Rex Lease

Known For: Acting
Born: February 11, 1903
Place of Birth: Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Died: January 3, 1966

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". 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, o…

Filmography

The Gazebo

1959 · Stage Manager (uncredited)

Maverick

1957 · Poker Player #2

A Hatful of Rain

1957 · Man at Mailbox (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

1957 · Mr. White (uncredited)

Backlash

1956 · Sergeant Blane (uncredited)

Perils of the Wilderness

1956 · Sergeant Jim Rodney

The Adventures of Champion

1955 · Assayer

The Prodigal

1955 · Purveyor (uncredited)

Shadows of Tombstone

1953 · Fake Drunk

Gun Belt

1953 · Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Ride, Vaquero!

1953 · Deputy

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · Bartender

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

Lost in Alaska

1952 · Old-Timer

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952 · Sheriff

Colorado Sundown

1952 · Rancher who finds dog

The Wild North

1952 · Townsman (uncredited)

Pals of the Golden West

1951 · Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)

Frisco Tornado

1950 · Henchman

The Cisco Kid

1950 · Man Buying Book (uncredited)

Covered Wagon Raid

1950 · Bob Davis

Hills of Oklahoma

1950 · Joe Brant

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950 · Yellowstone

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 · Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)

Code of the Silver Sage

1950 · Captain Matthews

Singing Guns

1950 · Stage Driver

Gun Cargo

1949 · Capt. Jim Parker

Out of the Storm

1948 · Gus Clute

Night Time in Nevada

1948 · Officer (uncredited)

A Foreign Affair

1948 · M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)

The Gallant Legion

1948 · Conductor

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 · Hank

Buck Privates Come Home

1947 · Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)

California

1947 · Stranger (uncredited)

The People's Choice

The People's Choice

1946

The Crimson Ghost

1946 · Bain

White Tie and Tails

1946 · Briggs (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · Sgt. Makepeace

Canyon Passage

1946 · Card Player (uncredited)

Sun Valley Cyclone

1946 · Army Sergeant

Days of Buffalo Bill

1946 · Bill Clinker

The Phantom Rider

1946 · Randall

Why Girls Leave Home

1945 · Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Swingin' on a Rainbow

1945 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

1945 · Onlooker (uncredited)

You Came Along

1945 · Airport Attendant (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

1945 · Sheriff Wright (uncredited)

Springtime in Texas

1945 · Pete Grant

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945 · Smiley

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945 · Collingswood

Lone Texas Ranger

1945 · Henchman Whitey

Blonde Ransom

1945 · Policeman (uncredited)

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945 · Policeman

Firebrands of Arizona

1944 · Deputy Mike

Dead Man's Eyes

1944

Code of the Prairie

1944

Bordertown Trail

1944 · Sgt. Jenkins

Call of the Rockies

1944 · Miner Kendall

Calling Dr. Death

1943

Phony Express

1943 · Red's Henchman

Corvette K-225

1943 · Coxswain

So's Your Uncle

1943 · Hotel Clerk

Riders of the Rio Grande

1943 · Father of Twins

Daredevils of the West

1943 · Jack

King of the Cowboys

1943 · Bridge Henchman

Idaho

1943 · Henchman

Keep 'Em Slugging

1943 · Personnel Manager

Haunted Ranch

1943 · Rex Lease

Dead Man's Gulch

1943 · Henchman

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

1943 · Zeke Larkin

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 · Townsman (uncredited)

Eyes of the Underworld

1942 · (uncredited)

Tomorrow We Live

1942 · Shorty

Sunset Serenade

1942 · Martin Rider

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

1942 · Bert Lawler

The Silver Bullet

1942 · Rance Harris

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Spectator (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

1942 · Drunk (uncredited)

Eagle Squadron

1942 · German soldier

The Cyclone Kid

1942 · Henchman Ben Rankin

In Old California

1942 · Gold Strike Rider

Saboteur

1942 · Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)

