Clark Gable
Died
Nov. 16, 1960
of heart attack in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, CA
Clark Gable was, for a long time, the undisputed king of Hollywood and one of its highest-paid stars. He broke into the movies after a fling as a roustabout in the Texas and Oklahoma oil fields. Under the tutelage of his first wife, Josephine Dillon, who operated an acting clinic in Hollywood coaching stage actors for the movies, Gable acquired acting polish that soon shot him to stardom. Gable's film career included an Academy Award-winning performance in "It Happened One Night" (1934). He was nominated for Oscars for his performances in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) and "Gone With the Wind" (1939). Other well-known films of his are "Hell Divers" (1931), "Strange Interlude" (1932), "Call of the Wild" (1935), "The Hucksters" (1947), "Command Decision" (1948), "Teacher's Pet" (1958) and "Too Hot to Handle" (1938). Gable was known in Hollywood circles as a "loner" despite his brash movie roles and rugged, he-man appearance. On the screen, he made women swoon and said he had received 5,000 marriage proposals by mail. He was married five times. At the time of his unexpected death — which came shortly after he finished filming the final scenes for "The Misfits" with Marilyn Monroe — his wife Kay was pregnant.
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Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | |
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| 1934 | Best Actor | It Happened One Night | Win |
| 1935 | Best Actor | Mutiny on the Bounty | Nomination |
| 1939 | Best Actor | Gone With the Wind | Nomination |
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Six thoughts about Clark Gable
What about the love of his life Carole Lombard?? No mention of her. You can't talk about Clark without mentioning Carole. And OMG YES Clark certainly deserves his 'Hollywood Walk of Fame'
12/6/2010
I never met Clark Gable but I lived in San Gabriel where Clark Gable and wife lived in about two acres of land. The acreage is gone but the house is still there and has visiting hours. I was in grammer school and passed by there everyday. It seemed like a big jungle to me with all the trees and bushes.
Of course Clark Gable deserves this star on the Walk of Fame. If he doesn't, I don't know who does!
Clark Gable will always be known as one of the gods of old Hollywood, along with the likes of Humphry Bogart and Gary Cooper. If he didn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame than nobody should. Gable is the quintessential movie star.
I never met Clark Gable but one of my fondest teen-age memories is when we passed each other on the escalator at the old Broadway Hollywood Department Store at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. He was 57 or 58 at the time and yes, he really was that good looking even at that time of his life. Never spoke a word to him but seeing him that one time has provided a memory that has lasted over half a century.
Other people with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame connected to Gable? Just about anybody who worked at the same time. Carole Lombard, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Bette Davis, Norma Shearer, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe, just to mention a few.
Another place that was important to Gable outside of Hollywood was the ranch that he and Lombard owned in Encino in the San Fernando Valley, about twenty miles from Hollywood. They are not to be considered as "Valley Gentry". They actually worked the ranch as much as they made movies. The house is still there.
Does Gable deserve a star on the Walk of Fame? Does that question need to be asked?
Clark Gable makes my heart skip a beat today even though he died forty five years before I was born. I could watch anything with him in it; he lights up the screen. He deserves a thousand stars!
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