Gable co-starred in Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931) with Greta Garbo, and in Possessed (1931), a film about an illicit romantic affair, with Joan Crawford (who was then married to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.). "A Biographical Dictionary of Film", Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, pg. [145] Most in Hollywood (and some in the general public) believed Gable was Lewis's father because of their strong resemblance and the timing of her birth. Shortly after World War II broke out, the actress went on a bond selling tour and on her return home was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas. 761. American actor Montgomery Clift leaning on a fence, circa 1950. He married actress Kay Williams, also known as Kay Williams Spreckels, in 1955. "His ears are too big and he looks like an ape", said Warner Bros. executive Darryl F. Zanuck about Gable, after testing him for the second male lead in the studio's gangster drama Little Caesar (1931). Gable was eagerly awaiting the birth of the baby he and his wife expected in Marchhis first child. [163], In the film Broadway Melody of 1938, Judy Garland (aged 15) sings "You Made Me Love You" while looking at a composite picture of Gable. (Prior to this, he and McIntyre were both first lieutenants. (credit: CBS) The actor made headlines in 2011 after he was arrested for pointing a laser at a LAPD helicopter. Clark Gable's Grandson Welcomes First Child with Girlfriend", "Clark Gable's Grandson, Who Hosted 'Cheaters,' Found Dead at 30", "Clark Gable's grandson, Clark James Gable III, died of accidental drug overdose, autopsy shows", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clark_James_Gable&oldid=1148800006, This page was last edited on 8 April 2023, at 12:09. Gable is known to have appeared as an "extra" in 13 films between 1924 and 1930. [136] An honor guard and pallbearers Spencer Tracy and James Stewart were in attendance. Gable passed away on November 16. News about his death was posted on the show's Facebook page Friday afternoon. He earned the title. A popular combination on-screen and off, Gable and Harlow made six films together in five years. "[6]:189, According to Lennie Bluett, an extra in the film, Gable almost walked off the set when he discovered the studio facilities were segregated and signage posted "White" and "Colored". DEADLY DOSE. [27] While some critics thought Harlow stole the show,[28][29] many agreed that Gable was a natural screen partner.[29]. His film career incorporated an Oscar-winning performance in "It Happened One Night." [19] He then moved to New York City, where Dillon sought work for him on Broadway. [141] John Clark raced cars and trucks most notably in the Baja 500 and 1000,[142] turning down Hollywood offers to act until Bad Jim (1990), a straight to video film. Shocked and grief-stricken, Gable flew to Vegas and demanded to see the wreckage himself. Since her husband was stricken, she had been staying at the hospital. The actor divorced Miss Dillon on April 1, 1930, and later married Mrs. Rita Langham in 1931. He was 30. Newspaper headlines remembered Gable as one of film's top stars. [71] In their eighth and last film together, Gable and Crawford "again demonstrated their on-screen magic" and the film was among the top ten grossing films for the year. "[6]:352, An eight-time co-star, long-time friend and on-again, off-again romance, Joan Crawford concurred, stating on David Frost's TV show in January 1970 that, "He was a king wherever he went. [82] Because his motion picture production schedule made it impossible for him to fulfill reserve officer duties, he resigned his commission on September 26, 1947, a week after the Air Force became an independent service branch. Young had previously admitted to an affair with Gable, which was a known secret in Hollywood at the time. pg. 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[32], Filming for the movie, in which Gable and Colbert's characters have to travel together from Florida to New York by whatever means available, began in a tense atmosphere;[6] nevertheless, both Gable and director Frank Capra enjoyed making the movie. [10] He had overdosed on "illicit fentanyl, oxycodone, and alprazolam".[11]. Clark Gable died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday at 11 p.m. Thomson, David (London, 1994). "[59] The role was one of Gable's most layered performances and partially based on the personality of director and friend Fleming. [120] It was a box-office success and was nominated for an Academy Award for art direction[121] and two Golden Globes, one for picture and Loren for actress in a leading role. Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces Henry H. "Hap" Arnold offered Gable a "special assignment" with the First Motion Picture Unit following basic training.[80]. According to Variety, his sister Kayley confirmed the news in a post on Facebook. She had two children from an earlier marriage (via The New York Times). Newsweek said, "Here is a movie so bad that it must be seen to be disbelieved. Gable was still legally married, having prolonged an expensive divorce from his second wife, Ria Langham, until his salary from Gone with the Wind enabled him to reach a divorce settlement with her on March 7, 1939. MGM's publicity manager Howard Strickling started developing Gable's studio image with Screenland magazine playing up his "lumberjack-in-evening-clothes" persona. Arnold then informed Gable of his special assignment: to make a recruiting film in combat with the Eighth Air Force to recruit aerial gunners. "[155], In his memoir Bring on the Empty Horses,[156] David Niven states that Gable, a close friend, was extremely supportive after the sudden, accidental death of Niven's first wife, Primula (Primmie), in 1946. [82], On January 27, 1943, Gable reported to Biggs Army Airfield, Texas to train with and accompany the 351st Bomb Group to England as head of a six-man motion picture unit. Not to be confused with his grandfather, the actor, "Clark Gable Is the New Host of 'Cheaters', "Clark Gable III Hosts the Television Show "Cheaters" And Now Also Helps You Bust Cheaters With His New Online Spy Store! The actor was the son of William Gable, an oil field worker, and Adeline Hershelman, a farm girl who died when Clark was 1 year old. Shipman, David (New York, 1979), "The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years", Da Capo Publishing. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and in three each with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. The film was made on location in Nevada, and its stars had to cope with the area's brutal heat. He was stagestruck at once. [6] Gable was not Capra's first choice to play the lead role of newspaper reporter Peter Warne in the romantic comedy It Happened One Night (1934) opposite Claudette Colbert playing a spoiled heiress, but Columbia wanted him and had paid handsomely for it. The couple had returned to their home in Encino earlier this month after Gable had finished final scenes for The Misfits, in which he stars with Marilyn Monroe. Ava Gardner, in her third and final pairing with Gable, was well received in Harlow's leading lady role, as was Kelly in Astor's role, with both receiving Academy Award nominations, Gardner for Lead Actress and Kelly for Supporting Actress. The film cost $2million and grossed $4.5million, making it one of the top moneymakers that decade. Meanwhile, Monroe, who died in August 1962, played the role of Roslyn Taber. Gable was six months old when he was baptized at a Roman Catholic church in Dennison, Ohio. [26] Gable then starred as the romantic lead in Strange Interlude (1932), again teaming with Shearer, the second of three films they would make together for MGM. The 59-year-old star had been hospitalized since he was stricken with a heart attack Nov. 6. The cause of death was revealed for the grandson of legendary silver screen actor Clark Gable has been revealed. He received extensive fan mail as a result of his performance; the studio took notice. Next, Gable starred with Jean Harlow in the romantic comedy-drama Red Dust (1932) set on a rubber plantation in Indochina. Over the past decade, he had endured serious chest torments twice. Gable never got the opportunity to see his son, John Clark Gable, who was born four months after Clark's death, according to United Press International. Clark Gable's grandson, actor Clark Table III, has died at age 30. [99], He then made Never Let Me Go (1953) opposite Gene Tierney. The couple learned that they were expecting their first child together in 1960, and Gable planned to take a break from work when their little one arrived, according to the Los Angeles Times. [67] He acted in 27 more films, and remarried twice more. The actors death followed by only 11 days the deaths of actor Ward Bond and pioneer movie maker Mack Sennett, 81. The picture, a lavish epic about two oil wildcatters who become partners then rivals, was a box office success, earning $5million. [133] By the morning of November 16, he seemed to be improving,[134] but he died that evening at the age of 59 from a second heart attack caused by an infection. When Gable and Dillon married in 1924, Gable was 23 and Dillion was 40; the couple divorced in 1930. [6]:49. They were soon inseparable, with fan magazines and tabloids citing them as an official couple. Clark Gable III, 30, died at 9.11am Friday morning in Dallas, Texas. The cause of