Clark Gable Foundation

Hollywood Star from Ohio

The Clark Gable Museum celebrates the life and career of Cadiz’s most famous native son. Located in a recreation of Gable’s boyhood home, the museum offers a wide range of artifacts from Gable’s boyhood, as well as memorabilia from his illustrious Hollywood career.

Legendary actor William Clark Gable was born in Cadiz in 1901. Although he was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of his era with lead roles in Gone with the Wind, It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty and many others, Gable never forgot his humble beginnings. Despite being nicknamed “the King of Hollywood,” Gable is purported to have once said, “I’m just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

The Clark Gable Museum celebrates the life and career of Cadiz’s most famous native son. Located in a recreation of Gable’s boyhood home, the museum offers a wide range of artifacts from Gable’s boyhood, as well as memorabilia from his illustrious Hollywood career. One room is dedicated to his third wife, actress Carole Lombard, who died in a plane crash in 1942. A personalized light blue, 1954 Cadillac DeVille is also available for viewing on the premises. Tours are available for visitors and Gone with the Wind themed events take place through the Clark Gable Foundation, often featuring special guests who worked with or were related to Clark himself. Gable passed away in 1960, but the Clark Gable Museum keeps alive the memory of his Ohio roots.

Notes for Travelers

Group tour rate for 15 or more people is $3.50 per person.

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