At the time too, Gable was still Gable but Flynn was in decline, so in truth there was more to be gained for Flynn from the pairing than for the King. He even told Flynn he preferred working with older, shorter actors like Spencer Tracy. Stewart and Cooper were known to be very tall and this is visible in the photos with Gable. There's no way to compare the height of Clark Gable with John Wayne - "The Duke " was, beyond any reasonable doubt, a huge guy.
There is no way to compare the height of Clark Gable with John Wayne - Duke was, beyond any reasonable doubt, a huge guy. However, he was allegedly much more solid than Gary Cooper or James Stewart-all accounts speak of his sturdy build, of his broad shoulders, and also of his remarkably large hands. Clark Gable was a big guy, over 6 feet. Here is an excerpt from Lyn Tornabene's well-researched Gable biography "Long Live The King," describing Gable's first meeting in at age 59 with the cast of "The Misfits"--"Here he stands: 6 feet, 1 inch tall, a husky man, whose girth and look of controlled power make him appear even bigger than he is.
He measures 45 around the chest, 36 around the waist He fills a doorway, seems squashed in a wing chair. He has remarkable posture and, for a man his size, remarkable grace I have seen a picture of Clark Gable standing next to Robert Montgomery who is listed as 6'1". They are exactly the same height. John Wayne is listed as 6'4". Gable stands about slightly above his ear or about three inches shorter.
He was six foot one. Never mind the anatomists; ask the tailors. Or look at athletes. Basketball players and football players have noticeably different arm lengths in proportion to their torsos.
Or compare Marlon Brando's proportions with Paul Newman's. Both were about five foot-nine. Brando's arms and legs seem quite short next to Newman's. A good potential source of data might be boxers, whose heights and arm lengths in the form of "reach" are listed. I haven't actually done the research here but I'll bet right now that you could compile a list of boxers with the same height, and their reaches would vary considerably, over a range of about six inches.
And of course, when I say that Gable looks "ethnic" I mean that he doesn't look English. Because to me, "English" is not an ethnicity, but a basic human ideal to which all men must naturally aspire.
Being of English extraction myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I want to visit another website where they don't have such stringent standards for good manners as Celebrity Heights, and say rude things about the French and the Germans. Because that's how I have fun. One for instance was listed with a 38" chest, which obviously would not have been his.
See below for a height comparison with some of his fellow airmen. This Memorial Day weekend is a good time too to reflect on Gable's honorable war service. It would be extraordinary for a man of six feet two inches to have the sleeve length of a man of five-ten or five-eleven.
Having studied anatomy, I know what I'm talking about. There are other documented photographic markers which show Gable's height compared to Gary Cooper for instance. Cooper was 6'3" and towered over Gable.
In addition, the surname "Gable" is German Football players tend to have short arms and legs for their heights, and Gable had that football player physique: a blunt, thick torso and short, powerful arms and legs. That was taller inches than average for Gable's generation. The average height of the American male today is only 5'9". You can't go by the studio publicists who always had to exaggerate the physical stats of their stars!
I'm 6'2" and recently got an up close and personal view of one of Gable's WWII dress blouses and it would have been way to small for me as I compared sleeve length. Ian C. That's a tough one to pull off, especially when you consider that Gable was limited by the movie conventions of his time to , in which formulaic and cartoonishly simple characters were the norm.
Look at how much better he was than Errol Flynn or Gary Cooper, for example. Gone With the Wind just stinks out loud, but it is at least partially redeemed by Gable's performance in it. Rhett Butler is this big, brash alpha-male guy, and then it turns out that he can be hurt. I don't think John Wayne, who was very good at playing supermasculine heroes, ever actually tried that after he became an established star. Probably not, but they didn't hold the screen as a manly, capable guy as Gable could.
Also, looking back, at times he could seem only a strong six footer, like 6'0. He has an English surname, and yet looks Spanish. He's has a swarthy complexion and black hair. He could have been Irish, or even part Native American. He may even have been Jewish, as so many stars of his era were. He refused to say, describing himself as "American.
I asked, and yes uncle said a solid 6'1" and taller than most back then. Rob it looks like you downgraded Gable a half inch, yet 6'1" is the consensus in several well-researched books and in contemporaneous recollections.
She described him as being shorter than she imagined and "blocky" in appearance. Recalling her description I was surprised to learn that his official height iwas 6'1. I don't think I'd completely rule that out for him in his youth One book claimed the studios frequently said their male leading men were six feet tall when they were not.
