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Rex Lease
Actor, Additional Credits
Died January 3, 1966 (62 years)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Bank Robber (1986) |
| 1966 | Cyclotrode 'X' · as Bain |
| 1959 | The Gazebo · as Stage Manager |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Poker Player #2 |
| 1957 | A Hatful of Rain · as Man At Mailbox (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Unholy Wife · as Mr. White (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Banker |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy · as Cashier |
| 1956 | Tension at Table Rock · as Townsman |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity · as Airport Representative |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years · as Card Player |
| 1956 | Backlash · as Sergeant Blane (uncredited) |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Champion (TV Series) · as Assayer |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Brother William |
| 1955 | Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1955 | The Prodigal · as Purveyor |
| 1954 | Destry · as Townsman |
| 1954 | Rails Into Laramie · as Bartender |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Ben |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Money from Home · as Train Conductor |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane · as Man Who Gets Adelaide's Picture |
| 1953 | Gun Belt · as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! · as Deputy |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars · as Police Sergeant |
| 1953 | I'm the Law (TV Series) · as Officer Johnny |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Gun · as Lookout |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd · as Waiter At Pub With Black Eye |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1952 | Montana Belle · as Townsman |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | Lost in Alaska · as Old-Timer |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair · as Sheriff |
| 1952 | The Wild North · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Senator |
| 1952 | Colorado Sundown · as Rancher Who Finds Dog |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1951 | Pals of the Golden West · as Cattleman At Meeting (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm · as Clallan County Sheriff |
| 1951 | Spoilers of the Plains · as Gate Guard |
| 1951 | Living Christ Series (TV Series) · as Pharisee |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon · as Southerner |
| 1950 | Frisco Tornado · as Henchman |
| 1950 | Covered Wagon Raid · as Bob Davis |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma · as Joe Brant |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek · as Yellowstone |
| 1950 | Salt Lake Raiders · as Cave Henchman |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town · as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Code of the Silver Sage · as Captain Matthews |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Man Buying Book |
| 1950 | Singing Guns · as Stage Driver |
| 1950 | Bells of Coronado · as Shipping Company Foreman |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles · as Guide |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle · as Sheriff John |
| 1949 | Hideout · as Police Officer |
| 1949 | The Last Bandit · as Stage Driver |
| 1948 | The Plunderers · as Steele - Supply Sergeant |
| 1948 | Another Part of the Forest · as Josh |
| 1948 | Nighttime in Nevada · as Officer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | A Foreign Affair · as M.p. Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman · as Station Attendant |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion · as Conductor |
| 1947 | Slave Girl · as Dialogue Captive Sailor (segment "that's The Way I Feel") |
| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap · as Hank |
| 1947 | Michigan Kid · as Attendant With Message |
| 1947 | Wyoming · as Store Clerk |
| 1947 | Brute Force · as Hearse Driver |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline · as Reporter |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home · as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1947 | California · as Stranger (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman · as Roulette Croupier |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast · as Rider Brooks |
| 1946 | Plainsman and the Lady · as Croupier |
| 1946 | The Crimson Ghost · as Bain |
| 1946 | White Tie and Tails · as Briggs (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Time of Their Lives · as Sgt. Makepeace |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage · as Card Player (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Inside Job · as Police Sgt. Gray |
| 1946 | King of the Forest Rangers · as Toler - Forest Ranger At Headquarters |
| 1946 | The Phantom Rider · as Randall |
| 1945 | Dakota · as Railroad Conductor |
| 1945 | Frontier Gal · as Henchman |
| 1945 | The Great John L. · as Corbett's Manager |
| 1945 | Rough Riders of Cheyenne · as Dying Henchman |
| 1945 | Why Girls Leave Home · as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Oregon Trail · as Train Passenger |
| 1945 | Federal Operator 99 · as Bower |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties · as Sheriff Wright (uncredited) |
