Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)
Oscar nominee, Best Actor
Filmography
Rhett is first introduced at the Wilkes' Barbeque. He was about twenty
years older than Scarlett, making him around 35, tall, powerfully built, with wide shoulders
and heavy muscles. He had very white teeth and a close-clipped black moustache. He
was dark and swarthy as a pirate, with bold, black eyes. He had a think hawk nose over
full red lips, a high forehead, and wide-set eyes. He had a bad reputation because he took
a Charleston girl buggy-riding and they stayed out nearly all night and walked home,
saying the horse had run away and smashed the buggy and they had gotten lost in the
woods. He had refused to marry her and the girl's brother called him out for a duel and
Rhett won, and he had to leave Charleston and nobody received him. He noticed Scarlett
at the Barbeque and witnessed her desperate plea for Ashley
to run away with her. He
became a daring blockade runner for the Confederacy and later enlisted in the
Confederate army. He pursued her for years, having to wait until her second husband was
killed before he could marry her. He was rich, dashing, and dangerous. He and Scarlett
had a daughter together, Bonnie Blue.
Bonnie was killed when her pony jumped a fence and she fell, breaking her neck. He almost
lost his mind, and ended up leaving Scarlett.