Rex Lease
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.
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Movies (47)
The Gazebo
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1960
A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
1957
The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
1957
Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
1956
Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
1956
The Prodigal
as Purveyor (uncredited)
1955
Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
1953
Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
1953
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
1952
Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
1952
The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
1951
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
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
1950
Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
1950
Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
1950
Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
1949
Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
1948
Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
1948
A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
1948
The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Hank
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947
California
as Stranger (uncredited)
1947
The People's Choice
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
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
1946
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
1946
The Phantom Rider
as Randall
1946
Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945
On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
1945
You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
1945
Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
1945
Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
1945