| 1945 | You Came Along · as Airport Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bells of Rosarita · as Deputy |
| 1945 | Santa Fe Saddlemates · as Smiley |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast · as Collingswood |
| 1945 | Lone Texas Ranger · as Henchman Whitey |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! · as Yacht Salesman |
| 1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities · as Policeman |
| 1944 | Dead Man's Eyes · as The Cab Driver |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Sundown · as Murdock |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat · as Lyncher |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost City · as Maj. Norton |
| 1944 | Call of the Rockies · as Miner Kendall |
| 1944 | The Yellow Rose of Texas · as Man Betting On Ferguson |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco · as Man |
| 1944 | The Tiger Woman · as Pipe-Smoker In Cafe [chs. 9, 12] |
| 1944 | Cowboy and the Senorita · as Bonanza Club Faro Dealer |
| 1944 | Strange Confession · as Voice |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 · as Coxswain |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande · as Father Of Twins |
| 1943 | Daredevils of the West · as Jack |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys · as Bridge Henchman |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging · as Personnel Manager |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Eyes of the Underworld · as (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tomorrow We Live · as Shorty |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade · as Martin Rider |
| 1942 | Shadows on the Sage · as Deputy |
| 1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa · as Bert Lawler |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet · as Rance Harris |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam · as Drunk |
| 1942 | Eagle Squadron · as German Soldier |
| 1942 | In Old California · as Gold Strike Rider |
| 1942 | Stardust on the Sage · as Sheriff |
| 1942 | Home in Wyomin' · as Poker Player |
| 1942 | Saboteur · as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Raiders of the West · as Henchman Joe - Pete In Credits |
| 1941 | Sierra Sue · as Rancher Rex |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay · as Henchman Gregg |
| 1941 | Bad Man of Deadwood · as Townsman |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe · as Jeff |
| 1941 | Nevada City · as Masked Henchman |
| 1941 | Saddlemates · as Settler |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid's Range War · as Henchman Buck Posing As Billy The Kid |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice · as Henchman Buck |
| 1940 | Riders of Black Mountain · as Sheriff Clay Mathews |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies · as Jim Marsden |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Lynch Mob Member |
| 1940 | Rancho Grande · as Henchman Joe |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | A Chump at Oxford · as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Shadow · as Garage Henchman |
| 1939 | South of the Border · as Telegrapher |
| 1939 | In Old Monterey · as Soldier |
| 1939 | S.O.S. Tidal Wave · as Ambulance Attendant |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again · as Evans |
| 1938 | Professor Beware · as Reporter |
| 1938 | Desert Patrol · as Dan Drury |
| 1938 | Port of Missing Girls · as Driver Henchman |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder · as Track Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! · as Interne |
| 1937 | The Mysterious Pilot · as "kansas" Eby |
| 1937 | SOS Coast Guard · as Coast Guard Orderly |
| 1937 | Heroes of the Alamo · as Colonel William B. Travis |
| 1937 | The Silver Trail · as Bob Crandall |
| 1936 | Ten Laps to Go · as Larry Evans |
| 1936 | Fury Below · as Joe Norsen |
| 1936 | Cavalcade of the West · as Asa Knox Aka Ace Carter |
| 1936 | Aces and Eights · as Jose Hernandez |
| 1936 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand · as Walter Jameson |
| 1936 | Lightnin' Bill Carson · as Fred Rand Aka The Pecos Kid |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand · as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan |
| 1936 | Roarin' Guns · as Jerry |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand · as Kit Cardigan |
| 1936 | Fast Bullets · as Jimmy |
| 1935 | Fighting Caballero · as Joaquin Florenz |
| 1935 | Rough Riding Ranger · as Corporal Daniels Aka Tombstone Kid |
| 1935 | The Ghost Rider · as Dave |
| 1935 | Cyclone of the Saddle · as Andy |
| 1935 | The Cowboy and the Bandit · as Bill Bodie |
| 1934 | Inside Information · as Lloyd Wilson |
| 1932 | The Lone Trail · as Ranger Tom Lanning |
| 1932 | The Monster Walks · as Ted Clayton |
| 1931 | Chinatown After Dark · as Jim Bonner |
| 1931 | The Sign of the Wolf · as Tom |
| 1930 | The Utah Kid · as Cal Reynolds |
| 1930 | Borrowed Wives · as Peter Foley |
| 1930 | Wings of Adventure · as Dave Kent |
| 1930 | Hot Curves · as Jim Dolan |
| 1930 | Sunny Skies · as Jim Grant |
| 1929 | The Younger Generation · as Eddie Lesser |
| 1928 | The Law of the Range · as Solitaire Kid |
| 1927 | Clancy's Kosher Wedding · as Tom Clancy |
| 1926 | The Timid Terror · as Howard Cramm |
| 1925 | Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle · as The Spirit Of The Bottle |