Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Motion Pictures Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Motion Pictures Star for Clark Gable

Clark Gable

As Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)

• Gable is portrayed here as 'Rhett Butler' in Gone with the Wind (1939) alongside Vivien Leigh. As one of Hollywood's classic leading men, his performance in this film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
• He started his career as an extra on a Hollywood set before he was cast in The Painted Desert (1931). Three years later, Gable went on to win his first Academy Award for Best Actor in It Happened One Night (1934)
• Gable's final film The Misfits (1961) was also Marilyn Monroe's last on-screen appearance

Born Clark Gable on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, OH
Died November 16, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA

Clark Gable

Autographed Matchbook