Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 11, 1903
Died
Jan 03, 1966
Place of Birth
Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Credits
174 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Gazebo
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Maverick
Poker Player #2
A Hatful of Rain
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife
Mr. White (uncredited)
Backlash
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Perils of the Wilderness
Sergeant Jim Rodney
The Adventures of Champion
Assayer
The Prodigal
Purveyor (uncredited)
Shadows of Tombstone
Fake Drunk
Gun Belt
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
Deputy
The Abbott and Costello Show
Bartender
Toughest Man in Arizona
Lost in Alaska
Old-Timer
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Sheriff
Colorado Sundown
Rancher who finds dog
The Wild North
Townsman (uncredited)
Pals of the Golden West
Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
Frisco Tornado
Henchman
The Cisco Kid
Man Buying Book (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid
Bob Davis
Hills of Oklahoma
Joe Brant
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Yellowstone
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
Code of the Silver Sage
Captain Matthews
Singing Guns
Stage Driver
Gun Cargo
Capt. Jim Parker
Out of the Storm
Gus Clute
Night Time in Nevada
Officer (uncredited)
A Foreign Affair
M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
Conductor
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Hank
Buck Privates Come Home
Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
California
Stranger (uncredited)
The People's Choice
The Crimson Ghost
Bain
White Tie and Tails
Briggs (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Sgt. Makepeace
Canyon Passage
Card Player (uncredited)
Sun Valley Cyclone
Army Sergeant
Days of Buffalo Bill
Bill Clinker
The Phantom Rider
Randall
Why Girls Leave Home
Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Cab Driver (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
Onlooker (uncredited)
You Came Along
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Smiley
Springtime in Texas
Pete Grant
Flame of Barbary Coast
Collingswood