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Clark Gable

1901 - 1960

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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 motion pictures across a variety of genres during a 37-year career, three decades of which he spent as a leading man. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gable as the seventh greatest male screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema. Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) and earned nominations in the same category for portraying Fletcher Christian in Frank Lloyd's Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Rhett Butler in Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind (1939). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clark Gable is the 97th most popular actor (down from 93rd in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from United States (down from 178th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Actor.

Clark Gable is most famous for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clark Gable ranks 97 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Cruise, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Humphrey Bogart, Greta Garbo, Jean Marais, and Candice Bergen. After him are Richard Chamberlain, Gregory Peck, Sharon Tate, Cameron Diaz, Charlton Heston, and Sigourney Weaver.

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Among people born in 1901, Clark Gable ranks 12. Before him are Sukarno, Louis Armstrong, Rudolf Höss, Jacques Lacan, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Fulgencio Batista. After him are Linus Pauling, Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Gary Cooper, Princess Märtha of Sweden, and Magda Goebbels. Among people deceased in 1960, Clark Gable ranks 4. Before him are Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, and Max von Laue. After him are Erich Raeder, Albert Kesselring, Amanullah Khan, Wilhelm Pieck, Melanie Klein, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Paula Hitler, and Walther Funk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clark Gable ranks 235 out of 20,380. Before him are F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), J. D. Salinger (1919), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Candice Bergen (1946), and Josephine Baker (1906). After him are Johnny Cash (1932), Truman Capote (1924), Linus Pauling (1901), James Madison (1751), Richard Chamberlain (1934), and Sitting Bull (1831).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Clark Gable ranks 50. Before him are David Hasselhoff (1952), Kevin Costner (1955), Buster Keaton (1895), Tom Cruise (1962), Humphrey Bogart (1899), and Candice Bergen (1946). After him are Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gregory Peck (1916), Sharon Tate (1943), Cameron Diaz (1972), Charlton Heston (1923), and Sigourney Weaver (1949).

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