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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-10-16

Day of Death

1962-07-04 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

George Francis Beldam

Rex Bell

Biography

Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow; Bell and Bow married the following year. Bell later became involved in politics with the Nevada Republican Party and was the 21st lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1955 until his death in 1962. He was the second Lieutenant Governor to die in office after Henry C. Davis and as of 2025, he is the most recent to have died in office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rex Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as

Self (archive footage)

They Had to See Paris

1929

They Had to See Paris

as

Clark McCurdy

The Arm of the Law

1932

The Arm of the Law

as

Robin Dale, a Reporter

Courage

1930

Courage

as

Lynn Willard

Fighting Pioneers

1935

Fighting Pioneers

as

Lieutenant Bentley

Gunfire

1934

Gunfire

as

Broadway to Cheyenne

1932

Broadway to Cheyenne

as

'Breezy' Kildare

The Tonto Kid

1934

The Tonto Kid

as

'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

Diamond Trail

1933

Diamond Trail

as

'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie

West of Nevada

1936

West of Nevada

as

Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd

Law and Lead

1936

Law and Lead

as

Jimmy Sawyer

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Idaho Kid

1936

The Idaho Kid

as

Todd Hollister aka Idaho

Salute

1929

Salute

as

Cadet (uncredited)

Forgotten Women

1931

Forgotten Women

as

Jimmy Burke

The Cowboy Kid

1928

The Cowboy Kid

as

Jim Barrett

Stormy Trails

1936

Stormy Trails

as

Tom Storm

True to the Navy

1930

True to the Navy

as

Eddie

Joy Street

1929

Joy Street

as

Eddie

Rainbow Ranch

1933

Rainbow Ranch

as

Ed "Tex" Randall

Saddle Aces

1935

Saddle Aces

as

Steve Brandt

Harmony at Home

1930

Harmony at Home

as

Dick Grant

Lightnin'

1930

Lightnin'

as

Larry - Betty's Husband

Happy Days

1929

Happy Days

as

Rex Bell

The Misfits

1961

The Misfits

as

Old Cowboy (uncredited)

Dawn on the Great Divide

1942

Dawn on the Great Divide

as

Jack Carson

Men of the Plains

1936

Men of the Plains

as

Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter

Too Much Beef

1936

Too Much Beef

as

Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith

The Man from Arizona

1932

The Man from Arizona

as

Kent Rogers

Lucky Larrigan

1932

Lucky Larrigan

as

Craig Larrigan

The Fugitive

1933

The Fugitive

as

Joe Kean

Fighting Texans

1933

Fighting Texans

as

Randy Graves

Crashing Broadway

1933

Crashing Broadway

as

Tad Wallace

Pleasure Crazed

1929

Pleasure Crazed

as

Peters

Production

Crew

Directing