Academy Awards
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Preceded by Charles Laughton for The Private Life of Henry VIII |
Academy Award for Best Actor 1934 for It Happened One Night |
Succeeded by Victor McLaglen for The Informer |
During his career as a motion picture actor Clark Gable was thrice nominated for the Best Leading Actor Academy Award. Below is a complete list of his nominations along with his fellow nominees.
The winner for each year is in bold face text against a | yellow | background. |
- 1934 - | - 1935 - | - 1939 - | |||||
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Actor | Film | Actor | Film | Actor | Film | ||
Clark Gable | It Happened One Night | Clark Gable | Mutiny on the Bounty | Robert Donat | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | ||
Frank Morgan | The Affairs of Cellini | Charles Laughton | Mutiny on the Bounty | Clark Gable | Gone with the Wind | ||
William Powell | The Thin Man | Victor McLaglen | The Informer | Laurence Olivier | Wuthering Heights | ||
– | – | Paul Muni | Black Fury | Mickey Rooney | Babes in Arms | ||
– | – | Franchot Tone | Mutiny on the Bounty | James Stewart | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
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