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.
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7.8
MOVIE1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Cop (uncredited)
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MOVIE1936
Roarin' Guns
as Jerry
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MOVIE1938
Desert Patrol
as Dan Drury
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MOVIE1943
Phony Express
as Red's Henchman
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10.0
MOVIE1932
Cannonball Express
as Ned Logan
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MOVIE1942
Saboteur
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
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7.5
MOVIE1950
Frisco Tornado
as Henchman
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MOVIE1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
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MOVIE1948
A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
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MOVIE1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Sgt. Makepeace
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MOVIE1946
Canyon Passage
as Card Player (uncredited)
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MOVIE1959
The Gazebo
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
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MOVIE1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
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MOVIE1936
Fury Below
as Joe Norsen
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MOVIE1946
The Crimson Ghost
as Bain
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6.4
MOVIE1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
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4.5
MOVIE1925
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
as The Spirit of the Bottle
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5.5
MOVIE1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
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4.7
MOVIE1957
The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
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MOVIE1941
The Phantom Cowboy
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
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MOVIE1955
The Prodigal
as Purveyor (uncredited)
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Cavalcade of the West
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
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Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
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5.6
MOVIE1936
Aces and Eights
as Jose Hernandez
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MOVIE1931
Is There Justice?
as Jerry Heath
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5.5
MOVIE1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1952
The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1943
King of the Cowboys
as Bridge Henchman
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MOVIE1942
In Old California
as Gold Strike Rider
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MOVIE1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
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MOVIE1957
A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
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MOVIE1928
The Phantom of the Turf
as John Nichols
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MOVIE1927
The College Hero
as Jim Halloran
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MOVIE1953
Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
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MOVIE1946
The People's Choice
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MOVIE1926
Somebody's Mother
as Peter
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MOVIE1945
Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
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MOVIE1953
Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
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6.5
MOVIE1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Hank
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MOVIE1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Tom Clancy
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10.0
MOVIE1937
The Mysterious Pilot
as "Kansas" Eby
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MOVIE1927
Not for Publication
as Philip Hale
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9.0
MOVIE1924
A Woman Who Sinned
as Her Son as an Adult
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6.8
MOVIE1947
California
as Stranger (uncredited)
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10.0
MOVIE1927
The Cancelled Debt
as Patrick Burke
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6.0
MOVIE1939
South of the Border
as Telegrapher
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MOVIE1944
Dead Man's Eyes
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MOVIE1926
The Last Alarm
as Tom
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MOVIE1943
So's Your Uncle
as Hotel Clerk
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MOVIE1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
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6.8
MOVIE1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Ambulance Attendant
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MOVIE1952
Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
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9.0
MOVIE1941
Death Valley Outlaws
as Marshal Jim Collins
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7.5
MOVIE1938
Swing It, Sailor!
as Interne
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9.0
MOVIE1929
When Dreams Come True
as Ben Shelby
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10.0
MOVIE1931
The Sign of the Wolf
as Tom
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6.0
MOVIE1938
Professor Beware
as Reporter
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7.0
MOVIE1931
In Old Cheyenne
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
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5.6
MOVIE1942
Eyes of the Underworld
as (uncredited)
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7.3
MOVIE1948
The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
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MOVIE1943
Corvette K-225
as Coxswain
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4.7
MOVIE1928
The Law of the Range
as Solitaire Kid
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6.8
MOVIE1930
Hot Curves
as Jim Dolan
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MOVIE1942
Eagle Squadron
as German soldier
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5.9
MOVIE1938
Midnight Intruder
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
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MOVIE1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Andy
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8.0
MOVIE1942
Raiders of the West
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
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MOVIE1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Walter Jameson
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MOVIE1945
On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
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MOVIE1929
The Younger Generation
as Eddie Lesser
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MOVIE1945
Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
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MOVIE1935
Rough Riding Ranger
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
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MOVIE1939
In Old Monterey
as Soldier
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MOVIE1927
Moulders of Men
as Jim Barry
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6.8
MOVIE1948
Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
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5.3
MOVIE1936
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan
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MOVIE1943
Calling Dr. Death
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7.5
MOVIE1951
Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
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7.3
MOVIE1945
You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1942
Sunset Serenade
as Martin Rider
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MOVIE1942
Frisco Lil
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6.7
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
