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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 11, 1903
Died
January 3, 1966
Place of Birth
Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Also Known As
- Rex Lloyd Lease
Rex Lease
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.8
Poker Player #2
Maverick
1957
6.7
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain
1957
4.6
Mr. White (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife
1957
6.4
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Backlash
1956
6.0
Sergeant Jim Rodney
Perils of the Wilderness
1956
5.3
Assayer
The Adventures of Champion
1955
6.0
Fake Drunk
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
6.3
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Gun Belt
1953
5.9
Deputy
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
7.1
Bartender
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Credits
Maverick
as Poker Player #2
1957
6.8
A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
1957
6.7
The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
1957
4.6
Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
1956
6.4
Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Champion
as Assayer
1955
5.3
Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
1953
6.0
Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
1953
6.3
Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
1953
5.9
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Bartender
1952
7.1
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
0.0
Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
1952
6.0
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
1952
5.9
Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
1952
3.3
The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
1952
6.9
Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
1951
0.0
Frisco Tornado
as Henchman
1950
6.0
Covered Wagon Raid
as Bob Davis
1950
5.8
Hills of Oklahoma
as Joe Brant
1950
0.0
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Yellowstone
1950
6.3
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
1950
6.0
Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
1950
5.8
Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
1949
0.0
Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
1948
6.5
Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
1948
6.2
A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
1948
7.1
The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
1948
7.0
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Hank
1947
6.2
Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947
6.3
California
as Stranger (uncredited)
1947
6.5
The Crimson Ghost
as Bain
1946
4.8
White Tie and Tails
as Briggs (uncredited)
1946
7.0
The Time of Their Lives
as Sgt. Makepeace
1946
7.0
Canyon Passage
as Card Player (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
1946
5.0
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
1946
0.0
The Phantom Rider
as Randall
1946
6.0
Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1945
5.0
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945
0.0
On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
1945
0.0
You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1945
7.0
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
1945
6.8
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
1945
5.0
Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
1945
0.0
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
1945
5.6
Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
1945
6.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
1945
5.0
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Mike
1944
6.0
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
6.5
Code of the Prairie
1944
0.0
Bordertown Trail
as Sgt. Jenkins
1944
0.0
Call of the Rockies
as Miner Kendall
1944
6.0
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.5
Phony Express
as Red's Henchman
1943
5.4
Corvette K-225
as Coxswain
1943
6.1
So's Your Uncle
as Hotel Clerk
1943
5.0
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Father of Twins
1943
0.0
Daredevils of the West
as Jack
1943
0.0
King of the Cowboys
as Bridge Henchman
1943
5.5
Idaho
as Henchman
1943
5.7
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Personnel Manager
1943
5.5
Haunted Ranch
as Rex Lease
1943
6.0
Dead Man's Gulch
as Henchman
1943
0.0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Zeke Larkin
1943
0.0
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
1942
5.6
Eyes of the Underworld
as (uncredited)
1942
4.8
Tomorrow We Live
as Shorty
1942
4.3
Sunset Serenade
as Martin Rider
1942
5.5
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Bert Lawler
1942
0.0
The Silver Bullet
as Rance Harris
1942
4.0
The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
1942
7.4
Lady in a Jam
as Drunk (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Eagle Squadron
as German soldier
1942
0.0
In Old California
as Gold Strike Rider
1942
5.1
The Cyclone Kid
as Henchman Ben Rankin
1942
0.0
Saboteur
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
1942
6.9
🎬
Frisco Lil
1942
8.0
Raiders of the West
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
1942
0.0
Arizona Terrors
as First Toll Collector Henchman
1942
0.0
Sierra Sue
as Rancher Rex
1941
0.0
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Gregg
1941
4.2
Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
1941
0.0
Death Valley Outlaws
as Marshal Jim Collins
1941
0.0
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Fake Marshall
1941
0.0
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
1941
4.4
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Jeff
1941
4.0
Nevada City
as Masked Henchman
1941
5.0
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
as Henchman Luke
1941
0.0
The Phantom Cowboy
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
1941
6.0
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
1941
6.5
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Henchman Buck
1940
4.0
Riders of Black Mountain
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
1940
0.0
The Trail Blazers
as Engineer Reynolds
1940
0.0
Under Texas Skies
as Jim Marsden
1940
5.0
One Man's Law
as Spike Hudkins
1940
0.0
Rancho Grande
as Henchman Joe
1940
4.0
The Grapes of Wrath
as Cop (uncredited)
1940
7.8
A Chump at Oxford
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
1940
6.9
The Shadow
as Garage Henchman
1940
6.5
South of the Border
as Telegrapher
1939
5.0
In Old Monterey
as Soldier
1939
5.3
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Ambulance Attendant
1939
5.7
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Evans
1939
6.0
Land of Fighting Men
as Ed -Henchman
1938
0.0
Professor Beware
as Reporter
1938
6.1
Desert Patrol
as Dan Drury
1938
0.0
Code of the Rangers
as Jack Strong
1938
0.0
Midnight Intruder
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
1938
5.2
Swing It, Sailor!