death is . Given the famous teaser tagline "Gable's back, and Garson's got him", the film was a commercial hit, earning over $6million, but a critical failure. You made me love you, I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to do it"[165], Bugs Bunny's nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and Bob Clampett, originated in a scene in the film It Happened One Night, in which Clark Gable's character leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to Claudette Colbert's character. [44], Gable made three pictures with Spencer Tracy, which boosted Tracy's career and permanently cemented them in the public mind as a team. Many critics regard Gable's performance to be his finest, and Gable, after seeing the rough cuts, agreed,[126] although the film did not receive any Oscar nominations. [1], Adolf Hitler favored Gable above all other actors. 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"[156], Gable has been criticized for altering aspects of a script he felt were in conflict with his image. [149] Young died on August 12, 2000;[150] her autobiography, published posthumously, confirmed that Gable was indeed Lewis's father. Kay, Eddie Dorman (New York, 1990). [6]:268, Gable was awarded military honors for service: the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. American children usually have a middle name. [88], Immediately after his discharge from the service, Gable returned to his ranch and rested. [145] Judy Lewis died of cancer at age 76 on November 25, 2011. Gable was named Bill after his father, but he was almost always called Clark, and referred to as "the kid" by his father. Gable, who was stricken at his San Fernando Valley home, had been reported resting comfortably earlier in the evening. He slowly managed to lower his naturally high-pitched voice, his speech habits improved, and his facial expressions became more natural and convincing. When Gable was 4, his father married Jennie Dunlap. Gable flew five combat missions, including one to Germany, as an observer-gunner in B-17 Flying Fortresses between May 4 and September 23, 1943, earning the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. He worked with his father for some time wildcatting and sludge removing in the oil fields of Oklahoma before traveling to the Pacific Northwest. General Arnold presented the cadets with their commissions. | Photo: Getty Images. "[153], Doris Day summed up Gable's unique personality: "He was as masculine as any man I've ever known, and as much a little boy as a grown man could beit was this combination that had such a devastating effect on women. [6]:164, Butler's last line in Gone with the Wind, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", is one of the most famous lines in movie history. The heir to the famous actor has two . Gable was arrested in 2011 for shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter in Los Angeles. In the latter part of 1944, Gable, then a major, resume civilian life. Gables wife, Kay, was asleep across the hall when the actor died. The dispute was resolved when his father agreed to allow him to spend time with his maternal uncle Charles Hershelman and his wife on their farm in Vernon Township, Pennsylvania. Details of death: Died in Dallas at the age of 30. William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Clark Gable III's cause of death was an accidental drug overdose of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alprazolam (Xanax). [4] His father refused to raise him in the Catholic faith, which provoked criticism from the Hershelman family. But working on this movie took a lot out of Gable. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe's final film was "The Misfits" in 1961. When word of this reached MGM, studio executives began to badger the Army Air Forces to reassign its most valuable screen actor to noncombat duty. Gable married 5 times and was linked romantically to many other women. [25] Gable was considered for the role of Tarzan in Tarzan the Ape Man, but lost out to Johnny Weissmuller's more imposing physique and superior swimming prowess. [30] With Gable established as a star, MGM positioned him in the same manner as Harlow for Myrna Loy, a previously lesser billed actor in Night Flight, moving Loy to a costar role in Men in White, a movie filmed in 1933, though delayed in release due to pre-Code Legion of Decency cuts until 1934. Her father was Clark Gable. They didn't divorce until 1939, around the same time Gable met his greatest love,Carole Lombard. The electricity of the pair was recognized by studio executive Louis B. Mayer, who would not only put them in seven more films but also began reshooting Complete Surrender, replacing John Mack Brown as Crawford's