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