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Not for Publication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