Rex Lease
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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
Credits
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Cop (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Mr. White (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
The Gazebo (1959)
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Frisco Tornado (1950)
as Henchman
The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
as "Kansas" Eby
The Sign of the Wolf (1931)
as Tom
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
as Deputy
Desert Patrol (1938)
as Dan Drury
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
as Collingswood
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Spectator (uncredited)
Pals of the Golden West (1951)
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
The People's Choice (1946)
Actor
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Hotel Clerk
The Wild North (1952)
as Townsman (uncredited)
In Old Cheyenne (1931)
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Card Player (uncredited)
Phony Express (1943)
as Red's Henchman
Lost in Alaska (1952)
as Old-Timer
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Sgt. Makepeace
The Law of the Range (1928)
as Solitaire Kid
Backlash (1956)
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
In Old California (1942)
as Gold Strike Rider
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Fury Below (1936)
as Joe Norsen
Covered Wagon Raid (1950)
as Bob Davis
Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
The Crimson Ghost (1946)
as Bain
Roarin' Guns (1936)
as Jerry
Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927)
as Tom Clancy
When Dreams Come True (1929)
as Ben Shelby
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Hank
Rough Riding Ranger (1935)
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)
as Smiley
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
Gun Belt (1953)
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
You Came Along (1945)
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Out of the Storm (1948)
as Gus Clute
California (1947)
as Stranger (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Turf (1928)
as John Nichols
Call of the Rockies (1944)
as Miner Kendall
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
as Marshal Jim Collins
Is There Justice? (1931)
as Jerry Heath
The Phantom Cowboy (1941)
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
The College Hero (1927)
as Jim Halloran
Perils of the Wilderness (1956)
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
Aces and Eights (1936)
as Jose Hernandez
Raiders of the West (1942)
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
Hot Curves (1930)
as Jim Dolan
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
as Evans
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Coxswain
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Actor
Cavalcade of the West (1936)
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
Jesse James at Bay (1941)
as Henchman Gregg
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as Kit Cardigan
Swing It, Sailor! (1938)
as Interne
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Briggs (uncredited)
The Prodigal (1955)
as Purveyor (uncredited)
Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
as Colonel William B. Travis
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
as Bill Bodie
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle (1925)
as The Spirit of the Bottle
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
Actor
A Woman Who Sinned (1924)
as Her Son as an Adult
The Man from Guntown (1935)
as Alan McArthur
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Yellowstone
Code of the Prairie (1944)
Actor
Springtime in Texas (1945)
as Pete Grant
Riders of the Dark (1928)
as Jim Graham
King of the Cowboys (1943)
as Bridge Henchman
Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
as (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
as Sheriff
South of the Border (1939)
as Telegrapher
Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
Actor
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
as Ambulance Attendant
Somebody's Mother (1926)
as Peter
The Last Alarm (1926)
as Tom
Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)
as Bert Lawler
Singing Guns (1950)
as Stage Driver
Eagle Squadron (1942)
as German soldier
One Man's Law (1940)
as Spike Hudkins
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
as Zeke Larkin
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
as Townsman
Riders of Black Mountain (1940)
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
Not for Publication (1927)
as Philip Hale
Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)
as Bill Clinker
The Trail Blazers (1940)
as Engineer Reynolds
Professor Beware (1938)
as Reporter
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
as Jeff
Queen of the Chorus (1928)
as Billy Cooke
Nevada City (1941)
as Masked Henchman
Code of the Rangers (1938)
as Jack Strong
Night Time in Nevada (1948)
as Officer (uncredited)
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
Sierra Sue (1941)
as Rancher Rex
Colorado Sundown (1952)
as Rancher who finds dog
Bordertown Trail (1944)
as Sgt. Jenkins
Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Father of Twins
The Cyclone Kid (1942)
as Henchman Ben Rankin
Cannonball Express (1932)
as Ned Logan
Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Policeman
Under Texas Skies (1940)
as Jim Marsden
Moulders of Men (1927)
as Jim Barry
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
as Henchman Buck
Dead Man's Gulch (1943)
as Henchman
Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
as Army Sergeant
Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941)
as Henchman Luke
The Monster Walks (1932)
as Ted Clayton
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)
as Fake Marshall
The Gallant Legion (1948)
as Conductor
The Cancelled Debt (1927)
as Patrick Burke
The Shadow (1940)
as Garage Henchman
Shadows of Tombstone (1953)
as Fake Drunk
Code of the Silver Sage (1950)
as Captain Matthews
Land of Fighting Men (1938)
as Ed -Henchman
Daredevils of the West (1943)
as Jack
Idaho (1943)
as Henchman
Ten Laps to Go (1936)
as Larry Evans
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
as Personnel Manager
Troopers Three (1930)
as Eddie Haskins
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Soldier
Chalk Marks (1924)
as Bert Thompson
Sunset Serenade (1942)
as Martin Rider
Haunted Ranch (1943)
as Rex Lease
Arizona Terrors (1942)
as First Toll Collector Henchman
Inside Information (1934)
as Lloyd Wilson
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor
Midnight Intruder (1938)
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
as Andy
Pals of the Range (1935)
as Steve Barton
The Younger Generation (1929)
as Eddie Lesser
Wings of Adventure (1930)
as Dave Kent
Fast Bullets (1936)
as Jimmy
Rancho Grande (1940)
as Henchman Joe
The Ghost Rider (1935)
as Dave
Lone Texas Ranger (1945)
as Henchman Whitey
Ridin' On (1936)
as Danny O'Neil
Red Riders of Canada (1928)
as Pierre Duval
Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
as Joe Brant
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
as Shorty
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
as Walter Jameson
The Last Edition (1925)
as Clarence Walker
Fighting Caballero (1935)
as Joaquin Florenz
The Phantom Rider (1946)
as Randall
On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Onlooker (uncredited)
Gun Cargo (1949)
as Capt. Jim Parker
Blonde Ransom (1945)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Two Sisters (1929)
as Allan Rhodes
The Silver Trail (1937)
as Bob Crandall
The Silver Bullet (1942)
as Rance Harris
The Utah Kid (1930)
as Cal Reynolds
Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
as Deputy Mike
The Outlaw Dog (1927)
as Bill Brady
Chinatown After Dark (1931)
as Jim Bonner
Sunny Skies (1930)
as Jim Grant
Stolen Love (1928)
as Bill
Broadway Daddies (1928)
as Richard Kennedy
Borrowed Wives (1930)
as Peter Foley
Girls Who Dare (1929)
as Chet Randolf
Midnight Morals (1932)
as Preen Lazetti
The Mystery Pilot (1926)
as Bob Jones