Denis O'Dea with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner in MOGAMBO

Denis O'Dea - Irish film actor Denis O'Dea was an Irish stage and film actor. He was born in Dublin and attended Synge Street CBS. When very young he and his mother Kathleen moved in with her sister, who kept a boarding house at 54 South Richmond Street. He worked in insurance until taking up acting. Born: April 26, 1905, Dublin, Ireland Died: November 5, 1978, Dublin, Ireland Spouse: Siobhán McKenna (m. 1956–1978) Parents: Kathleen O'Dea Children: Donnacha O'Dea

William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. When he was seven months old, his mother died and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania, where he stayed until he was two. His father then returned to take him back to Cadiz. At 16, he quit high school, went to work in an Akron, Ohio, tire factory, and decided to become an actor after seeing the play "The Bird of Paradise". He toured in stock companies, worked oil fields and sold ties. On December 13, 1924, he married Josephine Dillon, his acting coach and 15 years his senior. Around that time, they moved to Hollywood, so that Clark could concentrate on his acting career. In April 1930, they divorced and a year later, he married Maria Langham (a.k.a. Maria Franklin Gable), also about 17 years older than him.