Editing Clark Gable (section)

{{Short description|American actor (1901–1960)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Clark Gable
| image              = Clark Gable - publicity.JPG
| alt                = Gable looking forward at a camera
| caption            = Gable in a publicity portrait in 1940
| birth_name         = William Clark Gable
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1901|02|1}}
| birth_place        = [[Cadiz, Ohio|Cadiz]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1960|11|16|1901|02|1}}}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| burial_place       = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]]
| other_names        = The King of Hollywood
| awards             = [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years active       = 1924–1960
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Josephine Dillon]]|1924|1930|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Maria Langham|1931|1939|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Carole Lombard]]|1939|1942|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|[[Sylvia Ashley]]|1949|1952|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Kay Williams]]|1955}}
}}
| children           = 2, including [[Judy Lewis]]
| relatives          = [[Clark James Gable]] (grandson)
| signature          = Clark Gable signature.svg
| module             = {{Infobox military person
| embed        = yes
| allegiance   = United States
| branch       = {{tree list}}
* [[United States Army]]
** [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]]
* [[United States Air Force]]
{{tree list/end}}
| serviceyears = 1942–1947<ref name="afmuseum"/>
| rank         = [[Major (United States)|Major]]
| unit         = [[351st Operations Group|351st Bomb Group]]<br>[[First Motion Picture Unit|18th AAF Base Unit]]
| battles      = {{tree list}}
* [[World War II]]
** [[European theatre of World War II|European Theater]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards       = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br>[[Air Medal]]<br>[[American Campaign Medal]]<br>[[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]<br>[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
}}
}}
'''William Clark Gable''' (February 1, 1901{{spnd}}November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1244759|title=Clark Gable: King of Hollywood|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> He appeared in more than 60 [[Film|motion picture]]s across a variety of [[Film genre|genre]]s during a 37-year career, three decades of which he spent as a [[Leading actor|leading man]]. In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Gable as the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|seventh greatest male screen legend]] of [[classical Hollywood cinema]].<ref name="DSI"/>

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 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935) and [[Rhett Butler]] in [[Victor Fleming]]'s ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939). For his [[Comedy|comedic]] performances in [[George Seaton]]'s ''[[Teacher's Pet (1958 film)|Teacher's Pet]]'' (1958) and [[Walter Lang]]'s ''[[But Not for Me (film)|But Not for Me]]'' (1959), Gable received nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]. His other notable films include [[William A. Wellman]]'s ''[[Call of the Wild (1935 film)|Call of the Wild]]'' (1935), [[George Sidney]]'s ''[[Key to the City (film)|Key to the City]]'' (1950), and [[John Ford]]'s ''[[Mogambo]]'' (1953). His final on-screen role was as an aging cowboy in [[John Huston]]'s ''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]'' (1961).

Gable was one of the most consistent [[bankable star]]s in the history of Hollywood, appearing 16 times on Quigley Publishing's annual [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]]. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time, including [[Jean Harlow]], [[Greta Garbo]], [[Joan Crawford]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Lana Turner]], [[Norma Shearer]], [[Ava Gardner]], [[Carole Lombard]], and [[Gene Tierney]]. He died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1960 at age 59.