as Interne
1938
5.0
The Mysterious Pilot
as "Kansas" Eby
1937
0.0
Heroes of the Alamo
as Colonel William B. Travis
1937
3.5
The Silver Trail
as Bob Crandall
1937
5.0
Ten Laps to Go
as Larry Evans
1936
4.0
Fury Below
as Joe Norsen
1936
1.0
Cavalcade of the West
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
1936
4.4
Aces and Eights
as Jose Hernandez
1936
4.8
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Walter Jameson
1936
4.8
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
1936
5.0
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
1936
0.0
Ridin' On
as Danny O'Neil
1936
0.0
Roarin' Guns
as Jerry
1936
6.5
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan
1936
4.5
Fast Bullets
as Jimmy
1936
4.5
The Man from Guntown
as Alan McArthur
1935
0.0
Rough Riding Ranger
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
1935
0.0
Fighting Caballero
as Joaquin Florenz
1935
5.0
The Ghost Rider
as Dave
1935
5.0
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Andy
1935
5.2
Pals of the Range
as Steve Barton
1935
0.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Bill Bodie
1935
6.0
Inside Information
as Lloyd Wilson
1934
5.7
Midnight Morals
as Preen Lazetti
1932
0.0
The Monster Walks
as Ted Clayton
1932
4.1
Chinatown After Dark
as Jim Bonner
1931
3.0
In Old Cheyenne
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
1931
0.0
🎬
The Sign of the Wolf
as Tom
1931
0.0
The Utah Kid
as Cal Reynolds
1930
0.0
Borrowed Wives
as Peter Foley
1930
4.6
Wings of Adventure
as Dave Kent
1930
5.3
Hot Curves
as Jim Dolan
1930
5.7
Sunny Skies
as Jim Grant
1930
4.2
Troopers Three
as Eddie Haskins
1930
7.0
Two Sisters
as Allan Rhodes
1929
6.0
The Younger Generation
as Eddie Lesser
1929
6.5
🎬
Girls Who Dare
as Chet Randolf
1929
0.0
Stolen Love
as Bill
1928
0.0
Broadway Daddies
as Richard Kennedy
1928
1.0
Red Riders of Canada
as Pierre Duval
1928
0.0
Queen of the Chorus
as Billy Cooke
1928
0.0
The Law of the Range
as Solitaire Kid
1928
2.5
The College Hero
as Jim Halloran
1927
4.3
The Outlaw Dog
as Bill Brady
1927
0.0
Moulders of Men
as Jim Barry
1927
0.0
🎬
The Last Alarm
as Tom
1926
0.0
🎬
The Mystery Pilot
as Bob Jones
1926
0.0
The Last Edition
as Clarence Walker
1925
5.0
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
as The Spirit of the Bottle
1925
4.5
Chalk Marks
as Bert Thompson
1924
0.0