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