FAST FACTS
- Famous Tagline: “Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” - Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Height: 6' 1"
- Weight: 190lbs
- Hair color: Dark Brown
- Eye color: Hazel
- Nickname: "The King of Hollywood"
- Name change: (Born) William Henry Clark Gable
- Nationality: American but German decent
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Occupation: Actor
- Date, place of Birth: February 1, 1901, Cadiz, Ohio, U.S.
- Date, place of Death: November 16, 1960 (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Burial location: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
- Favorites:
- Hobbies – hunting, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, skeet shooting, working on anything mechanical, riding motorcycles in the desert, roping, driving fast cars, golf, 1950 Grand Marshall of Indy 500
- Food – Chicken and dumplings, bratwurst and sauerkraut, steak and potatoes
- Drinks – Coca-cola, whiskey, gin and tonic
- Actors/Actresses – Joan Crawford
- Books – anything Shakespeare, nonfictions (biographies, history), poetry
- At birth, Gable was mistakenly registered as a female on his birth certificate.
- Hitler was a great fan of Gable, and during World War II offered a reward to anyone who could capture Gable and deliver him to Hitler unharmed.
- Gable was dyslexic.
- Gable refused to be photographed reading on set because he feared it would deteriorate his hyper masculine image.
- Gable had a fear of flying and would travel by train if possible.
- He was in a movie called "To Please a Lady" - movie done for no pay and he played a stuntman
- He liked Grace Kelly
- He was an avid reader
- He loved animals, especially dogs, house dog he liked dotson
- His first racing number was #17 - just like Gable in the film "To Please a Lady"
- He always carried cash and didn't like to have money in the bank
- He led a private life and didn't like the paparazzi
