Clark Gable
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AKA 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, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 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 (actress and psychotherapist, b. 6-Nov-1935, d. 25-Nov-2011)

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

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

Shriners

Oscar for Best Actor 1935 for It Happened One Night

Hollywood Walk of Fame 1610 Vine St.

Kentucky Colonel

Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes

Appendectomy

Cholecystectomy

Tonsillectomy

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

The Misfits (1-Feb-1961) · Gay Langland

It Started in Naples (7-Aug-1960)

But Not For Me (19-Aug-1959) · Russell Ward

Teacher's Pet (1-Apr-1958)

Run Silent Run Deep (27-Mar-1958) · Cmdr. Richardson

Band of Angels (3-Aug-1957)

The King and Four Queens (21-Dec-1956) · Dan Kehoe

The Tall Men (5-Oct-1955) · Col. Ben Allison

Soldier of Fortune (17-May-1955) · Hank Lee

Betrayed (7-Sep-1954) · Col. Pieter Deventer

Mogambo (9-Oct-1953) · Victor Marswell

Never Let Me Go (1-May-1953) · Philip Sutherland

Lone Star (8-Feb-1952) · Devereaux Burke

Across the Wide Missouri (1-Oct-1951) · Flint Mitchell

To Please a Lady (13-Oct-1950) · Mike Brannan

Key to the City (2-Feb-1950) · Steve Fisk

Any Number Can Play (2-Jul-1949) · Charley Enley Kyng

Command Decision (23-Dec-1948) · Brig. Gen. K. C. "Casey" Dennis

Homecoming (29-Apr-1948) · Ulysses Delby Johnson

The Hucksters (27-Aug-1947) · Victor Albee Norman

Adventure (28-Dec-1945) · Harry Patterson

Somewhere I'll Find You (27-Aug-1942) · Jonny Davis

Honky Tonk (1-Oct-1941) · Candy Johnson

They Met in Bombay (27-Jun-1941) · Gerald Meldrick

Comrade X (13-Dec-1940) · McKinley B. Thompson

Boom Town (30-Aug-1940) · Big John McMasters

Strange Cargo (1-Mar-1940) · Verne

Gone with the Wind (15-Dec-1939) · Rhett Butler

Idiot's Delight (27-Jan-1939) · Harry

Too Hot to Handle (16-Sep-1938) · Chris Hunter

Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938) · Jim

Saratoga (23-Jun-1937) · Duke Bradley

Parnell (4-Jun-1937) · Charles Stewart Parnell

Love on the Run (20-Nov-1936) · Michael Anthony

Cain and Mabel (26-Sep-1936) · Larry Cain

San Francisco (26-Jun-1936) · Blackie Norton

Wife vs. Secretary (28-Feb-1936) · Van

Mutiny on the Bounty (8-Nov-1935) · Christian

China Seas (9-Aug-1935) · Alan Gaskell

The Call of the Wild (9-Aug-1935) · Jack Thornton

After Office Hours (16-Feb-1935) · Jim Branch

Forsaking All Others (23-Dec-1934) · Jeff Williams

Chained (31-Aug-1934) · Michael Bradley

Manhattan Melodrama (2-May-1934) · Blackie Gallagher

Men in White (28-Mar-1934) · Dr. Ferguson

It Happened One Night (22-Feb-1934) · Peter

Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933)

Night Flight (6-Oct-1933) · Jules Fabian

Hold Your Man (30-Jun-1933) · Eddie

The White Sister (17-Mar-1933) · Giovanni Severi

Strange Interlude (30-Dec-1932) · Ned Darrell

No Man of Her Own (15-Dec-1932)

Red Dust (22-Oct-1932) · Dennis Carson

Polly of the Circus (27-Feb-1932) · Rev. John Hartley

Hell Divers (5-Dec-1931) · Steve

Possessed (21-Nov-1931) · Mark Whitney

Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (10-Oct-1931) · Rodney

Sporting Blood (8-Aug-1931)

Night Nurse (16-Jul-1931) · Nick

A Free Soul (20-Jun-1931) · Ace Wilfong

Laughing Sinners (30-May-1931) · Carl

The Secret Six (18-Apr-1931) · Carl

The Finger Points (11-Apr-1931) · Louis J. Blanco

Dance, Fools, Dance (7-Feb-1931)

The Easiest Way (7-Feb-1931) · Nick

The Painted Desert (18-Jan-1931)

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