Clark Gable

Clark Gable Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

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

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