
Clark Gable
Actor · Died November 16, 1960, aged 59 · Cadiz, Ohio, USA
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all-time. His most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later performances were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her last screen appearance. During his long film career, Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was partnered with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer in three. Gable was often named the top male star in the mid-30s, and was second only to the top box-office draw of all, Shirley Temple.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 1, 1901
- November 16, 1960 (aged 59)
- Cadiz, Ohio, USA
- Actor
- 72 on MovieCove · 107 credits in all
What are Clark Gable's films like?
Across their 72 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 71
A split, not a type: Light 32 · Serious 26 · Dark 14
Grounded 50 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 1
Gentle 19 · Charged 47 · Intense 6
Steady 43 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 6
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 40 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 9
Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 40 · Relentless 2
Casual 49 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 35 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 11
Resolved 63 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 31 of 52 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Jake Luva in Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
- Shadowas Ace Wilfong in A Free Soul (1931)
- Mentoras Carl Loomis in Laughing Sinners (1931)
- Shadowas Nick in Night Nurse (1931)
- Shapeshifteras Mark Whitney in Possessed (1931)
- Heraldas Carl Luckner in The Secret 6 (1931)
- Heraldas Rodney Spencer in Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
- Heroas Jerry 'Babe' Stewart in No Man of Her Own (1932)
- Allyas Rev. John Hartley in Polly of the Circus (1932)
- Heroas Dennis Carson in Red Dust (1932)
- Allyas Ned Darrell in Strange Interlude (1932)
- Shapeshifteras Patch Gallagher in Dancing Lady (1933)
- Heraldas Jeff Williams in Forsaking All Others (1934)
- Heroas Peter Warne in It Happened One Night (1934)
- Shadowas Blackie Gallagher in Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
- Heroas Jack Thornton in Call of the Wild (1935)
- Heroas Alan Gaskell in China Seas (1935)
- Heroas Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- Heroas Larry Cain in Cain and Mabel (1936)
- Heroas Michael Anthony in Love on the Run (1936)
- Heroas Blackie Norton in San Francisco (1936)
- Heroas Van Stanhope in Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
- Heroas Charles Stewart Parnell in Parnell (1937)
- Shadowas Duke Bradley in Saratoga (1937)
- Heroas Jim Lane in Test Pilot (1938)
- Heroas Chris Hunter in Too Hot to Handle (1938)
- Heroas Harry Van in Idiot's Delight (1939)
- Allyas Big John McMasters in Boom Town (1940)
- Tricksteras Big John McMasters in Boom Town (1940)
- Heroas Gerald Meldrick in They Met in Bombay (1941)
- Heroas Victor Norman in The Hucksters (1947)
- Heroas Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis in Command Decision (1948)
- Heroas Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson M.D. in Homecoming (1948)
- Heroas Charley Enley Kyng in Any Number Can Play (1949)
- Heroas Steve Fisk in Key to the City (1950)
- Heroas Mike Brannan in To Please a Lady (1950)
- Heroas Flint Mitchell in Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
- Heroas Devereaux Burke in Lone Star (1952)
- Heroas Victor Marswell in Mogambo (1953)
- Heroas Philip Sutherland in Never Let Me Go (1953)
- Heroas Col. Pieter Deventer in Betrayed (1954)
- Heroas Hank Lee in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
- Heroas Col. Ben Allison in The Tall Men (1955)
- Shapeshifteras Dan Kehoe in The King and Four Queens (1956)
- Tricksteras Dan Kehoe in The King and Four Queens (1956)
- Mentoras Hamish Bond in Band of Angels (1957)
- Shadowas Hamish Bond in Band of Angels (1957)
- Heroas Cmdr. 'Rich' Richardson in Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
- Shapeshifteras James Gannon in Teacher's Pet (1958)
- Heroas Russell 'Russ' Ward in But Not for Me (1959)
- Heroas Michael Hamilton in It Started in Naples (1960)
- Shadowas Gay Langland in The Misfits (1961)
Moods and endings
- Happy35
- Bittersweet25
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous7
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Clark Gable's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 72 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- It Happened One Night (1934) · actor · free
- Run Silent Run Deep (1958) · actor · free
- Making Montgomery Clift (2018) · actor · free
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986) · actor · free
- Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019) · actor · free
- The Painted Desert (1931) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Clark Gable's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
107 credits, 72 with a MovieCove page; 72 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Making Montgomery Clift(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Discovering Jean Harlow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Love, Marilyn(2012)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Hollywood sul Tevere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
La classe américaine(1993)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsMurderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Marilyn Monroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Showbiz Goes to War(1982)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Western von gestern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
That's Entertainment!(1974)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Dear Mr. Gable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Uncertain Verification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Big Parade of Comedy(1964)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Misfits(1961)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
It Started in Naples(1960)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
But Not for Me(1959)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Teacher's Pet(1958)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Run Silent Run Deep(1958)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Band of Angels(1957)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The King and Four Queens(1956)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Tall Men(1955)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Soldier of Fortune(1955)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Betrayed(1954)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Mogambo(1953)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Never Let Me Go(1953)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Lone Star(1952)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Callaway Went Thataway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Across the Wide Missouri(1951)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
To Please a Lady(1950)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Key to the City(1950)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Any Number Can Play(1949)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Command Decision(1948)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Homecoming(1948)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Hucksters(1947)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Adventure(1945)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Wings Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Somewhere I'll Find You(1942)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Honky Tonk(1941)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
They Met in Bombay(1941)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Comrade X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Boom Town(1940)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Strange Cargo(1940)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Gone with the Wind(1939)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Idiot's Delight(1939)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Too Hot to Handle(1938)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Test Pilot(1938)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Saratoga(1937)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Parnell(1937)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Love on the Run(1936)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Cain and Mabel(1936)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
San Francisco(1936)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Wife vs. Secretary(1936)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Call of the Wild(1935)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
China Seas(1935)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
After Office Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

