Clark Gable
Clark Gable
Clark Gablewas an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood" or just simply as "The King". Gable began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for MGM in 1931. The next year, he landed his first leading Hollywood role and became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures over the next three decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 February 1901
CityCadiz, OH
CountryUnited States of America
When you smile it's like the sun coming up.
I bring to a role everything I am, was and hope to be.
Single men never have any problems. I suppose that the public builds some kind of idea from what they've seen of me on the screen.
I don't want a lot of strangers looking down at my wrinkles and my big fat belly when I'm dead.
If any child of mine becomes an actor I will turn in my grave.
Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.
Only interested in himself and profiting from the war as an unscrupulous entrepreneur, and not in being a patriot: "I believe in Rhett Butler. He's the only cause I know. The rest doesn't mean much to me."
I never did like the idea of sitting on newspapers. I did it once, and all the headlines came off on my white pants. On the level! It actually happened. Nobody bought a paper that day. They just followed me around over town and read the news on the seat of my pants.
Types really don't matter. I have been accused of preferring blondes. But I have known some mighty attractive redheads, brunettes, and yes, women with grey hair. Age, height, weight haven't anything to do with glamour.
Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we. . . . All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." "I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory."
I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real
This power that I'm supposed to have over women was never noticed when I was a stage actor on Broadway. I don't know when I got it. And by God, I can't explain it.
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.
I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.