Rex Bell
Biography
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.
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Movies (39)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Misfits
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1961
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Jack Carson
1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Virgil Earp
1942
Stormy Trails
as Tom Storm
1936
Law and Lead
as Jimmy Sawyer
1936
Men of the Plains
as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
1936
The Idaho Kid
as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
1936
West of Nevada
as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
1936
Too Much Beef
as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
1936
Saddle Aces
as Steve Brandt
1935
Fighting Pioneers
as Lieutenant Bentley
1935
The Tonto Kid
as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
1934
Gunfire
1934
Rainbow Ranch
as Ed "Tex" Randall
1933
The Fugitive
as Joe Kean
1933
Fighting Texans
as Randy Graves
1933
Crashing Broadway
as Tad Wallace
1933
Diamond Trail
as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
Lucky Larrigan
as Craig Larrigan
1932
The Man from Arizona
as Kent Rogers
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
as 'Breezy' Kildare
1932
The Arm of the Law
as Robin Dale, a Reporter
1932
Forgotten Women
as Jimmy Burke
1931
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Dave Archer
1931
Disappearing Enemies
as Paul
1931
Lightnin'
as Larry - Betty's Husband
1930
True to the Navy
as Eddie
1930
Courage
as Lynn Willard
1930
Harmony at Home
as Dick Grant
1930
They Had to See Paris
as Clark McCurdy
1929
Happy Days
as Rex Bell
1929
Salute
as Cadet (uncredited)
1929
Pleasure Crazed
as Peters
1929
Joy Street
as Eddie
1929
The Cowboy Kid
as Jim Barrett
1928