Forsaking All Others(1934)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Chained (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

Manhattan Melodrama(1934)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Men in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

It Happened One Night(1934)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Dancing Lady(1933)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Night Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

Hold Your Man(1933)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The White Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

No Man of Her Own(1932)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Strange Interlude(1932)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Red Dust(1932)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Polly of the Circus(1932)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Hell Divers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

Possessed(1931)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Sporting Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

Night Nurse(1931)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
A Free Soul(1931)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Laughing Sinners(1931)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Secret 6(1931)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Finger Points (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

Dance, Fools, Dance(1931)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Easiest Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

The Painted Desert(1931)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

One Minute to Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

The Johnstown Flood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

North Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Plastic Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

The Merry Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

White Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

Forbidden Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Fighting Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 104 titles from 1923 to 2023; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office
Gone with the Wind (1939)

Highest rated
It Happened One Night (1934)

Most popular right now
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Film career
Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 23 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1925Screen debut· The Merry Widow
- 1932First top-billed film· Red Dust
- 1934Breakout· It Happened One Night
- 1934Career best· It Happened One Night
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Clark Gable's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 72; across their 72 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up29
- 50th to 74th28
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
45 of their 72 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser45
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 59 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Clark Gable's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Clark Gable work with?
People who share at least 2 of Clark Gable's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harold Rosson shares the most, 11.
Directors
- Clarence BrownShared titles: Never Let Me Go (1953), To Please a Lady (1950), They Met in Bombay (1941), Idiot's Delight (1939), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), A Free Soul (1931), Possessed (1931)See all 7 shared titles with Clarence Brown

- Jack ConwayShared titles: The Hucksters (1947), Honky Tonk (1941), Boom Town (1940), Too Hot to Handle (1938), Saratoga (1937), Manhattan Melodrama (1934)See all 6 shared titles with Jack Conway

