Gable, Clark: Genre–Western

Gable was considered too valuable by MGM to be wasted on Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s.

He made some Westerns for MGM, UA, and Fox in the postwar era.

Out of 67 films, Gable made only 6 Westerns.

North Star, 1925, silent

The Painted Veil, 1931

Honky Tonk, 1941

Across the Wide Missouri, 1951

Lone Star, 1952

The King and Four Queens, 1956

The Misfits, 1961 (neo-Western, last film)