Rex Bell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-10-16
Day of Death
1962-07-04 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Rex Bell
Biography
Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow; Bell and Bow married the following year.
Bell later became involved in politics with the Nevada Republican Party and was the 21st lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1955 until his death in 1962. He was the second Lieutenant Governor to die in office after Henry C. Davis and as of 2025, he is the most recent to have died in office.
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Known For
Acting
(2012)
(1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1961)
The Misfits
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
(1942)
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Jack Carson
(1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Virgil Earp
(1936)
Stormy Trails
as Tom Storm
(1936)
Law and Lead
as Jimmy Sawyer
(1936)
Too Much Beef
as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
(1936)
West of Nevada
as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
(1936)
The Idaho Kid
as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
(1936)
Men of the Plains
as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
(1935)
Saddle Aces
as Steve Brandt
(1935)
Fighting Pioneers
as Lieutenant Bentley
(1934)
The Tonto Kid
as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
(1934)
(1933)
(1933)
Rainbow Ranch
as Ed "Tex" Randall
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Randy Graves
(1933)
The Fugitive
as Joe Kean
(1933)
Diamond Trail
as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
(1933)
Crashing Broadway
as Tad Wallace
(1932)
Broadway to Cheyenne
as 'Breezy' Kildare
(1932)
The Arm of the Law
as Robin Dale, a Reporter
(1932)
The Man from Arizona
as Kent Rogers
(1932)
Lucky Larrigan
as Craig Larrigan
(1931)
Forgotten Women
as Jimmy Burke
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Dave Archer
(1931)
Disappearing Enemies
as Paul
(1930)
Lightnin'
as Larry - Betty's Husband
(1930)
Courage
as Lynn Willard
(1930)
True to the Navy
as Eddie
(1930)
Harmony at Home
as Dick Grant
(1929)
Joy Street
as Eddie
(1929)
Happy Days
as Rex Bell
(1929)
They Had to See Paris
as Clark McCurdy
(1929)
Salute
as Cadet (uncredited)
(1928)
The Cowboy Kid
as Jim Barrett