- Adolf Hitler esteemed the film star above all other actors, and during the war offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and return Gable unscathed to him.
- A few months after his death, his wife gave birth to John Clark Gable. John is into racing and has appeared in at least one film.
- Actress Judy Lewis is Clark's illegitimate daughter by actress Loretta Young.
- In the '70s his Encino, California estate was subdivided and turned into a very upscale tract development called "Clark Gable Estates."
- Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust, on the left hand side, next to Carole Lombard.
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#36). [1995]
- Cousin-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks.
- When he took off his shirt in It Happened One Night (1934) -- revealing bare skin beneath rather than an undershirt -- sales of undershirts reportedly showed a significant drop.
- It was at Gable's 36th birthday that Judy Garland sang "Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You."
- Gable's first two wives -- Josephine Dillon and Ria Langham -- were 14 and 17 years older than he was.
- In the summer of 1942, Clark enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard. She had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds.
- When he was first cast in It Happened One Night (1934) opposite Claudette Colbert, he told director Frank Capra that he would give the role a shot, but if things weren't going well after a few days, he would leave the production.
- So durable, he could play the same role in both an original (Red Dust (1932)) with Jean Harlow and Mary Astor, and its re-make (Mogambo (1953)) with Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly.
- When he was born he was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate.
- He disliked Greta Garbo, a feeling that was mutual. She thought his acting was wooden while he considered her a snob.
- Playing a cowboy in his last film, The Misfits (1961), which was also the final film for co-star Marilyn Monroe, the aging Gable diligently performed his own stunts, taking its toll on his already guarded health. He died of cardiac arrest before the film was released.
- Pictured on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps issued on 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind (1939). The other films honored were Beau Geste (1939), Stagecoach (1939), and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- Grandfather of Clark James Gable, who's the first child of his son John Clark Gable and his ex-wife Tracy Yarro. Clark James was born on September 10, 1988 at a hefty 10 lbs.
- Gable was dyslexic, a fact which didn't emerge until several years after his death.
- Cousin-in-law of William B. Hawks.
- Joined the Army Air Corps, during the Second World War, and was commissioned an officer under service number 565390. Rose to the rank of Captain and served primarly in Public Affairs, making training films and performing public relations visits to soldiers and airman in Europe.
- As a native of Cadiz, Ohio, he was inducted into the Lou Holtz Museum/Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame in June 2004 (www.LouHoltzHallOfFame.com).
- He was seriously considered to play Tarzan in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), but he was deemed an unknown and Johnny Weissmuller was chosen instead.
- He was voted the 8th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
- Was Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's inspiration for half of Superman's alter ego name Clark Kent ("Kent" came from Kent Taylor).
- He worked as a lumberman in the Willamette valley of Oregon in the early 1920s. After a couple of months of doing that, he quit, saying "that the work was too hard", and he would rather act, instead. He then left to go to Hollywood, where he began his acting career.
- His widow, Kay, divorced her previous husband, Sugar heir Adolph Spreckels Jr., in 1952. In the divorce, she alleged that he beat her with one of her slippers.
- His wife Sylvia Ashley was born Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes in 1904. She was the widow of Douglas Fairbanks. Her first husband was Lord Anthony Ashley (they divorced November 28, 1934), her third husband Lord Stanley of Alderney, and her fifth husband Prince Dimitri Djordjadze (whom she married in 1954 and stayed married to until her death). She died June 29, 1977. Her grave stone refers to her as "Princess Sylvia Djordjadze."
- His widow, Kay, was born August 7, 1916 and died in May 1983.
- Interred next to Carole Lombard at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
- He was voted the 21st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.
- Named the #7 greatest actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends List by the American Film Institute
- In some radio interviews at the end of his life, his voice has a haunting similarity to Walt Disney's.
- Served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II making training films. Also trained as an aerial gunner, he flew 5 combat missions with the 8th Air Force's 351st Bombardment Group (Heavy) while making his films and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
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