Clark Gable: Blurbs
TRIVIA
- When he was growing up, everyone called him Billy Gable. edit »
- Clark was widely considered for the role of Tarzan in the 1932 Tarzan, the Ape Man, but was deemed to unknown and the role went to Johnny Weissmuller. edit »
- Both of Clark's parents were of German ancestry. edit »
- While growing up, Clark wanted to become a doctor. edit »
- According to military records released in 2005, Clark's weekly wage was listed as $7,500 for his movie work. edit »
- Clark was the first and only choice for the character of "Rhett Butler" in the 1939 classic film Gone with the Wind. edit »
- One of Clark's golf caddies in 1949, was a young high school student later turned movie star himself, Robert Wagner. edit »
- Four days after finishing his stunt work on the film The Misfits, Clark suffered a heart attack and died 10 days later. edit »
- His son, John Clark Gable, was born on March 20, 1961, 4 months after Clark's death. edit »
- Clark onced worked as a lumberman in the Wilamette Valley in Oregon during the early 1920's. edit »
- Clark was voted the 8th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly in 2000. edit »
- Clark is interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust. He is next to late wife Carole Lombard. edit »
- In the summer of 1942, Clark enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard who had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds. edit »
- In December 1930, he was signed a two-year contract with MGM at $350 a week. edit »
- In 1924, he joined a theatre company in Portland. edit »
- Clark quit Edinburgh High School at the age of 16 to work at an Akron tire factory to help out his family. edit »
- At the age of 14, Clark was 6 feet tall and weighed 150 pounds. edit »
- His mother died from epilepsy when he was only seven months old. edit »
- When Clark was born he was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate. edit »
- Clark was 6'1" tall. edit »
- Clark: I'm just a lucky slob who happened to be in the right place at the right time. edit »
- Clark was dylesxic. edit »
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