Rex Lease
Biography
From Wikipedia
Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966) was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in westerns.
Lease arrived in Hollywood in 1924. He found bit and supporting parts at Film Booking Office (FBO), Rayart, more, and was given the opportunity to play a few leads. His first film was A Woman Who Sinned (1924).
Rex's earliest westerns were a pair of Tim McCoy silents at MGM, one of which was The Law of the Range (1928) which had a very young Joan Crawford as the heroine and Rex as the "Solitaire Kid". Tim and Lease became friends, and over the next dozen or so years he appeared in seven more McCoy westerns.
He had a featured role in director Frank Capra's The Younger Generation (1929), a tale of a Jewish family that move to a more upscale neighborhood.
He successfully made the transition to talkies, and starred in melodramas, action flicks, old dark house mysteries, and comedies as well as a couple of western serials and about a dozen low-budget sagebrush yarns and outdoor adventures.
In between lead roles, Lease did featured parts in some B westerns. He was Hoot Gibson's brother in Cavalcade of the West (1936); Rex played the "Pecos Kid" in McCoy's Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936); and he worked in a couple of Tom Tylers, Ridin' On (1936) and Fast Bullets (1936). Rex's finale as a star had him teaming up with Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. in The Silver Trail (1937).
Though no longer afforded star billing, he continued in smaller roles into the 1950s in films and on TV.
Known For
Acting
1953
asLynch Mob Member (uncredited)
1953
asFake Drunk
1949
asCapt. Jim Parker
1945
asAirport Attendant (uncredited)
1952
asTownsman (uncredited)
1942
asShorty
1929
asAllan Rhodes
1938
asEd -Henchman
1942
asTownsman (uncredited)
1952
as
1950
asClallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
1941
asTownsman
1927
asBill Brady
1936
asAsa Knox aka Ace Carter
1931
asTom
1932
asTed Clayton
1924
asBert Thompson
1957
asMr. White (uncredited)
1926
asTom
1951
asCattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
1936
asJose Hernandez
1928
asBilly Cooke
1952
asRancher who finds dog
1936
asJimmy
1936
asJerry
1931
asJim Bonner
1941
asHenchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
1950
asStage Driver
1943
as
1930
asPeter Foley
1935
asCorporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
1929
asEddie Lesser
1942
asSpectator (uncredited)
1936
asFred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
1930
asJim Dolan
1936
asJoe Norsen
1950
asYellowstone
1936
asWalter Jameson
1935
asAlan McArthur
1930
asJim Grant
1948
asM.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
1936
asLarry Evans
1942
asRance Harris
1936
asKit Cardigan
1937
asBob Crandall
1937
asColonel William B. Travis
1935
asJoaquin Florenz
1929
asChet Randolf
1925
asThe Spirit of the Bottle
1937
as"Kansas" Eby
1930
asEddie Haskins
1950
asCaptain Matthews
1938
asInterne
1935
asSteve Barton
1944
as1942
as
1941
asJeff
1943
asRed's Henchman
1930
asCal Reynolds
1928
asSolitaire Kid
1956
asSergeant Blane (uncredited)
1939
asEvans
1935
asBill Bodie
1931
asJim the Cheyenne Kid
1935
asAndy
1952
asOld-Timer
1948
asGus Clute
1938
asReporter
1930
asDave Kent
1925
asClarence Walker
1938
asJack Strong
1946
asRandall
1941
asFake Marshall
1935
asDave
1938
asDan Drury
1939
asTelegrapher
1928
asBill
1940
asCop (uncredited)
1945
asPete Grant
1948
asOfficer (uncredited)
1945
asTony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1945
asCollingswood
1941
asRancher Rex
1940
asGarage Henchman
1942
asPlant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
1934
asLloyd Wilson
1946
asBain
1940
asSheriff Clay Mathews
1940
asJim Marsden
1940
asHenchman Buck
1942
as(uncredited)
1944
asSgt. Jenkins
1944
asMiner Kendall
1940
asBank Robber (uncredited)
1942
asGerman soldier
1932
asPreen Lazetti
1927
asJim Halloran
1939
asSoldier
1941
asSheriff Ben Jeffers
1948
asConductor
1945
asPoliceman
1950
asBob Davis
1950
asHenchman
1950
asJoe Brant
1945
asHenchman Whitey
1942
asHenchman Ben Rankin
1946
asArmy Sergeant
1943
asHenchman
1940
asHenchman Joe
1940
asEngineer Reynolds
1941
asMarshal Jim Collins
1940
asSpike Hudkins
1941
asHenchman Luke
1942
asBert Lawler
1941
asStanley, Jane's Editor
1943
asPersonnel Manager
1942
asHenchman Joe - Pete in Credits
1943
asJack
1936
asKit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
1942
asFirst Toll Collector Henchman
1943
asZeke Larkin
1943
asRex Lease
1944
asDeputy Mike
1945
asSmiley
1946
asBill Clinker
1947
asHank
1941
asMasked Henchman
1941
asHenchman Gregg
1942
asMartin Rider
1942
asGold Strike Rider
1943
asHenchman
1943
asBridge Henchman
1943
asFather of Twins
1956
asSergeant Jim Rodney
1939
asAmbulance Attendant
1953
asDeputy
1952
asSheriff
1943
asCoxswain
1943
asHotel Clerk
1928
asRichard Kennedy
1927
asJim Barry
1945
asSheriff Wright (uncredited)
1946
asSgt. Makepeace
1947
asAppleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1938
asTrack Spectator (uncredited)
1936
asDanny O'Neil
1945
asOnlooker (uncredited)
1946
asBriggs (uncredited)
1945
asCab Driver (uncredited)
1957
asMan at Mailbox (uncredited)
1947
asStranger (uncredited)
1946
asCard Player (uncredited)
1944
as
1928
asPierre Duval
1926
asBob Jones
1942
asDrunk (uncredited)
asAssayer
asPoker Player #2
asBartender
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