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