Recognised by the American Film Institute
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gable seventh among the greatest male screen legends of classical Hollywood cinema.
Acting · Film
Clark Gable
American actor known as the "King of Hollywood" and celebrated for leading roles in films including It Happened One Night and Gone with the Wind.
Clark Gable was an American actor who appeared in more than 60 films during a 37-year career. He spent three decades as a leading man and was among Hollywood’s most commercially successful stars. The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in the Como area received him as a prominent guest.
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Academy Award winner
Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night (1934). He was later nominated for portraying Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939).
A commercially successful star
Gable appeared 16 times in Quigley Publishing’s annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll. His co-stars included Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren.
Guest at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni received Gable as one of its prominent guests.
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Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
The Hollywood actor was one of the prominent guests received by the hotel.
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