Rex Lease
Known for Acting · 174 credits
- Born
- 1903-02-11
- Died
- 1966-01-03
- Place of birth
- Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Rex Lloyd Lease · Рекс Лиз
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (170)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Cop (uncredited)
Roarin' Guns
1936
as Jerry
Desert Patrol
1938
as Dan Drury
Phony Express
1943
as Red's Henchman
Cannonball Express
1932
as Ned Logan
Saboteur
1942
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
Frisco Tornado
1950
as Henchman
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Spectator (uncredited)
A Foreign Affair
1948
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Sgt. Makepeace
Canyon Passage
1946
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Gazebo
1959
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
Fury Below
1936
as Joe Norsen
The Crimson Ghost
1946
as Bain
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925
as The Spirit of the Bottle
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Collingswood
The Unholy Wife
1957
as Mr. White (uncredited)
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
The Prodigal
1955
as Purveyor (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the West
1936
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
Backlash
1956
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Aces and Eights
1936
as Jose Hernandez
Is There Justice?
1931
as Jerry Heath
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Wild North
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Bridge Henchman
In Old California
1942
as Gold Strike Rider
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
A Hatful of Rain
1957
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
Singing Guns
1950
as Stage Driver
The Phantom of the Turf
1928
as John Nichols
The College Hero
1927
as Jim Halloran
Gun Belt
1953
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
The People's Choice
1946
Somebody's Mother
1926
as Peter
Springtime in Texas
1945
as Pete Grant
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Deputy
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
as Hank
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
as Tom Clancy
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
as "Kansas" Eby
Not for Publication
1927
as Philip Hale
A Woman Who Sinned
1924
as Her Son as an Adult
California
1947
as Stranger (uncredited)
The Cancelled Debt
1927
as Patrick Burke
South of the Border
1939
as Telegrapher
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
The Last Alarm
1926
as Tom
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Hotel Clerk
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Smiley
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Ambulance Attendant
Lost in Alaska
1952
as Old-Timer
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
as Marshal Jim Collins
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Interne
When Dreams Come True
1929
as Ben Shelby
The Sign of the Wolf
1931
as Tom
Professor Beware
1938
as Reporter
In Old Cheyenne
1931
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
as (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Conductor
Corvette K-225
1943
as Coxswain
The Law of the Range
1928
as Solitaire Kid
Hot Curves
1930
as Jim Dolan
Eagle Squadron
1942
as German soldier
Midnight Intruder
1938
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Andy
Raiders of the West
1942
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
as Walter Jameson
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Onlooker (uncredited)
The Younger Generation
1929
as Eddie Lesser
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Rough Riding Ranger
1935
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
In Old Monterey
1939
as Soldier
Moulders of Men
1927
as Jim Barry
Night Time in Nevada
1948
as Officer (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Kit Cardigan
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Pals of the Golden West
1951
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
You Came Along
1945
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Sunset Serenade
1942
as Martin Rider
Frisco Lil
1942
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
Nevada City
1941
as Masked Henchman
Colorado Sundown
1952
as Rancher who finds dog
Two Sisters
1929
as Allan Rhodes
The Monster Walks
1932
as Ted Clayton
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Sheriff
Fighting Caballero
1935
as Joaquin Florenz
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Briggs (uncredited)
One Man's Law
1940
as Spike Hudkins
Fast Bullets
1936
as Jimmy
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946
as Bill Clinker
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Personnel Manager
The Shadow
1940
as Garage Henchman
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
as Captain Matthews
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Policeman
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
as Bob Davis
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Drunk (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies
1944
as Miner Kendall
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
as Father of Twins
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Joe Brant
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Under Texas Skies
1940
as Jim Marsden
Borrowed Wives
1930
as Peter Foley
The Phantom Rider
1946
as Randall
Riders of Black Mountain
1940
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
Idaho
1943
as Henchman
Haunted Ranch
1943
as Rex Lease
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
as Henchman
Perils of the Wilderness
1956
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Henchman Gregg
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Yellowstone
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Heroes of the Alamo
1937
as Colonel William B. Travis
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Townsman
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
as Fake Drunk
Daredevils of the West
1943
as Jack
About Rex Lease
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". T… With 174 credits spanning from 1924 to 1959, Rex Lease has appeared in 170 films and 4 TV shows.
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- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Cop (uncredited)
- Roarin' Guns (1936) — as Jerry
- Desert Patrol (1938) — as Dan Drury
- Phony Express (1943) — as Red's Henchman
- Cannonball Express (1932) — as Ned Logan
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