leading man and retitling the film Laughing Sinners (1931). He was discovered dead in his bed by his fiance. [145][146] Young hid her pregnancy in an elaborate scheme. There were three Best Actor nominations for stars Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone,[42] and the film won Best Picture, the second of three films in which Gable played a leading role to do so. He was 30 years old. The 59-year-old star had been hospitalized since he was stricken with a heart . | Photo: Getty Images, Known in Hollywood circles as a "loner," Gable's other notable films were "Too Hot to Handle," "Hell Divers," "The Hucksters," "Strange Interlude," and "Call of the Wild.". [144], During the filming of The Call of the Wild in early 1935, the film's lead actress, Loretta Young, became pregnant with Gable's child. Here is all you want to know, and more! Co-starring with Gable were Marilyn Monroe (in her last completed film), Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter. He once said he had received 5,000 marriage proposals in the mail. [15] He changed his stage name from W. C. Gable to Clark Gable[6]:29 and appeared as an extra in such silent films as Erich von Stroheim's The Merry Widow (1925), The Plastic Age (1925) starring Clara Bow, and Forbidden Paradise (1924) starring Pola Negri. In 1949, Gable married Sylvia Ashley, a British model and actress who was the widow of Douglas Fairbanks; the couple divorced in 1952.[139]. [3] His stepfather was former Chicago bassist Jason Scheff.[2][4]. Sadly, the Gable and Lombard love story proved to be a short one. He tried to attack him on a professional level. [131] [132], On November 6, 1960, Gable was sent to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, where doctors found that he had suffered a heart attack. [73][72] Gable had been reluctant to act opposite the younger Turner in the required romantic scenes. In his personal life, however, Gable seemed to have more than his share of troubles. Lost in his grief, Gable drank heavily for a time. He was presumably indicating to the actress surprisingly going bare during a room scene. Fox, Ken; Ed Grant; Jo Imeson; Andrew Joseph; and Maitland McDonugh (1999). [6][7][8], Gable hosted the reality show Cheaters from seasons 13 to 15. [51] Gable was an almost immediate favorite for the role of Rhett with both the public and producer David O. Selznick. Gable soon experienced a health crisis, suffering a heart attack on November 6. Since his mid-teens, Gable had been a chain smoker. [13] Though Larimore didn't invite him to join his theater group The Red Lantern Players, he did introduce Gable to one of its members, Franz Dorfler, and they started dating. He reportedly only went after McDaniel pleaded with him to go. A Gable and Lombard romance did not take off until 1936,[62] after becoming reacquainted at a party. This complex, dramatic, contemporary western film was directed by John Huston, using a script written by playwright Arthur Miller, per IMDb. [39] From 1934 until 1942, when World War II interrupted his movie career, he was near the top of the box office money-makers lists. On November 6, 1960, Gable was sent to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors discovered that he had suffered a heart attack, as reported by Los Angeles Times. I want to be there and I want to be there a good many months afterward.. [172], For details of Gable's combat missions, see. [31] The relationship of a doctor (Gable) and nurse (Elizabeth Allan) implied intimacy with a resulting complication of pregnancy, a sensitive issue and new image for Gable. While he hoped for another combat assignment, he had been placed on inactive duty and on June 12, 1944, his discharge papers were signed by Captain (later U.S. president) Ronald Reagan. Since Selznick had no male stars under long-term contract, he needed to negotiate with another studio to borrow an actor. These problems were compounded by the drastic measures Gable used to get into shape for his portrayal of Gay Langland, an aging cowboy. Mario Toti and Robert Boles, and the sound man Lt. Howard Voss, to complete his crew. [135], Gable is interred in the Great Mausoleum, Memorial Terrace, at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park next to Carole Lombard and her mother. [103][104] The publicity only helped ticket sales as the film finished No. In the raid on Germany, one crewman was killed and two others were wounded, and flak went through Gable's boot and narrowly missed his head. Clark Gable is one of the most recognizable leading men in the history of Hollywood. [84] During one of the missions, Gable's aircraft was damaged by flak and attacked by fighters, which knocked out one of the engines and shot up the stabilizer. He