Clark GableWilliam Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio. When he was seven months old, his mother died. At the age of 16 he left high school and started to work in a factory. After seeing a play which impressed him, he made the decision to become an actor. He started to tour with several second class theater companies, and worked also as a salesman and in the industry. In 1924 he went to Hollywood with the financial aid of theater manager Josephine Dillon, who was more than 10 years older than he was and became both his manager and his first wife. He acted in small roles and returned to the theater, until in 1930 he finally signed a contract with MGM. In the following years he acted in several pictures which soon made him become a megastar, earning the title of "King of Hollywood". Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his 1934 performance in the film It Happened One Night. He is, however, best-known for his performance as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. A few years before, he had also earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as Fletcher Christian in 1935's Mutiny on the Bounty. In addition, Gable was one of the few actors to appear in three films that have won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Gable's marriage in 1939 to his third wife, actress Carole Lombard, was reportedly the happiest episode in his personal life, but it ended with her death in a plane crash in 1942. He was deeply grieved and joined the U.S. Army Air Force. His first movie after returning from service in WWII was the 1945 production of Adventure. It was not really successful, and MGM did not renew his contract in view of his high salary. During the next ten years, he made films which did not match the quality of his earlier roles. His second wife had been Texas socialite Marie Franklin, and his fourth was British Sylvia Lady Stanley, the widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. His fifth wife was Kathleen Williams, a thrice-married former fashion model and stock actress from the town of North East, Pennsylvania. She was the mother of Gable's posthumous son and only legitimate child, born in 1961. Gable's last film was The Misfits, which also featured Marilyn Monroe in her last screen performance. Gable died in 1960 of a massive heart attack in Los Angeles, at the age of 59. He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, beside his beloved wife Carole Lombard. Filmography
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He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, beside his beloved wife Carole Lombard. In 2002 he achieved his first number one single with "Mensch" from the album of the same name. Gable died in 1960 of a massive heart attack in Los Angeles, at the age of 59. His eighth album Bochum was the best-selling German language record of the eighties. Gable's last film was The Misfits, which also featured Marilyn Monroe in her last screen performance. He starred in a major role in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career. She was the mother of Gable's posthumous son and only legitimate child, born in 1961. Herbert Grönemeyer (born April 12, 1956) is a German musician and actor and is very popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His fifth wife was Kathleen Williams, a thrice-married former fashion model and stock actress from the town of North East, Pennsylvania. 2003 Mensch live (Doppel-DVD). His second wife had been Texas socialite Marie Franklin, and his fourth was British Sylvia Lady Stanley, the widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. 2002 Mensch. During the next ten years, he made films which did not match the quality of his earlier roles. 2000 Stand der Dinge (Doppel-DVD/CD). It was not really successful, and MGM did not renew his contract in view of his high salary. 1998 Bleibt alles anders. His first movie after returning from service in WWII was the 1945 production of Adventure. 1996 Chaos (english). Army Air Force. 1995 Live. He was deeply grieved and joined the U.S. 1995 Unplugged. Gable's marriage in 1939 to his third wife, actress Carole Lombard, was reportedly the happiest episode in his personal life, but it ended with her death in a plane crash in 1942. 1994 Cosmic Chaos. In addition, Gable was one of the few actors to appear in three films that have won an Academy Award for Best Picture. 1993 Chaos. A few years before, he had also earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as Fletcher Christian in 1935's Mutiny on the Bounty. 1992 So gut. He is, however, best-known for his performance as Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. 1991 Luxus (english). Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his 1934 performance in the film It Happened One Night. 1990 Luxus. In the following years he acted in several pictures which soon made him become a megastar, earning the title of "King of Hollywood". 1988 What's all this. He acted in small roles and returned to the theater, until in 1930 he finally signed a contract with MGM. 1988 Ö. In 1924 he went to Hollywood with the financial aid of theater manager Josephine Dillon, who was more than 10 years older than he was and became both his manager and his first wife. 1986 Sprünge. He started to tour with several second class theater companies, and worked also as a salesman and in the industry. 1984 4630 Bochum. After seeing a play which impressed him, he made the decision to become an actor. 1983 Gemischte Gefühle. At the age of 16 he left high school and started to work in a factory. 1982 Total egal. When he was seven months old, his mother died. 1980 Zwo. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio. 1979 Grönemeyer. William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. 1978 Ocean Orchestra. White Man (1924). The Plastic Age (1925). North Star (1925). The Pacemakers (1925). The Painted Desert (1931). The Easiest Way (1931). Dance, Fools, Dance (1931). Finger Points (1931). The Secret Six (1931). Laughing Sinners (1931). A Free Soul (1931). Night Nurse (1931). Sporting Blood (1931). Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1931). Possessed (1931). Hell Divers (1931). Polly of the Circus (1932). Red Dust (1932). No Man of Her Own (1932). Strange Interlude (1932). The White Sister (1933). Hold Your Man (1933). Night Flight (1933). Dancing Lady (1933). It Happened One Night (1934). Men in White (1934). Manhattan Melodrama (1934). Chained (1934). Forsaking All Others (1934). After Office Hours (1935). China Seas (1935). The Call of the Wild (1935). Starlit Days at the Lido (1935). Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Wife vs. Secretary (1936). San Francisco (1936). Cain and Mabel (1936). Love on the Run (1936). Parnell (1937). Saratoga (1937). Test Pilot (1938). Too Hot to Handle (1938). Idiot's Delight (1939). Gone with the Wind (1939). Strange Cargo (1940). Boom Town (1940). Comrade X (1940). They Met in Bombay (1941). Honky Tonk (1941). Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). Adventure (1945). The Hucksters (1947). Homecoming (1948). Command Decision (1948). Any Number Can Play (1949). Key to the City (1950). To Please a Lady (1950). Across the Wide Missouri (1951). Lone Star (1952). Never Let Me Go (1953). Mogambo (1953). Betrayed (1954). Soldier of Fortune (1955). The Tall Men (1955). The King and Four Queens (1956). Band of Angels (1957). Run Silent, Run Deep (1958). Teacher's Pet (1958). But Not for Me (1959). It Started in Naples (1960). The Misfits (1961). |