Clark Gable was born in Ohio, USA, and his mother died only 10 months after his birth. His father entrusted him to his grandparents, maternal grandparents and other relatives to raise him. Later, Clark Gable had to drop out of school due to the change of family situation.
By chance, he watched the play "Blue Bird", fell in love with acting, and often went to the theater as a volunteer newspaper boy, and sometimes ran a dragon suit. Soon he met broadway actor Josephine Dillon, who was 17 years older than him, and was mentored by her and was also his first wife.
He has had five marriages, most notably his love affair with actor Carol Lombard. Lombard is believed to be indeed the true love of Gable's life. But Lombard died in an air crash in 1942, and Gable was so distraught that he abandoned the army to join the Air Force. Gable died of a heart attack in 1960 and was buried next to his lifelong love, Carol Lombard.
He made his first film, Desert of Color, and officially began his film career. Later, with the movie "Red Dust", he became one of the ten most popular stars. He won the Best Actor Award at the 7th Academy Awards for his comedy "One Night Gone With". The movie "Gone with the Wind", for the role of Brad, was nominated for the 12th Academy Award for Best Actor.
Subsequently, he was nominated for Best Actor at the 16th Golden Globe Awards for "Teacher's Love". He was ranked 36th on Empire Magazine's list of the "100 Sexiest Movie Stars in Film History". In 1999, he was selected by the Motion Picture Association of America as the 7th "Greatest Actor of a Hundred Years."