clark-gable.jpg" height=366 width=296 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Clark Gable"><b>AKA</b> William Clark Gable<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/549/000106231/" class=proflink>1-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/900/000105585/" class=proflink>1901</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/438/000081195/" class=proflink>Cadiz, OH</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/207/000106886/" class=proflink>16-Nov</a>-<a href="/lists/470/000106152/" class=proflink>1960</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/582/000069375/" class=proflink>Los Angeles, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Heart Failure<br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/649/000208025/" class="proflink">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> See Note <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Gone With the Wind</i><p><b>Military service:</b> US Army Air Corps (WWII)<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] Baptized a Roman Catholic by his mother before her death, but was not raised Catholic and never practiced the religion. </font><p><b>Father:</b> William Gable (oil worker)<br><b>Mother:</b> Adeline Hershelman (b. 3-Jan-1869, d. 14-Nov-1901)<br><b>Wife:</b> Josephine Dillon (m. 13-Dec-1924, div. 1-Apr-1930)<br><b>Wife:</b> Maria "Ria" Franklin Printiss Lucas Langham (m. 30-Mar-1930, div. Mar-1939)<br><b>Mistress:</b> <a href="/people/089/000031993/">Loretta Young</a> (one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> <a href="/people/110/000401901/">Judy Lewis</a> (actress and psychotherapist, b. 6-Nov-1935, d. 25-Nov-2011)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/708/000031615/">Carole Lombard</a> (m. 29-Mar-1939, d. 16-Jan-1942 from airplane crash)<br><b>Girlfriend:</b> <a href="/people/741/000022675/">Olivia de Havilland</a><br><b>Wife:</b> Sylvia Ashley (m. 20-Dec-1949, div. 21-Apr-1952)<br><b>Wife:</b> Kay Spreckles (m. 11-Jul-1955)<br><b>Son:</b> John Clark Gable (b. Mar-1961)<br><p> <a href="/company/327/000044195/">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> <br> <a href="/org/426/000041303/">Freemasonry</a> Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528<br> <a href="/org/441/000355373/">Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals</a> <br> <a href="/org/760/000041637/">Shriners</a> <br> <a href="/honors/511/000032415/">Oscar for Best Actor</a> 1935 for <i>It Happened One Night</i><br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 1610 Vine St.<br> <a href="/honors/256/000163764/">Kentucky Colonel</a> <br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/822/000124450/">Liggett Group</a> Chesterfield cigarettes<br> <a href="/event/351/000083102/">Appendectomy</a> <br> <a href="/event/221/000218564/">Cholecystectomy</a> <br> <a href="/event/479/000159999/">Tonsillectomy</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/813/000035708/">The Misfits (1-Feb-1961)</a> · Gay Langland<br> <a href="/films/919/000034817/">It Started in Naples (7-Aug-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/986/000037875/">But Not For Me (19-Aug-1959)</a> · Russell Ward<br> <a href="/films/699/000034597/">Teacher's Pet (1-Apr-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/920/000034818/">Run Silent Run Deep (27-Mar-1958)</a> · Cmdr. Richardson<br> <a href="/films/812/000035707/">Band of Angels (3-Aug-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/474/000041351/">The King and Four Queens (21-Dec-1956)</a> · Dan Kehoe<br> <a href="/films/384/000083135/">The Tall Men (5-Oct-1955)</a> · Col. Ben Allison<br> <a href="/films/309/000083060/">Soldier of Fortune (17-May-1955)</a> · Hank Lee<br> <a href="/films/293/000077062/">Betrayed (7-Sep-1954)</a> · Col. Pieter Deventer<br> <a href="/films/775/000033676/">Mogambo (9-Oct-1953)</a> · Victor Marswell<br> <a href="/films/809/000035704/">Never Let Me Go (1-May-1953)</a> · Philip Sutherland<br> <a href="/films/596/000034494/">Lone Star (8-Feb-1952)</a> · Devereaux Burke<br> <a href="/films/033/000082784/">Across the Wide Missouri (1-Oct-1951)</a> · Flint Mitchell<br> <a