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