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MOVIE1941
Nevada City
as Masked Henchman
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5.0
MOVIE1952
Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
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MOVIE1929
Two Sisters
as Allan Rhodes
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MOVIE1932
The Monster Walks
as Ted Clayton
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MOVIE1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
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MOVIE1935
Fighting Caballero
as Joaquin Florenz
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MOVIE1946
White Tie and Tails
as Briggs (uncredited)
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MOVIE1940
One Man's Law
as Spike Hudkins
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MOVIE1936
Fast Bullets
as Jimmy
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MOVIE1946
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
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MOVIE1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Personnel Manager
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MOVIE1940
The Shadow
as Garage Henchman
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MOVIE1950
Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
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5.4
MOVIE1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
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MOVIE1950
Covered Wagon Raid
as Bob Davis
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5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Drunk (uncredited)
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MOVIE1944
Call of the Rockies
as Miner Kendall
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MOVIE1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Father of Twins
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MOVIE1950
Hills of Oklahoma
as Joe Brant
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MOVIE1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
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MOVIE1940
Under Texas Skies
as Jim Marsden
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5.3
MOVIE1930
Borrowed Wives
as Peter Foley
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6.5
MOVIE1946
The Phantom Rider
as Randall
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MOVIE1940
Riders of Black Mountain
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
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MOVIE1936
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
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6.3
MOVIE1943
Idaho
as Henchman
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MOVIE1943
Haunted Ranch
as Rex Lease
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MOVIE1943
Dead Man's Gulch
as Henchman
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6.5
MOVIE1956
Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
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4.8
MOVIE1941
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Gregg
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Yellowstone
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6.9
MOVIE1940
A Chump at Oxford
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
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5.3
MOVIE1937
Heroes of the Alamo
as Colonel William B. Travis
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5.3
MOVIE1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
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6.5
MOVIE1953
Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
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7.0
MOVIE1943
Daredevils of the West
as Jack
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9.0
MOVIE1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Zeke Larkin
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7.0
MOVIE1944
Code of the Prairie
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6.0
MOVIE1942
The Silver Bullet
as Rance Harris
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5.0
MOVIE1942
The Cyclone Kid
as Henchman Ben Rankin
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6.5
MOVIE1934
Inside Information
as Lloyd Wilson
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10.0
MOVIE1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
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5.2
MOVIE1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Henchman Buck
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4.2
MOVIE1931
Chinatown After Dark
as Jim Bonner
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5.6
MOVIE1930
Wings of Adventure
as Dave Kent
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MOVIE1944
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Mike
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MOVIE1940
Rancho Grande
as Henchman Joe
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10.0
MOVIE1938
Code of the Rangers
as Jack Strong
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10.0
MOVIE1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Bert Lawler
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10.0
MOVIE1936
Ridin' On
as Danny O'Neil
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7.0
MOVIE1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Bill Bodie
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4.9
MOVIE1930
Sunny Skies
as Jim Grant
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7.0
MOVIE1946
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
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4.7
MOVIE1930
The Utah Kid
as Cal Reynolds
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9.0
MOVIE1941
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
as Henchman Luke
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6.2
MOVIE1925
The Last Edition
as Clarence Walker
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7.0
MOVIE1940
The Trail Blazers
as Engineer Reynolds
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9.0
MOVIE1928
Riders of the Dark
as Jim Graham
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7.0
MOVIE1942
Arizona Terrors
as First Toll Collector Henchman
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9.0
MOVIE1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Fake Marshall
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7.0
MOVIE1932
Midnight Morals
as Preen Lazetti
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7.0
MOVIE1941
Sierra Sue
as Rancher Rex
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7.0
MOVIE1935
Pals of the Range
as Steve Barton
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8.0
MOVIE1927
The Outlaw Dog
as Bill Brady
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7.3
MOVIE1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Evans
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7.0
MOVIE1926
The Mystery Pilot
as Bob Jones
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5.6
MOVIE1937
The Silver Trail
as Bob Crandall
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6.3
MOVIE1935
The Ghost Rider
as Dave
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7.0
MOVIE1930
Troopers Three
as Eddie Haskins
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4.9
MOVIE1942
Tomorrow We Live
as Shorty
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7.3
MOVIE1948
Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
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6.0
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Jeff
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5.5
MOVIE1936
Ten Laps to Go
as Larry Evans
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8.0
MOVIE1945
Blonde Ransom
as Policeman (uncredited)
β
9.0
MOVIE1944
Bordertown Trail
as Sgt. Jenkins
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7.0
MOVIE1928
Red Riders of Canada
as Pierre Duval
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8.0
MOVIE1949
Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
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7.0
MOVIE1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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3.7
MOVIE1928
Broadway Daddies
as Richard Kennedy
β
6.7
MOVIE1945
Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
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7.0
MOVIE1938
Land of Fighting Men
as Ed -Henchman
β
10.0
MOVIE1935
The Man from Guntown
as Alan McArthur
β
8.0
MOVIE1928
Queen of the Chorus
as Billy Cooke
β
7.0
MOVIE1924
Chalk Marks
as Bert Thompson
β
9.0
MOVIE1929
Girls Who Dare
as Chet Randolf
β
7.0
MOVIE1928
Stolen Love
as Bill