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person_profile-Rex Lease

Rex Lease Died at age: 62

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rex Lease

Date of Birth:

Feb 11, 1903

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 03, 1966

Biography of

Rex Lease

    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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Filmography of

Rex Lease

Found 148 Movies in total

A Hatful of Rain

Man at Mailbox (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Unholy Wife

Mr. White (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

Backlash

Sergeant Blane (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Perils of the Wilderness

Sergeant Jim Rodney ( Actor )

... 1956

Shadows of Tombstone

Fake Drunk ( Actor )

... 1953

Gun Belt

Lynch Mob Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Ride, Vaquero!

Deputy ( Actor )

... 1953

Lost in Alaska

Old-Timer ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

Colorado Sundown

Rancher who finds dog ( Actor )

... 1952

The Wild North

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Pals of the Golden West

Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Frisco Tornado

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1950

Covered Wagon Raid

Bob Davis ( Actor )

... 1950

Hills of Oklahoma

Joe Brant ( Actor )

... 1950

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Yellowstone ( Actor )

... 1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Code of the Silver Sage

Captain Matthews ( Actor )

... 1950

Singing Guns

Stage Driver ( Actor )

... 1950

Gun Cargo

Capt. Jim Parker ( Actor )

... 1949

Out of the Storm

Gus Clute ( Actor )

... 1948

Night Time in Nevada

Officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

A Foreign Affair

M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Gallant Legion

Conductor ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Buck Privates Come Home

Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

California

Stranger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Crimson Ghost

Bain ( Actor )

... 1946

White Tie and Tails

Briggs (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Time of Their Lives

Sgt. Makepeace ( Actor )

... 1946

Canyon Passage

Card Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Sun Valley Cyclone

Army Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1946

Days of Buffalo Bill

Bill Clinker ( Actor )

... 1946

The Phantom Rider

Randall ( Actor )

... 1946

Why Girls Leave Home

Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Swingin' on a Rainbow

Cab Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

On Stage Everybody

Onlooker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

You Came Along

Airport Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Naughty Nineties

Sheriff Wright (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Springtime in Texas

Pete Grant ( Actor )

... 1945

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Smiley ( Actor )

... 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

Collingswood ( Actor )

... 1945

Lone Texas Ranger

Henchman Whitey ( Actor )

... 1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1945

Firebrands of Arizona

Deputy Mike ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

... 1944

Bordertown Trail

Sgt. Jenkins ( Actor )

... 1944

Call of the Rockies

Miner Kendall ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1943

Corvette K-225

Coxswain ( Actor )

... 1943

So's Your Uncle

Hotel Clerk ( Actor )

... 1943

Riders of the Rio Grande

Father of Twins ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

King of the Cowboys

Bridge Henchman ( Actor )

... 1943

Idaho

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

Personnel Manager ( Actor )

... 1943

Haunted Ranch

Rex Lease ( Actor )

... 1943

Dead Man's Gulch

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

The Mummy's Tomb

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Eyes of the Underworld

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Tomorrow We Live

Shorty ( Actor )

... 1942

Sunset Serenade

Martin Rider ( Actor )

... 1942

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Bert Lawler ( Actor )

... 1942

The Silver Bullet

Rance Harris ( Actor )

... 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Lady in a Jam

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Eagle Squadron

German soldier ( Actor )

... 1942

The Cyclone Kid

Henchman Ben Rankin ( Actor )

... 1942

In Old California

Gold Strike Rider ( Actor )

... 1942

Saboteur

Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Raiders of the West

Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits ( Actor )

... 1942

Arizona Terrors

First Toll Collector Henchman ( Actor )

... 1942

Sierra Sue

Rancher Rex ( Actor )

... 1941

Jesse James at Bay

Henchman Gregg ( Actor )

... 1941

Tonto Basin Outlaws

Stanley, Jane's Editor ( Actor )

... 1941

Death Valley Outlaws

Marshal Jim Collins ( Actor )

... 1941

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

Fake Marshall ( Actor )

