How old was Clark Gable in the movie Gone with the Wind?

Clark Gable was 37 in Gone with the Wind when he played the character 'Rhett Butler'.

That was over 84 years ago in 1939.

In 1960 he died aged just 59, starring in 135 films in his career, 78 of those after Gone with the Wind was first released. If he were alive today he would be 123.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Gone with the Wind, I think Clark Gable looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Victor Fleming has worked with Clark Gable a total of 5 times in his career.
  • Clark Gable's first movie was as 'Soldier in Czarina's guard (uncredited)' in Forbidden Paradise, released in 1924 when he was 21
  • Gone with the Wind scores 8 out of 10 on TMDB.

Clark Gable's other movies