Rex Lease
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-02-11
Day of Death
1966-01-03 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
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
Acting
(1957)
The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
(1957)
A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
(1956)
Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
(1956)
Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
(1953)
Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
(1953)
Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
(1952)
Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
(1952)
The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
(1952)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
(1951)
Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
(1950)
Frisco Tornado
as Henchman
(1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
(1950)
Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
(1950)
Covered Wagon Raid
as Bob Davis
(1950)
Hills of Oklahoma
as Joe Brant
(1950)
Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
(1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Yellowstone
(1949)
Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
(1948)
A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1948)
The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
(1948)
Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
(1947)
California
as Stranger (uncredited)
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1947)
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Card Player (uncredited)
(1946)
The Time of Their Lives
as Sgt. Makepeace
(1946)
The Crimson Ghost
as Bain
(1946)
The Phantom Rider
as Randall
(1946)
White Tie and Tails
as Briggs (uncredited)
(1946)
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
(1946)
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
(1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
(1945)
You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
(1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
(1945)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1945)
Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
(1945)
On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
(1945)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
(1945)
Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
(1944)
(1944)
Call of the Rockies
as Miner Kendall
(1944)
(1944)
Bordertown Trail
as Sgt. Jenkins
(1944)
Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Mike
(1943)
Idaho
as Henchman
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Coxswain
(1943)
(1943)
Haunted Ranch
as Rex Lease
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
as Bridge Henchman
(1943)
Daredevils of the West
as Jack
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Father of Twins
(1943)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Zeke Larkin
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Personnel Manager
(1943)
So's Your Uncle
as Hotel Clerk
(1943)
Phony Express
as Red's Henchman
(1943)
Dead Man's Gulch
as Henchman
(1942)
Saboteur
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
(1942)
Sunset Serenade
as Martin Rider
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as First Toll Collector Henchman
(1942)
In Old California
as Gold Strike Rider
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1942)
The Silver Bullet
as Rance Harris
(1942)
Tomorrow We Live
as Shorty
(1942)
Eagle Squadron
as German soldier
(1942)
(1942)
Eyes of the Underworld
as (uncredited)
(1942)
The Cyclone Kid
as Henchman Ben Rankin
(1942)
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Bert Lawler
(1942)
Raiders of the West
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Gregg
(1941)
Sierra Sue
as Rancher Rex
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
(1941)
Nevada City
as Masked Henchman
(1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Jeff
(1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
(1941)
The Phantom Cowboy
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
(1941)
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
as Henchman Luke
(1941)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Fake Marshall
(1941)
Death Valley Outlaws
as Marshal Jim Collins
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
A Chump at Oxford
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
(1940)
The Shadow
as Garage Henchman
(1940)
One Man's Law
as Spike Hudkins
(1940)
Rancho Grande
as Henchman Joe
(1940)
The Trail Blazers
as Engineer Reynolds
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Jim Marsden
(1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Henchman Buck
(1940)
Riders of Black Mountain
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
(1939)
In Old Monterey
as Soldier
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Evans
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Ambulance Attendant
(1939)
South of the Border
as Telegrapher
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Reporter
(1938)
Midnight Intruder
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
(1938)
Land of Fighting Men
as Ed -Henchman
(1938)
Swing It, Sailor!
as Interne
(1938)
Code of the Rangers
as Jack Strong
(1938)
Desert Patrol
as Dan Drury
(1937)
Heroes of the Alamo
as Colonel William B. Travis
(1937)
The Silver Trail
as Bob Crandall
(1937)
The Mysterious Pilot
as "Kansas" Eby
(1936)
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
(1936)
Ten Laps to Go
as Larry Evans
(1936)
Aces and Eights
as Jose Hernandez
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
(1936)
Roarin' Guns
as Jerry
(1936)
Fast Bullets
as Jimmy
(1936)
Cavalcade of the West
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
(1936)
Ridin' On
as Danny O'Neil
(1936)
Fury Below
as Joe Norsen
(1936)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Walter Jameson
(1935)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Bill Bodie
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Andy
(1935)
Fighting Caballero
as Joaquin Florenz
(1935)
Rough Riding Ranger
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Dave
(1935)
The Man from Guntown
as Alan McArthur
(1935)
Pals of the Range
as Steve Barton
(1934)
Inside Information
as Lloyd Wilson
(1932)
The Monster Walks
as Ted Clayton
(1932)
Midnight Morals
as Preen Lazetti
(1931)
Chinatown After Dark
as Jim Bonner
(1931)
The Sign of the Wolf
as Tom
(1931)
In Old Cheyenne
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
(1930)
Borrowed Wives
as Peter Foley
(1930)
The Utah Kid
as Cal Reynolds
(1930)
Sunny Skies
as Jim Grant
(1930)
Troopers Three
as Eddie Haskins
(1930)
Hot Curves
as Jim Dolan
(1930)
Wings of Adventure
as Dave Kent
(1929)
The Younger Generation
as Eddie Lesser
(1929)
Two Sisters
as Allan Rhodes
(1929)
Girls Who Dare
as Chet Randolf
(1928)
The Law of the Range
as Solitaire Kid
(1928)
Broadway Daddies
as Richard Kennedy
(1928)
Stolen Love
as Bill
(1928)
Queen of the Chorus
as Billy Cooke
(1928)
Red Riders of Canada
as Pierre Duval
(1927)
Moulders of Men
as Jim Barry
(1927)
The College Hero
as Jim Halloran
(1927)
The Outlaw Dog
as Bill Brady
(1926)
The Last Alarm
as Tom
(1926)
The Mystery Pilot
as Bob Jones
(1925)
The Last Edition
as Clarence Walker
(1925)
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
as The Spirit of the Bottle
(1924)
Chalk Marks
as Bert Thompson