William Clark Gable was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. He has been nicknamed "The King of Hollywood." His most famous role was in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh.

Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio, on February 1, 1901 to William Henry "Bill" Gable, an oil-well driller and former Adeline Hershelman,German. He was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate. His original name was probably William Clark Gable, but birth registrations, and school records, and other documents contradict one another. "William" would have been in honor of his father. "Clark" was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother. In childhood he was almost always called "Clark"; some friends called him "Clarkie," "Billy," or "Gabe."

When he was six months old, Gable's sickly mother had him baptized Roman Catholic. She died when he was ten months old, probably of an aggressive brain tumor. Following her death, Gable's father's family refused to raise him as a Catholic, provoking enmity with his mother's side of the family. The dispute was resolved when his father's family agreed to allow Gable to spend more time with his mother's Catholic relatives.

He died in Los Angeles, California in November 1960, the result of a fourth heart attack.

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