Rex Lease
Acting
🎂 1903-02-11
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.
Cast credits(159)
Poker Player #2
1957
Bartender
1952
Conductor
1948
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
1956
Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
1942
Assayer
1955
M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
1948
Stranger (uncredited)
1947
Collingswood
1945
Spectator (uncredited)
1942
Deputy
1953
Card Player (uncredited)
1946
Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947
Captain Matthews
1950
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
1957
Dave
1935
Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Sgt. Jenkins
1944
Track Spectator (uncredited)
1938
Randall
1946
Old-Timer
1952
Soldier
1939
Bridge Henchman
1943
Fake Marshall
1941
Coxswain
1943
Gold Strike Rider
1942
Stage Driver
1950
Kit Cardigan
1936
1942
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
1936
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
1953
Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
1945
Ambulance Attendant
1939
Henchman
1950
Rancher who finds dog
1952
Townsman (uncredited)
1942
Jeff
1941
Hank
1947
Hotel Clerk
1943
German soldier
1942
Jack
1943
Reporter
1938
Bain
1946
Bert Lawler
1942
Henchman
1943
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1940
Policeman
1945
Sgt. Makepeace
1946
Rance Harris
1942
Evans
1939
Briggs (uncredited)
1946
Henchman Gregg
1941
Henchman Buck
1940
1944
Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
1951
Drunk (uncredited)
1942
Sheriff
1952
Jimmy
1936
Jim Barry
1927
Townsman
1941
(uncredited)
1942
Martin Rider
1942
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1945
Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
1950
1952
Army Sergeant
1946
Miner Kendall
1944
Jim Marsden
1940
Eddie Lesser
1929
1943
Dan Drury
1938
Gus Clute
1948
1944
Larry Evans
1936
Mr. White (uncredited)
1957
Masked Henchman
1941
Telegrapher
1939
Allan Rhodes
1929
Bill Clinker
1946
Onlooker (uncredited)
1945
Bob Davis
1950
Shorty
1942
Officer (uncredited)
1948
Bill Bodie
1935
Henchman
1943
Smiley
1945
Preen Lazetti
1932
Clarence Walker
1925
Jim Halloran
1927
Personnel Manager
1943
Jack Strong
1938
Rex Lease
1943
Rancher Rex
1941
Capt. Jim Parker
1949
Garage Henchman
1940
Yellowstone
1950
Dave Kent
1930
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945
Pete Grant
1945
Bob Crandall
1937
Fake Drunk
1953
Father of Twins
1943
Danny O'Neil
1936
Jerry
1936
Zeke Larkin
1943
"Kansas" Eby
1937
Joe Brant
1950
Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
1936
Ted Clayton
1932
Jim Dolan
1930
Walter Jameson
1936
Solitaire Kid
1928
Bill
1928
Joaquin Florenz
1935
Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
1936
Peter Foley
1930
Pierre Duval
1928
Andy
1935
Red's Henchman
1943
Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
1941
Tom
1926
Cal Reynolds
1930
Engineer Reynolds
1940
Chet Randolf
1929
First Toll Collector Henchman
1942
Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
1942
Stanley, Jane's Editor
1941
Tom
1931
Jose Hernandez
1936
Henchman Joe
1940
Ed -Henchman
1938
Henchman Ben Rankin
1942
Interne
1938
Lloyd Wilson
1934
Deputy Mike
1944
Jim Bonner
1931
Henchman Whitey
1945
Bert Thompson
1924
Henchman Luke
1941
Colonel William B. Travis
1937
Sergeant Jim Rodney
1956
Jim the Cheyenne Kid
1931
Spike Hudkins
1940
Joe Norsen
1936
Bill Brady
1927
Sheriff Clay Mathews
1940
Eddie Haskins
1930
Alan McArthur
1935
Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
1935
Steve Barton
1935
Billy Cooke
1928
Jim Grant
1930
Marshal Jim Collins
1941
The Spirit of the Bottle
1925
Bob Jones
1926
Sheriff Ben Jeffers
1941
Richard Kennedy
1928