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Clark Gable 1901-60, American film actor, b. Cadiz, Ohio. He began his career in films in 1930 and soon after became a star. He won an Academy Award in 1934 for his brilliant comic performance in It Happened One Night. His best-remembered role was that of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1940). For many years a leading box-office attraction, Gable was known to Hollywood as "the King" and was considered a symbol of the rugged and raffish American male. He made more than 65 films, the last of which was The Misfits (1960).

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Gable, Clark (1901–60) US film actor. His virile magnetism made him ‘king’ of 1930s Hollywood. Gable won his only Academy Award for best actor in It Happened One Night (1934). His performance as Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind (1939) is one of cinema's most enduring. His best post-war acting was in the posthumously released The Misfits (1961).

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