- Victor FlemingShared titles: Adventure (1945), Gone with the Wind (1939), Test Pilot (1938), Red Dust (1932)See all 4 shared titles with Victor Fleming

- W.S. Van DykeShared titles: Love on the Run (1936), San Francisco (1936), Forsaking All Others (1934), Manhattan Melodrama (1934)See all 4 shared titles with W.S. Van Dyke

Writers
- John Lee MahinShared titles: Mogambo (1953), Adventure (1945), Combat America (1945), Boom Town (1940), Test Pilot (1938), Too Hot to Handle (1938), Love on the Run (1936), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), China Seas (1935), Red Dust (1932)See all 10 shared titles with John Lee Mahin

- Anita LoosShared titles: They Met in Bombay (1941), Strange Cargo (1940), Saratoga (1937), San Francisco (1936), Hold Your Man (1933)See all 5 shared titles with Anita Loos

- Joan CrawfordShared titles: Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008), Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969), Strange Cargo (1940), Love on the Run (1936), Forsaking All Others (1934), Dancing Lady (1933), Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), Laughing Sinners (1931), Possessed (1931)See all 9 shared titles with Joan Crawford

- Joseph L. MankiewiczShared titles: Strange Cargo (1940), Love on the Run (1936), Forsaking All Others (1934), Manhattan Melodrama (1934)See all 4 shared titles with Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Actors
- Jean HarlowShared titles: Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008), Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969), The Big Parade of Comedy (1964), Saratoga (1937), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), China Seas (1935), Hold Your Man (1933), Red Dust (1932), The Secret 6 (1931)See all 9 shared titles with Jean Harlow

- Myrna LoyShared titles: Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990), The Big Parade of Comedy (1964), Test Pilot (1938), Too Hot to Handle (1938), Parnell (1937), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), Manhattan Melodrama (1934)See all 7 shared titles with Myrna Loy

- Barbara StanwyckShared titles: Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019), Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008), Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986), To Please a Lady (1950), Night Nurse (1931)See all 5 shared titles with Barbara Stanwyck

- Spencer TracyShared titles: Making Montgomery Clift (2018), The Big Parade of Comedy (1964), Boom Town (1940), Test Pilot (1938), San Francisco (1936)See all 5 shared titles with Spencer Tracy

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Harold RossonShared titles: Lone Star (1952), To Please a Lady (1950), Any Number Can Play (1949), Command Decision (1948), Homecoming (1948), The Hucksters (1947), Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), Honky Tonk (1941), Boom Town (1940), Hold Your Man (1933), Red Dust (1932)See all 11 shared titles with Harold Rosson

- Franz WaxmanShared titles: Run Silent Run Deep (1958), Honky Tonk (1941), Boom Town (1940), Strange Cargo (1940), Test Pilot (1938), Love on the Run (1936)See all 6 shared titles with Franz Waxman

- Herbert StothartShared titles: Adventure (1945), They Met in Bombay (1941), Idiot's Delight (1939), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)See all 6 shared titles with Herbert Stothart

- Blanche SewellShared titles: Honky Tonk (1941), They Met in Bombay (1941), Boom Town (1940), Red Dust (1932), The Secret 6 (1931)See all 5 shared titles with Blanche Sewell
Producers
- Irving ThalbergShared titles: China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Red Dust (1932), Strange Interlude (1932), A Free Soul (1931), Possessed (1931), The Secret 6 (1931)See all 7 shared titles with Irving Thalberg

- Hunt StrombergShared titles: They Met in Bombay (1941), Idiot's Delight (1939), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), Red Dust (1932)See all 4 shared titles with Hunt Stromberg

- Bernard H. HymanShared titles: Saratoga (1937), San Francisco (1936), Forsaking All Others (1934), Hold Your Man (1933)See all 4 shared titles with Bernard H. Hyman

- Sam ZimbalistShared titles: Mogambo (1953), Adventure (1945), Boom Town (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Sam Zimbalist



