Rex Lease
Acting
Born February 11, 1903 · Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
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.
Films (167)
The Gazebo
1960
A Hatful of Rain
1957
The Unholy Wife
1957
Backlash
1956
Perils of the Wilderness
1956
The Prodigal
1955
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
Gun Belt
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Lost in Alaska
1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Colorado Sundown
1952
The Wild North
1952
Pals of the Golden West
1951
Frisco Tornado
1950
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
Singing Guns
1950
Gun Cargo
1949
Out of the Storm
1948
Night Time in Nevada
1948
A Foreign Affair
1948
The Gallant Legion
1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
California
1947
The People's Choice
1946
The Crimson Ghost
1946
White Tie and Tails
1946
The Time of Their Lives
1946
Canyon Passage
1946
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946
The Phantom Rider
1946
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945
On Stage Everybody
1945
You Came Along
1945
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Springtime in Texas
1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Lone Texas Ranger
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
Code of the Prairie
1944
Bordertown Trail
1944
Call of the Rockies
1944
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Phony Express
1943
Corvette K-225
1943
So's Your Uncle
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
Daredevils of the West
1943
King of the Cowboys
1943
Idaho
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Haunted Ranch
1943
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
Tomorrow We Live
1942
Sunset Serenade
1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
The Silver Bullet
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
Eagle Squadron
1942
The Cyclone Kid
1942
In Old California
1942
Saboteur
1942
Frisco Lil
1942
Raiders of the West
1942
Arizona Terrors
1942
Sierra Sue
1941
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
Nevada City
1941
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
Riders of Black Mountain
1940
The Trail Blazers
1940
Under Texas Skies
1940
One Man's Law
1940
Rancho Grande
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
A Chump at Oxford
1940
The Shadow
1940
South of the Border
1939
In Old Monterey
1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
Land of Fighting Men
1938
Professor Beware
1938
Desert Patrol
1938
Code of the Rangers
1938
Midnight Intruder
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
Heroes of the Alamo
1937
The Silver Trail
1937
Ten Laps to Go
1936
Fury Below
1936
Cavalcade of the West
1936
Aces and Eights
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Ridin' On
1936
Roarin' Guns
1936
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Fast Bullets
1936
The Man from Guntown
1935
Rough Riding Ranger
1935
Fighting Caballero
1935
The Ghost Rider
1935
Pals of the Range
1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Inside Information
1934
Midnight Morals
1932
The Monster Walks
1932
Chinatown After Dark
1931
Is There Justice?
1931
In Old Cheyenne
1931
The Sign of the Wolf
1931
The Utah Kid
1930
Borrowed Wives
1930
Wings of Adventure
1930
Hot Curves
1930
Sunny Skies
1930
Troopers Three
1930
Two Sisters
1929
The Younger Generation
1929
When Dreams Come True
1929
Girls Who Dare
1929
Stolen Love
1928
Riders of the Dark
1928
Broadway Daddies
1928
Red Riders of Canada
1928
Queen of the Chorus
1928
The Phantom of the Turf
1928
The Law of the Range
1928
The College Hero
1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
Not for Publication
1927
The Outlaw Dog
1927
Moulders of Men
1927
The Last Alarm
1926
The Mystery Pilot
1926
Somebody's Mother
1926
The Last Edition
1925
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925
Chalk Marks
1924
A Woman Who Sinned
1924