Rex Lease
Acting
1903-02-11 · 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.
Filmography
The Gazebo
1959 · Movie
Maverick
1957 · Series
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Movie
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Movie
Backlash
1956 · Movie
Perils of the Wilderness
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of Champion
1955 · Series
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
Shadows of Tombstone
1953 · Movie
Gun Belt
1953 · Movie
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Movie
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
Lost in Alaska
1952 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 · Movie
Colorado Sundown
1952 · Movie
The Wild North
1952 · Movie
Pals of the Golden West
1951 · Movie
Frisco Tornado
1950 · Movie
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Series
Covered Wagon Raid
1950 · Movie
Hills of Oklahoma
1950 · Movie
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Movie
Code of the Silver Sage
1950 · Movie
Singing Guns
1950 · Movie
Gun Cargo
1949 · Movie
Out of the Storm
1948 · Movie
Night Time in Nevada
1948 · Movie
A Foreign Affair
1948 · Movie
The Gallant Legion
1948 · Movie
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Movie
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Movie
California
1947 · Movie
The People's Choice
1946 · Movie
The Crimson Ghost
1946 · Movie
White Tie and Tails
1946 · Movie
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Movie
Canyon Passage
1946 · Movie
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946 · Movie
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946 · Movie
The Phantom Rider
1946 · Movie
Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · Movie
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945 · Movie
On Stage Everybody
1945 · Movie
You Came Along
1945 · Movie
The Naughty Nineties
1945 · Movie
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945 · Movie
Springtime in Texas
1945 · Movie
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945 · Movie
Lone Texas Ranger
1945 · Movie
Blonde Ransom
1945 · Movie
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945 · Movie
Firebrands of Arizona
1944 · Movie
Dead Man's Eyes
1944 · Movie
Code of the Prairie
1944 · Movie
Bordertown Trail
1944 · Movie
Call of the Rockies
1944 · Movie
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Movie
Phony Express
1943 · Movie
Corvette K-225
1943 · Movie
So's Your Uncle
1943 · Movie
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943 · Movie
Daredevils of the West
1943 · Movie
King of the Cowboys
1943 · Movie
Idaho
1943 · Movie
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Movie
Haunted Ranch
1943 · Movie
Dead Man's Gulch
1943 · Movie
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Movie
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Movie
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 · Movie
Tomorrow We Live
1942 · Movie
Sunset Serenade
1942 · Movie
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942 · Movie
The Silver Bullet
1942 · Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Movie
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Movie
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
In Old California
1942 · Movie
The Cyclone Kid
1942 · Movie
Saboteur
1942 · Movie
Frisco Lil
1942 · Movie
Raiders of the West
1942 · Movie
Arizona Terrors
1942 · Movie
Sierra Sue
1941 · Movie
Jesse James at Bay
1941 · Movie
Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941 · Movie
Death Valley Outlaws
1941 · Movie
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941 · Movie
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Movie
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 · Movie
Nevada City
1941 · Movie
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941 · Movie
The Phantom Cowboy
1941 · Movie
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941 · Movie
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 · Movie
The Trail Blazers
1940 · Movie
Riders of Black Mountain
1940 · Movie
Under Texas Skies
1940 · Movie
One Man's Law
1940 · Movie
Rancho Grande
1940 · Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Movie
The Shadow
1940 · Movie
South of the Border
1939 · Movie
In Old Monterey
1939 · Movie
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · Movie
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Movie
Land of Fighting Men
1938 · Movie
Professor Beware
1938 · Movie
Desert Patrol
1938 · Movie
Code of the Rangers
1938 · Movie
Midnight Intruder
1938 · Movie
Swing It, Sailor!
1938 · Movie
The Mysterious Pilot
1937 · Movie
Heroes of the Alamo
1937 · Movie
The Silver Trail
1937 · Movie
Ten Laps to Go
1936 · Movie
Fury Below
1936 · Movie
Cavalcade of the West
1936 · Movie
Aces and Eights
1936 · Movie
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936 · Movie
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936 · Movie
Custer's Last Stand
1936 · Movie
Ridin' On
1936 · Movie
Roarin' Guns
1936 · Movie
Custer's Last Stand
1936 · Movie
Fast Bullets
1936 · Movie
The Man from Guntown
1935 · Movie
Rough Riding Ranger
1935 · Movie
Fighting Caballero
1935 · Movie
The Ghost Rider
1935 · Movie
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935 · Movie
Pals of the Range
1935 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935 · Movie
Inside Information
1934 · Movie
Midnight Morals
1932 · Movie
Cannonball Express
1932 · Movie
The Monster Walks
1932 · Movie
Chinatown After Dark
1931 · Movie
Is There Justice?
1931 · Movie
In Old Cheyenne
1931 · Movie
The Sign of the Wolf
1931 · Movie
The Utah Kid
1930 · Movie
Borrowed Wives
1930 · Movie
Wings of Adventure
1930 · Movie
Hot Curves
1930 · Movie
Sunny Skies
1930 · Movie
Troopers Three
1930 · Movie
Two Sisters
1929 · Movie
The Younger Generation
1929 · Movie
When Dreams Come True
1929 · Movie
Girls Who Dare
1929 · Movie
Stolen Love
1928 · Movie
Riders of the Dark
1928 · Movie
Broadway Daddies
1928 · Movie
Red Riders of Canada
1928 · Movie
Queen of the Chorus
1928 · Movie
The Phantom of the Turf
1928 · Movie
The Law of the Range
1928 · Movie
The College Hero
1927 · Movie
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927 · Movie
The Cancelled Debt
1927 · Movie
Not for Publication
1927 · Movie
The Outlaw Dog
1927 · Movie
Moulders of Men
1927 · Movie
The Last Alarm
1926 · Movie
The Mystery Pilot
1926 · Movie
Somebody's Mother
1926 · Movie
The Last Edition
1925 · Movie
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925 · Movie
Chalk Marks
1924 · Movie
A Woman Who Sinned
1924 · Movie