Frisco Lil

1942

Raiders of the West

1942 · Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits

Arizona Terrors

1942 · First Toll Collector Henchman

Sierra Sue

1941 · Rancher Rex

Jesse James at Bay

1941 · Henchman Gregg

Tonto Basin Outlaws

1941 · Stanley, Jane's Editor

Death Valley Outlaws

1941 · Marshal Jim Collins

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

1941 · Fake Marshall

Bad Man of Deadwood

1941 · Townsman

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

1941 · Jeff

Nevada City

1941 · Masked Henchman

Outlaws of the Rio Grande

1941 · Henchman Luke

The Phantom Cowboy

1941 · Sheriff Ben Jeffers

Billy the Kid's Range War

1941 · Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

1940 · Henchman Buck

Riders of Black Mountain

1940 · Sheriff Clay Mathews

The Trail Blazers

1940 · Engineer Reynolds

Under Texas Skies

1940 · Jim Marsden

One Man's Law

1940 · Spike Hudkins

Rancho Grande

1940 · Henchman Joe

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Cop (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Bank Robber (uncredited)

The Shadow

1940 · Garage Henchman

South of the Border

1939 · Telegrapher

In Old Monterey

1939 · Soldier

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939 · Ambulance Attendant

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939 · Evans

Land of Fighting Men

1938 · Ed -Henchman

Professor Beware

1938 · Reporter

Desert Patrol

1938 · Dan Drury

Code of the Rangers

1938 · Jack Strong

Midnight Intruder

1938 · Track Spectator (uncredited)

Swing It, Sailor!

1938 · Interne

The Mysterious Pilot

1937 · "Kansas" Eby

Heroes of the Alamo

1937 · Colonel William B. Travis

The Silver Trail

1937 · Bob Crandall

Ten Laps to Go

1936 · Larry Evans

Fury Below

1936 · Joe Norsen

Cavalcade of the West

1936 · Asa Knox aka Ace Carter

Aces and Eights

1936 · Jose Hernandez

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

1936 · Walter Jameson

Lightnin' Bill Carson

1936 · Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid

Custer's Last Stand

1936 · Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan

Ridin' On

1936 · Danny O'Neil

Roarin' Guns

1936 · Jerry

Custer's Last Stand

1936 · Kit Cardigan

Fast Bullets

1936 · Jimmy

The Man from Guntown

1935 · Alan McArthur

Rough Riding Ranger

1935 · Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid

Fighting Caballero

1935 · Joaquin Florenz

The Ghost Rider

1935 · Dave

Pals of the Range

1935 · Steve Barton

Cyclone of the Saddle

1935 · Andy

The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935 · Bill Bodie

Inside Information

1934 · Lloyd Wilson

Midnight Morals

1932 · Preen Lazetti

The Monster Walks

1932 · Ted Clayton

Cannonball Express

Cannonball Express

1932 · Ned Logan

Chinatown After Dark

1931 · Jim Bonner

Is There Justice?

1931 · Jerry Heath

In Old Cheyenne

1931 · Jim the Cheyenne Kid

The Sign of the Wolf

1931 · Tom

The Utah Kid

1930 · Cal Reynolds

Borrowed Wives

1930 · Peter Foley

Wings of Adventure

1930 · Dave Kent

Hot Curves

1930 · Jim Dolan

Sunny Skies

1930 · Jim Grant

Troopers Three

1930 · Eddie Haskins

Two Sisters

1929 · Allan Rhodes

The Younger Generation

1929 · Eddie Lesser

When Dreams Come True

1929 · Ben Shelby

Girls Who Dare

1929 · Chet Randolf

Stolen Love

1928 · Bill

Riders of the Dark

Riders of the Dark

1928 · Jim Graham

Broadway Daddies

1928 · Richard Kennedy

Red Riders of Canada

1928 · Pierre Duval

Queen of the Chorus

1928 · Billy Cooke

The Phantom of the Turf

1928 · John Nichols

The Law of the Range

1928 · Solitaire Kid

The College Hero

1927 · Jim Halloran

Clancy's Kosher Wedding

1927 · Tom Clancy

The Cancelled Debt

The Cancelled Debt

1927 · Patrick Burke

Not for Publication

1927 · Philip Hale

The Outlaw Dog

1927 · Bill Brady

Moulders of Men

1927 · Jim Barry

The Last Alarm

1926 · Tom

The Mystery Pilot

The Mystery Pilot

1926 · Bob Jones

Somebody's Mother

1926 · Peter

The Last Edition

1925 · Clarence Walker

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

1925 · The Spirit of the Bottle

Chalk Marks

1924 · Bert Thompson

A Woman Who Sinned

A Woman Who Sinned

1924 · Her Son as an Adult

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