... 1941

Bad Man of Deadwood

Townsman ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Nevada City

Masked Henchman ( Actor )

... 1941

Outlaws of the Rio Grande

Henchman Luke ( Actor )

... 1941

The Phantom Cowboy

Sheriff Ben Jeffers ( Actor )

... 1941

Billy the Kid's Range War

Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid ( Actor )

... 1941

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

Henchman Buck ( Actor )

... 1940

The Trail Blazers

Engineer Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1940

Riders of Black Mountain

Sheriff Clay Mathews ( Actor )

... 1940

Under Texas Skies

Jim Marsden ( Actor )

... 1940

One Man's Law

Spike Hudkins ( Actor )

... 1940

Rancho Grande

Henchman Joe ( Actor )

... 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Cop (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

A Chump at Oxford

Bank Robber (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

The Shadow

Garage Henchman ( Actor )

... 1940

South of the Border

Telegrapher ( Actor )

... 1939

In Old Monterey

Soldier ( Actor )

... 1939

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Ambulance Attendant ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Land of Fighting Men

Ed -Henchman ( Actor )

... 1938

Professor Beware

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1938

Desert Patrol

Dan Drury ( Actor )

... 1938

Code of the Rangers

Jack Strong ( Actor )

... 1938

Midnight Intruder

Track Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Swing It, Sailor!

Interne ( Actor )

... 1938

The Mysterious Pilot

"Kansas" Eby ( Actor )

... 1937

Heroes of the Alamo

Colonel William B. Travis ( Actor )

... 1937

The Silver Trail

Bob Crandall ( Actor )

... 1937

Ten Laps to Go

Larry Evans ( Actor )

... 1936

Fury Below

Joe Norsen ( Actor )

... 1936

Cavalcade of the West

Asa Knox aka Ace Carter ( Actor )

... 1936

Aces and Eights

Jose Hernandez ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Lightnin' Bill Carson

Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid ( Actor )

... 1936

Custer's Last Stand

Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan ( Actor )

... 1936

Ridin' On

Danny O'Neil ( Actor )

... 1936

Roarin' Guns

Jerry ( Actor )

... 1936

Custer's Last Stand

Kit Cardigan ( Actor )

... 1936

Fast Bullets

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1936

The Man from Guntown

Alan McArthur ( Actor )

... 1935

Rough Riding Ranger

Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid ( Actor )

... 1935

Fighting Caballero

Joaquin Florenz ( Actor )

... 1935

The Ghost Rider

Dave ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Pals of the Range

Steve Barton ( Actor )

... 1935

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Bill Bodie ( Actor )

... 1935

Inside Information

Lloyd Wilson ( Actor )

... 1934

Midnight Morals

Preen Lazetti ( Actor )

... 1932

The Monster Walks

Ted Clayton ( Actor )

... 1932

Chinatown After Dark

Jim Bonner ( Actor )

... 1931

In Old Cheyenne

Jim the Cheyenne Kid ( Actor )

... 1931

The Utah Kid

Cal Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1930

Borrowed Wives

Peter Foley ( Actor )

... 1930

Wings of Adventure

Dave Kent ( Actor )

... 1930

Hot Curves

Jim Dolan ( Actor )

... 1930

Sunny Skies

Jim Grant ( Actor )

... 1930

Troopers Three

Eddie Haskins ( Actor )

... 1930

Two Sisters

Allan Rhodes ( Actor )

... 1929

The Younger Generation

Eddie Lesser ( Actor )

... 1929

Stolen Love

Bill ( Actor )

... 1928

Broadway Daddies

Richard Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1928

Queen of the Chorus

Billy Cooke ( Actor )

... 1928

The Law of the Range

Solitaire Kid ( Actor )

... 1928

The College Hero

Jim Halloran ( Actor )

... 1927

The Outlaw Dog

Bill Brady ( Actor )

... 1927

Moulders of Men

Jim Barry ( Actor )

... 1927

The Last Edition

Clarence Walker ( Actor )

... 1925

Chalk Marks

Bert Thompson ( Actor )

... 1924