Rex Lease
170 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 11, 1903
- Died
- Jan 3, 1966 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Rex Lloyd Lease · Рекс Лиз
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Rex Lease: movies and TV shows
Acting (174)
- 1959 The Gazebo
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1957 A Hatful of Rain
as Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
- 1957 The Unholy Wife
as Mr. White (uncredited)
- 1956 Backlash
as Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
- 1956 Perils of the Wilderness
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
- 1955
- 1955 The Prodigal
as Purveyor (uncredited)
- 1953 Shadows of Tombstone
as Fake Drunk
- 1953 Gun Belt
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero!
as Deputy
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Lost in Alaska
as Old-Timer
- 1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Sheriff
- 1952 Colorado Sundown
as Rancher who finds dog
- 1952 The Wild North
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1951 Pals of the Golden West
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
- 1950 Frisco Tornado
as Henchman
- 1950
- 1950 Covered Wagon Raid
as Bob Davis
- 1950 Hills of Oklahoma
as Joe Brant
- 1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Yellowstone
- 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1950 Code of the Silver Sage
as Captain Matthews
- 1950 Singing Guns
as Stage Driver
- 1949 Gun Cargo
as Capt. Jim Parker
- 1948 Out of the Storm
as Gus Clute
- 1948 Night Time in Nevada
as Officer (uncredited)
- 1948 A Foreign Affair
as M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1948 The Gallant Legion
as Conductor
- 1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Hank
- 1947 Buck Privates Come Home
as Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1947 California
as Stranger (uncredited)
- 1946
- 1946 The Crimson Ghost
as Bain
- 1946 White Tie and Tails
as Briggs (uncredited)
- 1946 The Time of Their Lives
as Sgt. Makepeace
- 1946 Canyon Passage
as Card Player (uncredited)
- 1946 Sun Valley Cyclone
as Army Sergeant
- 1946 Days of Buffalo Bill
as Bill Clinker
- 1946 The Phantom Rider
as Randall
- 1945 Why Girls Leave Home
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- 1945 Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1945 On Stage Everybody
as Onlooker (uncredited)
- 1945 You Came Along
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
- 1945 The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
- 1945 Springtime in Texas
as Pete Grant
- 1945 Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Smiley
- 1945 Flame of Barbary Coast
as Collingswood
- 1945 Lone Texas Ranger
as Henchman Whitey
- 1945 Blonde Ransom
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945 Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
- 1944 Firebrands of Arizona
as Deputy Mike
- 1944
- 1944
- 1944 Bordertown Trail
as Sgt. Jenkins
- 1944 Call of the Rockies
as Miner Kendall
- 1943
- 1943 Phony Express
as Red's Henchman
- 1943 Corvette K-225
as Coxswain
- 1943 So's Your Uncle
as Hotel Clerk
- 1943 Riders of the Rio Grande
as Father of Twins
- 1943 Daredevils of the West
as Jack
- 1943 King of the Cowboys
as Bridge Henchman
- 1943 Idaho
as Henchman
- 1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
as Personnel Manager
- 1943 Haunted Ranch
as Rex Lease
- 1943 Dead Man's Gulch
as Henchman
- 1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Zeke Larkin
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1942 Eyes of the Underworld
as (uncredited)
- 1942 Tomorrow We Live
as Shorty
- 1942 Sunset Serenade
as Martin Rider
- 1942 Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Bert Lawler
- 1942 The Silver Bullet
as Rance Harris
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees
as Spectator (uncredited)
- 1942 Lady in a Jam
as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1942 Eagle Squadron
as German soldier
- 1942 The Cyclone Kid
as Henchman Ben Rankin
- 1942 In Old California
as Gold Strike Rider
- 1942 Saboteur
as Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
- 1942
- 1942 Raiders of the West
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
- 1942 Arizona Terrors
as First Toll Collector Henchman
- 1941 Sierra Sue
as Rancher Rex
- 1941 Jesse James at Bay
as Henchman Gregg
- 1941 Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
- 1941 Death Valley Outlaws
as Marshal Jim Collins
- 1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as Fake Marshall
- 1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
as Townsman
- 1941 Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Jeff
- 1941 Nevada City
as Masked Henchman
- 1941 Outlaws of the Rio Grande
as Henchman Luke
- 1941 The Phantom Cowboy
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
- 1941 Billy the Kid's Range War
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
- 1940 Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Henchman Buck
- 1940 Riders of Black Mountain
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
- 1940 The Trail Blazers
as Engineer Reynolds
- 1940 Under Texas Skies
as Jim Marsden
- 1940 One Man's Law
as Spike Hudkins
- 1940 Rancho Grande
as Henchman Joe
- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1940 A Chump at Oxford
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
- 1940 The Shadow
as Garage Henchman
- 1939 South of the Border
as Telegrapher
- 1939 In Old Monterey
as Soldier
- 1939 S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Ambulance Attendant
- 1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Evans
- 1938 Land of Fighting Men
as Ed -Henchman
- 1938 Professor Beware
as Reporter
- 1938 Desert Patrol
as Dan Drury
- 1938 Code of the Rangers
as Jack Strong
- 1938 Midnight Intruder
as Track Spectator (uncredited)
- 1938 Swing It, Sailor!
