Cast
Rex Lease
Acting
Cast
Rex Lease
Known for
Acting
Born
1903-02-11
From
Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Died
1966-01-03
Also known as Rex Lloyd Lease, Π Π΅ΠΊΡ ΠΠΈΠ·
Biography
From Wikipedia Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 β 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.
The Grapes of Wrath
as Cop (uncredited)
Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Saboteur
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Card Player (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
Roarin' Guns
as Jerry
The Gazebo
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
as German soldier
California
as Stranger (uncredited)
Troopers Three
as Eddie Haskins
Chalk Marks
as Bert Thompson
Nevada City
as Masked Henchman
Arizona Terrors
as First Toll Collector Henchman
Haunted Ranch
as Rex Lease
A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
Midnight Morals
as Preen Lazetti
Fast Bullets
as Jimmy
The Crimson Ghost
as Bain
Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
In Old California
as Gold Strike Rider
The Prodigal
as Purveyor (uncredited)
The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
The Time of Their Lives
as Sgt. Makepeace
Toughest Man in Arizona
The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Hank
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
A Chump at Oxford
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
Idaho
as Henchman
A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Personnel Manager
Sunny Skies
as Jim Grant
Blonde Ransom
as Policeman (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
as Bridge Henchman
Frisco Lil
South of the Border
as Telegrapher
Sunset Serenade
as Martin Rider
Corvette K-225
as Coxswain
Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
Lady in a Jam
as Drunk (uncredited)
White Tie and Tails
as Briggs (uncredited)
Fury Below
as Joe Norsen
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Henchman Buck
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Bill Bodie
Professor Beware
as Reporter
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Father of Twins
You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
The Shadow
as Garage Henchman
Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
Dead Man's Eyes
Midnight Intruder
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
The Phantom Cowboy
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
Two Sisters
as Allan Rhodes
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
Daredevils of the West
as Jack
Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
So's Your Uncle
as Hotel Clerk
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
Fighting Caballero
as Joaquin Florenz
On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Walter Jameson
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Jeff
Hills of Oklahoma
as Joe Brant
The Last Alarm
as Tom
Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
The College Hero
as Jim Halloran
Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
Cavalcade of the West
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
Raiders of the West
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Mike
One Man's Law
as Spike Hudkins
Sierra Sue
as Rancher Rex
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Evans
Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
Code of the Prairie
Eyes of the Underworld
as (uncredited)
Is There Justice?
as Jerry Heath
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Ambulance Attendant
Bordertown Trail
as Sgt. Jenkins
Swing It, Sailor!
as Interne
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Yellowstone
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Bert Lawler
Aces and Eights
as Jose Hernandez
Broadway Daddies
as Richard Kennedy
Hot Curves
as Jim Dolan
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
as Henchman Luke
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Gregg
Desert Patrol
as Dan Drury
The People's Choice
Call of the Rockies
as Miner Kendall
Rancho Grande
as Henchman Joe
Ridin' On
as Danny O'Neil
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
Dead Man's Gulch
as Henchman
The Trail Blazers
as Engineer Reynolds
The Silver Bullet
as Rance Harris
The Mysterious Pilot
as "Kansas" Eby
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
Stolen Love
as Bill
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Andy
The Cyclone Kid
as Henchman Ben Rankin
Under Texas Skies
as Jim Marsden
The Utah Kid
as Cal Reynolds
Inside Information
as Lloyd Wilson
Ten Laps to Go
as Larry Evans
The Law of the Range
as Solitaire Kid
Wings of Adventure
as Dave Kent
Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
In Old Monterey
as Soldier
The Younger Generation
as Eddie Lesser
The Silver Trail
as Bob Crandall
Heroes of the Alamo
as Colonel William B. Travis
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Zeke Larkin
Moulders of Men
as Jim Barry
Tomorrow We Live
as Shorty
Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
Chinatown After Dark
as Jim Bonner
In Old Cheyenne
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
Phony Express
as Red's Henchman
Riders of Black Mountain
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
Frisco Tornado
as Henchman
Queen of the Chorus
as Billy Cooke
The Man from Guntown
as Alan McArthur
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Tom Clancy
The Phantom Rider
as Randall
Covered Wagon Raid
as Bob Davis
The Monster Walks
as Ted Clayton
The Last Edition
as Clarence Walker
The Ghost Rider
as Dave
Borrowed Wives
as Peter Foley
A Woman Who Sinned
as Her Son as an Adult
Rough Riding Ranger
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
The Phantom of the Turf
as John Nichols
Land of Fighting Men
as Ed -Henchman
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Fake Marshall
When Dreams Come True
as Ben Shelby
Death Valley Outlaws
as Marshal Jim Collins
Cannonball Express
as Ned Logan
Red Riders of Canada
as Pierre Duval
Girls Who Dare
as Chet Randolf
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Mystery Pilot
as Bob Jones
Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
Code of the Rangers
as Jack Strong
The Outlaw Dog
as Bill Brady
Pals of the Range
as Steve Barton
The Sign of the Wolf
as Tom
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
as The Spirit of the Bottle
Somebody's Mother
as Peter
Not for Publication
as Philip Hale
Riders of the Dark
as Jim Graham
The Cancelled Debt
as Patrick Burke