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