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