as Interne
- 1937 The Mysterious Pilot
as "Kansas" Eby
- 1937 Heroes of the Alamo
as Colonel William B. Travis
- 1937 The Silver Trail
as Bob Crandall
- 1936 Ten Laps to Go
as Larry Evans
- 1936 Fury Below
as Joe Norsen
- 1936 Cavalcade of the West
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
- 1936 Aces and Eights
as Jose Hernandez
- 1936 The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Walter Jameson
- 1936 Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
- 1936 Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
- 1936 Ridin' On
as Danny O'Neil
- 1936 Roarin' Guns
as Jerry
- 1936 Custer's Last Stand
as Kit Cardigan
- 1936 Fast Bullets
as Jimmy
- 1935 The Man from Guntown
as Alan McArthur
- 1935 Rough Riding Ranger
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
- 1935 Fighting Caballero
as Joaquin Florenz
- 1935 The Ghost Rider
as Dave
- 1935 Pals of the Range
as Steve Barton
- 1935 Cyclone of the Saddle
as Andy
- 1935 The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Bill Bodie
- 1934 Inside Information
as Lloyd Wilson
- 1932 Midnight Morals
as Preen Lazetti
- 1932 The Monster Walks
as Ted Clayton
- 1932 Cannonball Express
as Ned Logan
- 1931 Chinatown After Dark
as Jim Bonner
- 1931 Is There Justice?
as Jerry Heath
- 1931 In Old Cheyenne
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
- 1931 The Sign of the Wolf
as Tom
- 1930 The Utah Kid
as Cal Reynolds
- 1930 Borrowed Wives
as Peter Foley
- 1930 Wings of Adventure
as Dave Kent
- 1930 Hot Curves
as Jim Dolan
- 1930 Sunny Skies
as Jim Grant
- 1930 Troopers Three
as Eddie Haskins
- 1929 Two Sisters
as Allan Rhodes
- 1929 The Younger Generation
as Eddie Lesser
- 1929 When Dreams Come True
as Ben Shelby
- 1929 Girls Who Dare
as Chet Randolf
- 1928 Stolen Love
as Bill
- 1928 Riders of the Dark
as Jim Graham
- 1928 Broadway Daddies
as Richard Kennedy
- 1928 Red Riders of Canada
as Pierre Duval
- 1928 Queen of the Chorus
as Billy Cooke
- 1928 The Phantom of the Turf
as John Nichols
- 1928 The Law of the Range
as Solitaire Kid
- 1927 The College Hero
as Jim Halloran
- 1927 Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Tom Clancy
- 1927 The Cancelled Debt
as Patrick Burke
- 1927 Not for Publication
as Philip Hale
- 1927 The Outlaw Dog
as Bill Brady
- 1927 Moulders of Men
as Jim Barry
- 1926 The Last Alarm
as Tom
- 1926 The Mystery Pilot
as Bob Jones
- 1926 Somebody's Mother
as Peter
- 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
- 1924 A Woman Who Sinned
as Her Son as an Adult