Rex Lease
Age: 62 | From: Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1903-02-11 12:05:08
Death: 1966-01-03 12:05:08
Aliases: Rex Lloyd Lease
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
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Movie Involvements: 118
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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. 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.
Most Famous Work
The Adventures of Champion
(1955) Assayer
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940) Cop (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942) Spectator (uncredited)
In Old California
(1942) Gold Strike Rider
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942) Townsman (uncredited)
Backlash
(1956) Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Singing Guns
(1950) Stage Driver
Bad Man of Deadwood
(1941) TownsmanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Poker Player #2 | |
| Man at Mailbox (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. White (uncredited) | ||
| 1956 | Sergeant Blane (uncredited) | |
| Sergeant Jim Rodney | ||
| 1955 | Assayer | |
| 1953 | Fake Drunk | |
| Lynch Mob Member (uncredited) | ||
| Deputy | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Old-Timer | ||
| Sheriff | ||
| Rancher who finds dog | ||
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Henchman | |
| Bob Davis | ||
| Joe Brant | ||
| Yellowstone | ||
| Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited) | ||
| Captain Matthews | ||
| Stage Driver | ||
| 1949 | Capt. Jim Parker | |
| 1948 | Officer (uncredited) | |
| M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited) | ||
| Conductor | ||
| 1947 | Hank | |
| Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited) | ||
| 1946 | Bain | |
| Briggs (uncredited) | ||
| Sgt. Makepeace | ||
| Army Sergeant | ||
| Bill Clinker | ||
| Randall | ||
| 1945 | Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Cab Driver (uncredited) | ||
| Onlooker (uncredited) | ||
| Airport Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Sheriff Wright (uncredited) | ||
| Pete Grant | ||
| Smiley | ||
| Collingswood | ||
| Henchman Whitey | ||
| Policeman | ||
| 1944 | Deputy Mike | |
| N/A | ||
| Sgt. Jenkins | ||
| Miner Kendall | ||
| 1943 | N/A | |
| Red's Henchman | ||
| Coxswain | ||
| Hotel Clerk | ||
| Father of Twins | ||
| Jack | ||
| Bridge Henchman | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Personnel Manager | ||
| Rex Lease | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Zeke Larkin | ||
| 1942 | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| Shorty | ||
| Martin Rider | ||
| Bert Lawler | ||
| Rance Harris | ||
| Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| German soldier | ||
| Henchman Ben Rankin | ||
| Gold Strike Rider | ||
| N/A | ||
| Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits | ||
| First Toll Collector Henchman | ||
| 1941 | Rancher Rex | |
| Henchman Gregg | ||
| Stanley, Jane's Editor | ||
| Marshal Jim Collins | ||
| Fake Marshall | ||
| Townsman | ||
| Jeff | ||
| Masked Henchman | ||
| Henchman Luke | ||
| Sheriff Ben Jeffers | ||
| Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid | ||
| 1940 | Henchman Buck | |
| Sheriff Clay Mathews | ||
| Engineer Reynolds | ||
| Jim Marsden | ||
| Spike Hudkins | ||
| Henchman Joe | ||
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Bank Robber (uncredited) | ||
| Garage Henchman | ||
| 1939 | Telegrapher | |
| Soldier | ||
| Ambulance Attendant | ||
| Evans | ||
| 1938 | Ed -Henchman | |
| Reporter | ||
| Dan Drury | ||
| Jack Strong | ||
| Track Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| Interne | ||
| 1937 | "Kansas" Eby | |
| Colonel William B. Travis | ||
| Bob Crandall | ||
| 1936 | Larry Evans | |
| Joe Norsen | ||
| Asa Knox aka Ace Carter | ||
| Jose Hernandez | ||
| Walter Jameson | ||
| Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid | ||
| Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan | ||
| Danny O'Neil | ||
| Jerry | ||
| Kit Cardigan | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| 1935 | Alan McArthur | |
| Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid | ||
| Joaquin Florenz | ||
| Dave | ||
| Andy | ||
| Steve Barton | ||
| Bill Bodie | ||
| 1934 | Lloyd Wilson | |
| 1932 | Preen Lazetti | |
| Ted Clayton | ||
| 1931 | Jim Bonner | |
| Jim the Cheyenne Kid | ||
| Tom | ||
| 1930 | Cal Reynolds | |
| Peter Foley | ||
| Dave Kent | ||
| Jim Dolan | ||
| Jim Grant | ||
| Eddie Haskins | ||
| 1929 | Allan Rhodes | |
| Eddie Lesser | ||
| Chet Randolf | ||
| 1928 | Bill | |
| Richard Kennedy | ||
| Billy Cooke | ||
| Solitaire Kid | ||
| 1927 | Jim Halloran | |
| Bill Brady | ||
| Jim Barry | ||
| 1926 | Tom | |
| 1925 | Clarence Walker | |
| The Spirit of the Bottle | ||
| 1924 | Bert Thompson | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
