- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1903
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- July 4, 1962
Rex Bell
Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow; Bell and Bow married the following year. Bell later became involved in politics with the Nevada Republican Party and was the 21st lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1955 until his death in 1962. He was the second Lieutenant Governor to die in office after Henry C. Davis and as of 2025, he is the most recent to have died in office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rex Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Misfits
1961 · Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Cowboys & Injuns
tvCowboys & Injuns
1950
movieDawn on the Great Divide
1942 · Jack Carson
movieTombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Virgil Earp
movieStormy Trails
1936 · Tom Storm
movieLaw and Lead
1936 · Jimmy Sawyer
movieMen of the Plains
1936 · Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
movieThe Idaho Kid
1936 · Todd Hollister aka Idaho
movieWest of Nevada
1936 · Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
movieToo Much Beef
1936 · Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
movieSaddle Aces
1935 · Steve Brandt
Fighting Pioneers
movieFighting Pioneers
1935 · Lieutenant Bentley
movieThe Tonto Kid
1934 · 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
movieGunfire
1934
movieRainbow Ranch
1933 · Ed "Tex" Randall
movieThe Fugitive
1933 · Joe Kean
movieFighting Texans
1933 · Randy Graves
movieCrashing Broadway
1933 · Tad Wallace
movieDiamond Trail
1933 · 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
movieLucky Larrigan
1932 · Craig Larrigan
movieThe Man from Arizona
1932 · Kent Rogers
movieBroadway to Cheyenne
1932 · 'Breezy' Kildare
movieThe Arm of the Law
1932 · Robin Dale, a Reporter
movieForgotten Women
1931 · Jimmy Burke
movieBattling with Buffalo Bill
1931 · Dave Archer
Disappearing Enemies
movieDisappearing Enemies
1931 · Paul
movieLightnin'
1930 · Larry - Betty's Husband
movieTrue to the Navy
1930 · Eddie
movieCourage
1930 · Lynn Willard
movieHarmony at Home
1930 · Dick Grant
movieThey Had to See Paris
1929 · Clark McCurdy
movieHappy Days
1929 · Rex Bell
movieSalute
1929 · Cadet (uncredited)
moviePleasure Crazed
1929 · Peters
movieJoy Street
1929 · Eddie
movieThe Cowboy Kid
1928 · Jim Barrett
Wild West Romance
movieWild West Romance
1928 · Phil O'Malley