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Films as an extra
During the period 1924–1930 Clark Gable established himself as a major stage actor. Also during this period, Gable supplemented his income by working as an extra in motion pictures. Below is a listing of the films that Gable is known or believe to have appeared in as an extra.
Year # Title 1924 1 White Man 2 Forbidden Paradise 1925 3 The Pacemakers 4 Declassée 5 The Merry Kiddo Year # Title 1925 6 What Price Gloria? 7 The Merry Widow 8 The Plastic Age 9 North Star Year # Title 1925 10 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1926 11 The Johnstown Flood 12 One Minute to Play 1930 13 Du Barry, Woman of Passion Main filmography
Excluding his work as an extra, short films, and war time documentaries, Clark Gable appeared in a total of 67 theatrically released motion pictures. These films are listed below with the names of the characters Gable played, his leading ladies, directors, and co-stars. Except where noted, all of Gable's films were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1930s
1940s
1950s
Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Other players / Notes 1950 51 Key to the City Steve Fisk Loretta Young George Sidney With Frank Morgan,[21] James Gleason, Marilyn Maxwell, and Raymond Burr. 52 To Please a Lady Mike Brannan Barbara Stanwyck Clarence Brown With Adolphe Menjou, Will Geer, Roland Winters. 1951 53 Across the Wide Missouri Flint Mitchell María Elena Marqués William Wellman Filmed in Technicolor. With John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Holt. 54 Callaway Went Thataway Himself _ Norman Panama With Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel. Gable, Esther Williams, and Elizabeth Taylor made guest appearances in this film. Melvin Frank 1952 55 Lone Star Devereaux Burke Ava Gardner Vincent Sherman With Broderick Crawford. 1953 56 Never Let Me Go[4] Philip Sutherland Gene Tierney Delmer Daves With Richard Haydn. 57 Mogambo[22][23] Victor Marswell Ava Gardner John Ford Filmed in Technicolor on location in Africa. With Donald Sinden. Grace Kelly 1954 58 Betrayed Col. Pieter Deventer Lana Turner Gottfried Reinhardt With Victor Mature, Louis Calhern. Gable's last film under his MGM contract. 1955 59 Soldier of Fortune Hank Lee Susan Hayward Edward Dmytryk A 20th Century-Fox Production. With Michael Rennie, Gene Barry. Filmed in Cinemascope and Deluxe color. Gable's first wide-screen film. 60 The Tall Men Colonel Ben Allison Jane Russell Raoul Walsh A 20th Century-Fox Production. With Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell. Filmed in Cinemascope and Deluxe color. 1956 61 The King and Four Queens Dan Kehoe Eleanor Parker Raoul Walsh A Russ-Feild-Gabco Production, released through United Artists. With Jo Van Fleet, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols. Filmed in Cinemascope and Deluxe color. Gable's only attempt at producing one of his films. 1957 62 Band of Angels Hamish Bond Yvonne de Carlo Raoul Walsh A Warner Bros. Production. With Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Patric Knowles. Filmed in WarnerColor. 1958 63 Run Silent Run Deep Cmdr. "Rich" Richardson Mary LaRoche Robert Wise A Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Production, released through United Artists. With Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Don Rickles. 64 Teacher's Pet James Gannon/James Gallangher Doris Day George Seaton A Paramount Production. With Gig Young, Nick Adams. Filmed in VistaVision. Mamie Van Doren 1959 65 But Not for Me Russell "Russ" Ward Carroll Baker Walter Lang A Paramount Production. With Lee J. Cobb. Filmed in VistaVision. Lilli Palmer 1960s
Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Other players / Notes 1960 66 It Started in Naples Michael Hamilton Sophia Loren Melville Shavelson A Paramount Production. With Vittorio De Sica. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Italy. 1961 67 The Misfits Gaylord "Gay" Langdon Marilyn Monroe John Huston A Seven Arts-John Huston Production, released through United Artists. With Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach. Gable's last film,[24] released after his death. Short subjects
During his career as a movie star Gable appeared as himself in the following short subjects:
Year # Title Year # Title 1931 1 The Christmas Party 1939 10 Screen Snapshots: Stars on Horseback 2 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party 11 Hollywood Hobbies 1932 3 Screen Snapshots 1940 12 Northward, Ho![25] 1933 4 Hollywood on Parade No. 9 1941 13 You Can't Fool a Camera 1935 5 Hollywood Hobbies 1943 14 Show Business at War 6 Starlit Days at the Lido 15 Wings Up 1937 7 Hollywood Party 1943 16 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood in Uniform 8 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1950 17 Screen Actors 1938 9 Hollywood Goes to Town Documentary feature
In 1943 Clark Gable narrated and appeared in World War II propaganda film entitled Combat America, which was produced by the United States Army Air Forces.
Academy Awards
Awards Preceded by
Charles Laughton
for The Private Life of Henry VIIIAcademy Award for Best Actor
1934
for It Happened One NightSucceeded by
Victor McLaglen
for The InformerDuring his career as a motion picture actor Clark Gable was thrice nominated for the Best Leading Actor Academy Award. Below is a complete list of his nominations along with his fellow nominees.
The winner for each year is in bold face text against a yellow background. Notes
- ^ Barrymore won an Academy Award for his performance.
- ^ Joan Crawford also starred in a 1947 film entitled Possessed. This film is not a remake of the earlier one.
- ^ Remade as Mogambo (1953) with Gable again in the lead.
- ^ Previously filmed in 1922 with Ronald Colman in the Gable role.
- ^ Astaire's film debut.
- ^ Best Picture Academy Award winner for 1934.
- ^ Remade as You Can't Run Away From It (1956) with Jack Lemmon in the Gable role.
- ^ Reputedly the film that gangster John Dillinger saw just before being gunned down.
- ^ Young and Gable had an affair during the making of this film, resulting in Young bearing Gable's child.
- ^ Best Picture Academy Award winner for 1935.
- ^ Other versions of the Bounty mutiny include In the Wake of the Bounty (1933), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), and The Bounty (1984) with, respectively, Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando, and Mel Gibson in the Gable role.
- ^ Laughton and Tone also received Academy Award nominations.
- ^ Lost the 1936 Best Picture Academy Award to The Great Ziegfeld and Tracy was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.
- ^ "This performance was one of the real disasters of his career, prompting many indignant letters from admirers." – Gabe Essoe. The Films of Clark Gable. Secaucus, NJ. Citadel Press, 1970.
- ^ Harlow died during production of this film. The film was completed using her stand-in Mary Dees.
- ^ Lost the 1938 Best Picture Academy Award to You Can't Take It With You
- ^ Best Picture Academy Award winner winner for 1939.
- ^ A made-for-TV sequel entitled Scarlett (1994) starred Timothy Dalton in the Gable role.
- ^ Although Fleming is the film's sole credited director, portions of the film were directed by George Cukor and Sam Wood.
- ^ Although Gable received top billing in the advertisements for this film, Crawford has top billing in the film's opening credits.
- ^ This was Morgan's last film. He died before the film was released.
- ^ Previously filmed as Red Dust (1932), also with Gable in the lead.
- ^ "Magambo" is the Swahili word for "Passion."
- ^ Also Marilyn Monroe's last film.
- ^ A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Northwest Passage (1940) starring Spencer Tracy.
Bibliography
- Gabe Essoe. The Films of Clark Gable. Secaucus, NJ. Citadel Press, 1970.
- Jordan, René. Clark Gable. New York, NY. Galahad Books, 1973.
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