emerged from the school a second lieutenant in 1942 and won his wings as an aerial gunner. [122] Filmed mostly on location in Italy, it was Gable's last film released in color. The couple were married in Kingman, Ariz., in 1939 and after the marriage drove back to Los Angeles and went back to work. Gable died of a heart attack at the age of 59; his final on-screen appearance was as an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961. [47], For their final film, 1940's Boom Town, Tracy would play a larger role, with billing directly under Gable and above Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr. The cause of death is still unclear but his family confirmed his death on social . It was a hit with audiences, but it lost MGM money due to the high cost of the all-star cast. She guided him in building up his chronically undernourished body, and taught him better body control and posture. He did Run Silent, Run Deep (also 1958), with co-star and producer Burt Lancaster, which featured his first on-screen death since 1937, and which garnered good reviews. [93][94], Gable followed this up with Homecoming (1948), where he played a married doctor enlisting in World War II and meeting Lana Turner's army surgical nurse character with a romance unfolding in flashbacks. 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Gable was one of the most consistent box-office performers in the history of Hollywood, appearing on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen times. "My brother was found unresponsive this morning by his fianc and didn't wake up," she said. In 1961, it was a somewhat disconnected film with its antihero western themes, but it has since become a classic. He returned to the United States in late 1943 to assemble a film subject for the Air Force. Gable flew to the crash site to claim the bodies of his wife, mother-in-law, and Winkler, who had been the best man at Gable and Lombard's wedding. The 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail contained a reference to impersonating Gable in the song performed by the Knights of the Round Table. pg. His second marriage didn't fare any better his union to Rita Langham only lasted from 1931 to 1935, when the pair separated. The family moved to Hopedale, Ohio, and later to Ravenna, Ohio, where his father took up farming. His other several films, including "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Gone With the Wind," earned him huge success. [129] The New York Times found "Mr. Gable's performance as a leathery old cowboy with a realistic slant on most plain things" ironically vital, with his death before the film's release. [101] While on location in Africa, reports of an affair between Gable and Kelly began to surface (the result of private dinners the stars were having), but their relationship was an intense friendship according to costar Gardner,[102] with Kelly herself later commenting on the lack of any sexual aspect, "maybe because of the age difference". [11], His father had financial difficulties in 1917 and decided to try his hand at farming, and moved the family to Palmyra Township, near Akron, Ohio. [6]:36[18] During the 192728 theater season, he acted with the Laskin Brothers Stock Company in Houston, Texas; while there, he played many roles, gained considerable experience, and became a local matinee idol. [23] His fame and public visibility after A Free Soul (1931), in which he played a gangster who shoved the character played by Norma Shearer, ensured that Gable never played a supporting role again. "The Misfits" required some reshoots, which led Gable to work an extra three weeks on the film, per the Los Angeles Times. MGM arranged for his studio friend, the cinematographer Andrew McIntyre, to enlist with him and accompany him through training. The boy was named John. Since his mid-teens, Gable had been a chain smoker. Both completed training on October 28, 1942, and were commissioned as second lieutenants. Niven also states that Arthur Miller, the author of The Misfits, had described Gable as "the man who did not know how to hate. [147], In 1935, Clark Gable allegedly date-raped co-star Loretta Young while on an overnight train from a studio location to Hollywood. He later went overseas and was awarded the Air Force Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement in five combat missions. A private duty nurse was the only other person in the room when death came. Clark Gable, the 'King of Hollywood' and icon of the Golden Age of cinema, died on 16 November 1960 in Los Angeles. Their next film together was the Academy Awardnominated box office success Test Pilot (1938), with Myrna Loy, who made seven pictures with Gable.
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