href="/films/921/000034819/">To Please a Lady (13-Oct-1950)</a> · Mike Brannan<br> <a href="/films/509/000035404/">Key to the City (2-Feb-1950)</a> · Steve Fisk<br> <a href="/films/859/000205244/">Any Number Can Play (2-Jul-1949)</a> · Charley Enley Kyng<br> <a href="/films/014/000066813/">Command Decision (23-Dec-1948)</a> · Brig. Gen. K. C. "Casey" Dennis<br> <a href="/films/613/000042487/">Homecoming (29-Apr-1948)</a> · Ulysses Delby Johnson<br> <a href="/films/811/000035706/">The Hucksters (27-Aug-1947)</a> · Victor Albee Norman<br> <a href="/films/830/000138416/">Adventure (28-Dec-1945)</a> · Harry Patterson<br> <a href="/films/954/000133555/">Somewhere I'll Find You (27-Aug-1942)</a> · Jonny Davis<br> <a href="/films/576/000041453/">Honky Tonk (1-Oct-1941)</a> · Candy Johnson<br> <a href="/films/810/000035705/">They Met in Bombay (27-Jun-1941)</a> · Gerald Meldrick<br> <a href="/films/969/000079732/">Comrade X (13-Dec-1940)</a> · McKinley B. Thompson<br> <a href="/films/193/000067989/">Boom Town (30-Aug-1940)</a> · Big John McMasters<br> <a href="/films/179/000040059/">Strange Cargo (1-Mar-1940)</a> · Verne<br> <a href="/films/879/000032783/">Gone with the Wind (15-Dec-1939)</a> · Rhett Butler<br> <a href="/films/274/000079037/">Idiot's Delight (27-Jan-1939)</a> · Harry<br> <a href="/films/768/000035663/">Too Hot to Handle (16-Sep-1938)</a> · Chris Hunter<br> <a href="/films/888/000067687/">Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938)</a> · Jim<br> <a href="/films/851/000038737/">Saratoga (23-Jun-1937)</a> · Duke Bradley<br> <a href="/films/452/000258675/">Parnell (4-Jun-1937)</a> · Charles Stewart Parnell<br> <a href="/films/166/000133764/">Love on the Run (20-Nov-1936)</a> · Michael Anthony<br> <a href="/films/216/000131820/">Cain and Mabel (26-Sep-1936)</a> · Larry Cain<br> <a href="/films/850/000038736/">San Francisco (26-Jun-1936)</a> · Blackie Norton<br> <a href="/films/987/000038873/">Wife vs. Secretary (28-Feb-1936)</a> · Van<br> <a href="/films/952/000037841/">Mutiny on the Bounty (8-Nov-1935)</a> · Christian<br> <a href="/films/942/000037831/">China Seas (9-Aug-1935)</a> · Alan Gaskell<br> <a href="/films/495/000035390/">The Call of the Wild (9-Aug-1935)</a> · Jack Thornton<br> <a href="/films/158/000233456/">After Office Hours (16-Feb-1935)</a> · Jim Branch<br> <a href="/films/149/000037038/">Forsaking All Others (23-Dec-1934)</a> · Jeff Williams<br> <a href="/films/088/000091812/">Chained (31-Aug-1934)</a> · Michael Bradley<br> <a href="/films/891/000037780/">Manhattan Melodrama (2-May-1934)</a> · Blackie Gallagher<br> <a href="/films/964/000038850/">Men in White (28-Mar-1934)</a> · Dr. Ferguson<br> <a href="/films/814/000035709/">It Happened One Night (22-Feb-1934)</a> · Peter<br> <a href="/films/790/000039673/">Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933)</a> <br> <a href="/films/462/000264667/">Night Flight (6-Oct-1933)</a> · Jules Fabian<br> <a href="/films/934/000037823/">Hold Your Man (30-Jun-1933)</a> · Eddie<br> <a href="/films/168/000261382/">The White Sister (17-Mar-1933)</a> · Giovanni Severi<br> <a href="/films/762/000134360/">Strange Interlude (30-Dec-1932)</a> · Ned Darrell<br> <a href="/films/316/000033217/">No Man of Her Own (15-Dec-1932)</a> <br> <a href="/films/887/000042761/">Red Dust (22-Oct-1932)</a> · Dennis Carson<br> <a href="/films/428/000135023/">Polly of the Circus (27-Feb-1932)</a> · Rev. John Hartley<br> <a href="/films/850/000236142/">Hell Divers (5-Dec-1931)</a> · Steve<br> <a href="/films/994/000037883/">Possessed (21-Nov-1931)</a> · Mark Whitney<br> <a href="/films/000/000037886/">Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (10-Oct-1931)</a> · Rodney<br> <a href="/films/893/000260113/">Sporting Blood (8-Aug-1931)</a> <br> <a href="/films/869/000037758/">Night Nurse (16-Jul-1931)</a> · Nick<br> <a href="/films/278/000079041/">A Free Soul (20-Jun-1931)</a> · Ace Wilfong<br> <a href="/films/995/000037884/">Laughing Sinners (30-May-1931)</a> · Carl<br> <a href="/films/835/000037724/">The Secret Six (18-Apr-1931)</a> · Carl<br> <a href="/films/792/000267988/">The Finger Points (11-Apr-1931)</a> · Louis J. 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