Editing Clark Gable (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Gable Grant Hope Niven 1950s.jpg|thumb|right|Gable, [[Cary Grant]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[David Niven]] laughing in the 1950s]]
[[Warner Bros.]] cartoons sometimes caricatured Gable.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Charney|first=Maurice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og4ntxFQP2cC&q=wb+cartoon+clark+gable&pg=PA149|title=Comedy: A Geographic and Historical Guide|date=2005|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32714-8|language=en}}</ref> Examples include: ''[[Have You Got Any Castles?]]'' (in which his face appears seven times inside the novel ''[[The House of the Seven Gables]]''), ''[[The Coo-Coo Nut Grove]]'' (in which his ears flap on their own), ''[[Hollywood Steps Out]]'' (in which he follows an enigmatic woman),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27iJCgAAQBAJ&q=wb+cartoon+clark+gable&pg=PA143|title=Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts|last=McCall|first=Douglas L.|date=October 31, 2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2450-4|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' (in which he appears on a billboard promotion for ''Gone with the Wind'' and on the backlot of MGM'')'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-26-ca-42048-story.html|title='Cats' Tries to Mix Parody and Nostalgia|date=March 26, 1997|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Jungle Jitters]]'' (where the queen of a village imagines a traveling salesman as Gable).

He also appears in Disney cartoons like ''[[Mickey's Polo Team]]'', where he is flirting with Clarabelle Cow, and ''[[The Autograph Hound]]''.

[[Bugs Bunny]]'s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by [[Chuck Jones]], [[Friz Freleng]], and [[Bob Clampett]], originated in a scene in the film ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' (1934), in which Clark Gable's character leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to [[Claudette Colbert]]'s character. This scene was well known while the film was popular, and viewers at the time likely recognized Bugs Bunny's behavior as parody.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hahn|first=Matthew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ls5ADwAAQBAJ&q=bugs+bunny+clark+gable&pg=PA32|title=The Animated Marx Brothers|date=November 15, 2017|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Grauman's Chinese Theatre, clark gable.JPG|thumb|Gable's block in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].]]
In January 1937, Gable was honored with a block in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].

Along with actor [[Kent Taylor]], Clark Gable served as the inspiration behind the name of [[Superman]]'s alter-ego [[Clark Kent]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Gross|title=Books of the Times|date=December 15, 1987|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DC1F38F936A25751C1A961948260|access-date=January 29, 2007}}</ref>

In the 1937 film ''[[Broadway Melody of 1938]]'', Judy Garland (aged 15) sings "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]" while looking at a composite picture of Gable.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMtT0rOMyS4C&q=judy+garland+dear+mr+gable&pg=PA38|title=Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend|last=Schechter|first=Scott|date=August 25, 2006|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|isbn=978-1-4616-3555-0|language=en}}</ref> The opening lines are: "Dear Mr Gable, I am writing this to you, and I hope that you will read it so you'll know, my heart beats like a hammer, and I stutter and I stammer, every time I see you at the picture show, I guess I'm just another fan of yours, and I thought I'd write and tell you so. You made me love you, I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to do it{{nbsp}}..."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=940-CgAAQBAJ&q=%22Dear+Mr+Gable,+I+am+writing+this+to+you,+and+I+hope+that+you+will+read+it+so+you'll+know,+my+heart+beats+like+a+hammer&pg=PA340|title=Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed|last1=Nowlan|first1=Robert A.|last2=Nowlan|first2=Gwendolyn W.|date=April 30, 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2058-9|language=en}}</ref>

The 1948 Cole Porter tune "[[Always True to You in My Fashion]]" contains the lyrics "Mister Gable, I mean Clark / Wants me on his boat to park".

The 1975 film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' contained a reference to impersonating Gable in the song performed by the Knights of the Round Table.<ref>{{Citation |title=Monty Python – Knights of the Round Table |url=https://genius.com/Monty-python-knights-of-the-round-table-lyrics |access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref>

The 2003 music album ''[[Give Up]]'' by [[The Postal Service]] has a song titled "Clark Gable".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/01/postal-service-reunion-official-give-up-anniversary-boxset/|title=The Postal Service Reunion Is Really a Real Thing Now|date=January 22, 2013|website=Spin|access-date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> The singer wants to "find a love that looks and sounds like a movie", and includes the lyric, "I kissed you in a style Clark Gable would have admired, I thought it classic".

Gable has been portrayed in a number of films. Actors who have played the role include: Phillip Waldron in ''[[It Happened in Hollywood]]'' (1937), [[James Brolin]] in ''[[Gable and Lombard]]'' (1976),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1975/film/reviews/gable-and-lombard-1200423718/|title=Gable and Lombard|date=January 1, 1976|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Larry Pennell]] in ''[[Marilyn: The Untold Story]]'' (1980),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQKhAwAAQBAJ&q=larry+pennell+marilyn+the+untold+story&pg=PA293|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013|last=Lentz|first=Harris M. III|date=May 16, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7665-7|language=en}}</ref> [[Edward Winter (actor)|Edward Winter]] in ''[[Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War]]'' (1980),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=edward+winter+scarlett+o'hara+wars&pg=PA318|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|last=Lentz|first=Harris M. III|date=October 24, 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5206-4|language=en}}</ref> Boyd Holister in ''[[Grace Kelly]]'' (1983),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_VfBgAAQBAJ&q=Boyd+Holister+in+Grace+Kelly&pg=PT439|title=Grace: A Biography|last=Wydra|first=Thilo|date=November 18, 2014|publisher=Skyhorse|isbn=978-1-62914-967-7|language=en}}</ref> [[Gary Wayne]] in ''[[Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Malice in Wonderland]]'' (1985), Gene Daily in ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' (1991), Bobby Valentino in ''[[RKO 281]]'' (1999), Bruce Hughes and Shayne Greenman in ''[[Blonde (2001 film)|Blonde]]'' (2001), and Charles Unwin in ''[[Lucy (2003 film)|Lucy]]'' (2003).

In ''[[List of Drunk History episodes|Drunk History]]'' Season 3 2015 Miami episode 2, [[Josh Hartnett]] portrays Gable. The focus is on Gable's military service and his training in Miami.