Gable however was over the mark by an inch. As I said height is relative. Can we be certain that Heston ever met Gable? Heston also wrote that heights are routinely altered in films. In the photo Romero was slightly taller than Gable by maybe an inch or so. Romero was 6ft. I read Charlton Heston's biography. Charlton Heston was 6ft. Height is relative. To a man 6ft. To a man like me who is only 5ft. Lets face it if Gable,Heston,and Romero were photographed next to some of todays centers in the NBA they would all look short.
Gable was 6ft. Gable was 5'11". How do we know Poitier was not wearing lifts? Everywhere he is listed at 6t 1in. If Gable was over six foot that doesn't make sense. Also he did not have good posture - he was extremely overweight and had severe back problems. He wore built up shoes at MGM. Gable was 6 ft. In several photos he is seen walking with Robert Montgomery who was of the same height and they were even in height.
Actors are usually believed to be not that tall on average with most shorter than their official height in reality. Gable was I guess the biggest male star in the world in his time but his looks seem out of place in the modern world. I agree with most of the other posters and would give Gable 6ft even. You can see he was standing on a box to look taller than Robert Ryan, who was 6'3" or 6'4". Gable was 6' tall even though you're correct in being suspicious of celebrities stated heights.
I see it all the time in movies where the character is said in the movie to be over six feet even though it's someone like Tom Cruise.
It is especially prevalent in American sports, most notably football. I'm 6'2" and I've seen players in real life who were nowhere near what they were listed at.
But the average height of Americans has been increasing each few generations or so, probably due partly to nutritional changes and partly due to genes. I would think that the same holds true for Canadians but I don't live there so I have no verification for that.
I think Gable was down to 5'11 range by his last years. I just saw an interview with Richard Burton from and it was obvious he was developing emphysema.
Of course I also have back problems that first occurred at age It was evident that there were still signs of it being alive and well when we watched 'Gone With the Wind' together decades later! So I see Rhett stood an impressive 6ft and half an inch - no mean feat in those days! That, then, is what he gets from me! I wouldn't be surprised though if Gable was wearing lifts by his last years though, he didn't look 6 ft range with Sophia in that period. He didn't get along with Loren because she made it clear he was too old for her.
That's not quite true, Loren said she liked Gable very much but didn't like the way he would leave the set at 5pm like clockwork without saying goodbye.
Given Gable's health at the time I would be surprised if he'd made a serious attempt to woo her, but wouldn't put it past him. If Gable did have a lift, which in one scene did seem possible seeing his shoes then he was not even 5'11 by that time. In real life he may have already had two heart attacks. Gable must have lost a good inch in height by 58 or 59! If he had back trouble I guess it's possible. Doesn't make sense, there's no way she could have been 5'7. The math works out with Gable more at 5 ft 11 by his last years.
I'm not sure he'd really have lost 1. In It Happened in Naples he's pretty much the same height as Sophia Loren in heels, perhaps a shade taller. Loren around 5'7. Around Maybe a weak But in his last days, he was no more than 5'10, He was barelly taller than monty clift and he was about 2 or 3 inches shorter than peak burt lancaster. That would have caused him to lose height, combined with an unhealthy lifestyle. Like Cary Grant he drank and smoked excessively Probably around 6ft at the end if not a little less than that Those last photos are hard on the eyes That was just his official height given by the studio.
I think by his last film he looked about 6ft flat Editor Rob. Not many would argue stewart any less than an honest 6ft 3er in his heyday. He stood 1.
He did not look like a 6. Clark was more likely to be 5 ft 10 inches when he did Gone with the Wind. Clark was the same height as 5 ft 10 Leslie Howard who placed Ashley Wilkes. He is on the Roger Moore page disparaging Sir Roger too.
Anyway to the comment of "few people even know who he was now," last night my daughter and I attended a showing of Gone With The Wind at a theater in Ventura CA and sure enough, as there has been at every screening of GWTW that I have attended over the past half century, there was an audible gasp and whoops of delight from the large cross-generational audience when he first appeared on the screen.
And more whoops to accompany the "Frankly my dear" line. So to Arch Stanton's point, Gable owned the screen in every scene he was in, and based on last night's experience he continues to do so.
And to keep the post height-oriented, he appeared taller than anybody else in the film except possibly that Ward Bond the Yankee captain had an inch on him. Good looking, yes, but not strikingly handsome, huge ears for a start. Usually men reach physical maturity typically at age Given Name:. Drawings include: Clark Gable front, side, front casual.
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