Clark Gable (1901-1960) was an actor best known for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 1934 film It Happened One Night, and was nominated for two more for his performances in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Gone with the Wind. Among his five marriages was to Carole Lombard from 1939 to her death in 1942.
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- A portrait of Gable (in costume for the 1932 film Red Dust) appears on the set for the Sesame Street game show "Dialing for Prizes Movie."
- A portrait of Gable hangs in Gonzo Morris' office in the Muppet Babies episode "A Punch Line to the Tummy."
- Miss Piggy appeared in the second Smithsonian Fantastic Journey TV special in 1996 to show off Gable's World War II uniform.