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.
Known for
Maverick
Poker Player #2
Queen of the Chorus
Billy Cooke
Flame of Barbary Coast
Collingswood
Custer's Last Stand
Kit Cardigan
The Trail Blazers
Engineer Reynolds
The Gallant Legion
Conductor
Call of the Rockies
Miner Kendall
Calling Dr. Death
Two Sisters
Allan Rhodes
A Chump at Oxford
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Fake Marshall
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Bill Bodie
Dead Man's Gulch
Henchman
The Abbott and Costello Show
Bartender
Stolen Love
Bill
Land of Fighting Men
Ed -Henchman
Gun Cargo
Capt. Jim Parker
The Monster Walks
Ted Clayton
The Grapes of Wrath
Cop (uncredited)
Pals of the Golden West
Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
Broadway Daddies
Richard Kennedy
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
Henchman Luke
Under Texas Skies
Jim Marsden
On Stage Everybody
Onlooker (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Night Time in Nevada
Officer (uncredited)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Yellowstone
South of the Border
Telegrapher
Sunny Skies
Jim Grant
Jesse James at Bay
Henchman Gregg
The Unholy Wife
Mr. White (uncredited)
The Last Edition
Clarence Walker
The Gazebo
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Borrowed Wives
Peter Foley
Cyclone of the Saddle
Andy
The Crimson Ghost
Bain
The Younger Generation
Eddie Lesser
Firebrands of Arizona
Deputy Mike
Cavalcade of the West
Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
In Old Monterey
Soldier
Backlash
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
The Law of the Range
Solitaire Kid
You Came Along
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid
Bob Davis
The Phantom Cowboy
Sheriff Ben Jeffers
The Adventures of Champion
Assayer
The Last Alarm
Tom
The Naughty Nineties
Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
Saboteur
Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
In Old California
Gold Strike Rider
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
Tom Clancy
Colorado Sundown
Rancher who finds dog
Sun Valley Cyclone
Army Sergeant
The Wild North
Townsman (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
Heroes of the Alamo
Colonel William B. Travis
Death Valley Outlaws
Marshal Jim Collins
Lady in a Jam
Drunk (uncredited)
California
Stranger (uncredited)
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
The Spirit of the Bottle
Nevada City
Masked Henchman
Aces and Eights
Jose Hernandez
Frisco Tornado
Henchman
Raiders of the West
Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
Fast Bullets
Jimmy
The Sign of the Wolf
Tom
Daredevils of the West
Jack
Moulders of Men
Jim Barry
Idaho
Henchman
The Mysterious Pilot
"Kansas" Eby
Not for Publication
Philip Hale
Singing Guns
Stage Driver
Tomorrow We Live
Shorty
Eyes of the Underworld
(uncredited)
Arizona Terrors
First Toll Collector Henchman
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Smiley
The Prodigal
Purveyor (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
Rancher Rex
A Foreign Affair
M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
Fury Below
Joe Norsen
Springtime in Texas
Pete Grant
The Pride of the Yankees
Spectator (uncredited)
Roarin' Guns
Jerry
Fighting Caballero
Joaquin Florenz
Eagle Squadron
German soldier
Somebody's Mother
Peter
The Phantom Rider
Randall
Phony Express
Red's Henchman
Swing It, Sailor!
Interne
So's Your Uncle
Hotel Clerk
Desert Patrol
Dan Drury
Chalk Marks
Bert Thompson
Canyon Passage
Card Player (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
Bridge Henchman
The Time of Their Lives
Sgt. Makepeace
The Mummy's Tomb
Townsman (uncredited)
Rancho Grande
Henchman Joe
Midnight Morals
Preen Lazetti
Corvette K-225
Coxswain
Rough Riding Ranger
Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
Ride, Vaquero!
Deputy
In Old Cheyenne
Jim the Cheyenne Kid
Keep 'Em Slugging
Personnel Manager
Dead Man's Eyes
Professor Beware
Reporter
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Hank
The Shadow
Garage Henchman
Gun Belt
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Tonto Basin Outlaws
Stanley, Jane's Editor
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
Ten Laps to Go
Larry Evans
Perils of the Wilderness
Sergeant Jim Rodney
Toughest Man in Arizona
Troopers Three
Eddie Haskins
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Evans
Code of the Silver Sage
Captain Matthews
Frisco Lil
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Sheriff
Riders of the Rio Grande
Father of Twins
White Tie and Tails
Briggs (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
Bad Man of Deadwood
Townsman
The Silver Trail
Bob Crandall
Shadows of Tombstone
Fake Drunk
Sunset Serenade
Martin Rider
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Jeff
Earl Carroll Vanities
Policeman
Lost in Alaska
Old-Timer
Riders of Black Mountain
Sheriff Clay Mathews
One Man's Law
Spike Hudkins
Ridin' On
Danny O'Neil
Hills of Oklahoma
Joe Brant
The Cyclone Kid
Henchman Ben Rankin
Code of the Prairie
Chinatown After Dark
Jim Bonner
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Henchman Buck
The College Hero
Jim Halloran
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Ambulance Attendant
Inside Information
Lloyd Wilson
The Phantom of the Turf
John Nichols
Code of the Rangers
Jack Strong
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Bert Lawler
The Utah Kid
Cal Reynolds
Girls Who Dare
Chet Randolf
Billy the Kid's Range War
Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
Wings of Adventure
Dave Kent
The Ghost Rider
Dave
Midnight Intruder
Track Spectator (uncredited)
The Outlaw Dog
Bill Brady
Days of Buffalo Bill
Bill Clinker
The Silver Bullet
Rance Harris
Haunted Ranch
Rex Lease
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Walter Jameson
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Zeke Larkin
Bordertown Trail
Sgt. Jenkins
The Man from Guntown
Alan McArthur
The People's Choice
Custer's Last Stand
Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
The Mystery Pilot
Bob Jones
Hot Curves
Jim Dolan
Why Girls Leave Home
Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
When Dreams Come True
Ben Shelby
Lone Texas Ranger
Henchman Whitey
Out of the Storm
Gus Clute
Pals of the Range
Steve Barton
Red Riders of Canada
Pierre Duval
Riders of the Dark
Jim Graham