Rex Lease
Known for: Acting
Born: February 11, 1903
Died: January 3, 1966
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
170 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
6.9
The Gazebo
1959
7.0
Maverick
1957
6.8
A Hatful of Rain
1957
4.7
The Unholy Wife
1957
6.5
Backlash
1956
6.5
Perils of the Wilderness
1956
6.3
The Adventures of Champion
1955
4.6
The Prodigal
1955
6.5
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
6.4
Gun Belt
1953
6.1
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
7.0
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
6.2
Lost in Alaska
1952
6.6
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
5.0
Colorado Sundown
1952
6.9
The Wild North
1952
7.5
Pals of the Golden West
1951
7.5
Frisco Tornado
1950
6.2
The Cisco Kid
1950
7.2
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
7.0
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
6.4
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
6.6
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
8.0
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
6.4
Singing Guns
1950
8.0
Gun Cargo
1949
7.3
Out of the Storm
1948
6.8
Night Time in Nevada
1948
7.1
A Foreign Affair
1948
7.2
The Gallant Legion
1948
6.2
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
6.4
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
6.8
California
19479.0
The People's Choice
1946
5.3
The Crimson Ghost
1946
7.3
White Tie and Tails
1946
7.2
The Time of Their Lives
1946
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
7.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
7.0
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946
6.5
The Phantom Rider
1946
5.7
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
7.0
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945
8.0
On Stage Everybody
1945
7.3
You Came Along
1945
6.7
The Naughty Nineties
1945
9.0
Springtime in Texas
1945
6.7
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
5.5
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
6.7
Lone Texas Ranger
19458.0
Blonde Ransom
1945
5.4
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
8.0
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
6.6
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
7.0
Code of the Prairie
1944
9.0
Bordertown Trail
1944
6.3
Call of the Rockies
1944
6.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.1
Phony Express
1943
6.2
Corvette K-225
1943
6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943
10.0
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
7.0
Daredevils of the West
1943
6.0
King of the Cowboys
1943
6.3
Idaho
1943
5.8
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
8.0
Haunted Ranch
1943
7.0
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
9.0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
5.5
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
5.6
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
4.9
Tomorrow We Live
1942
6.2
Sunset Serenade
1942
10.0
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
6.0
The Silver Bullet
1942
7.3
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
5.6
Lady in a Jam
1942
7.0
Eagle Squadron
1942
5.0
The Cyclone Kid
1942
5.3
In Old California
1942
6.9
Saboteur
19428.3
Frisco Lil
1942
8.0
Raiders of the West
1942
7.0
Arizona Terrors
1942
7.0
Sierra Sue
1941
4.8
Jesse James at Bay
1941
10.0
Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941
9.0
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
9.0
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
5.3
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
6.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
7.0
Nevada City
1941
9.0
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941
8.0
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
6.7
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
5.2
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
9.0
Riders of Black Mountain
1940
7.0
The Trail Blazers
1940
5.8
Under Texas Skies
1940
10.0
One Man's Law
1940
6.0
Rancho Grande
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
1940
7.3
The Shadow
1940
6.0
South of the Border
1939
6.3
In Old Monterey
1939
6.8
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
7.3
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
7.0
Land of Fighting Men
1938
6.0
Professor Beware
1938
9.0
Desert Patrol
1938
10.0
Code of the Rangers
1938
5.9
Midnight Intruder
1938
7.5
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
10.0
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
5.3
Heroes of the Alamo
1937
5.6
The Silver Trail
1937
5.5
Ten Laps to Go
1936
5.0
Fury Below
1936
5.2
Cavalcade of the West
1936
5.6
Aces and Eights
1936
5.2
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
7.0
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936
8.0
Custer's Last Stand
1936
10.0
Ridin' On
1936
7.7
Roarin' Guns
19365.3
Custer's Last Stand
1936
5.7
Fast Bullets
1936
10.0
The Man from Guntown
1935
9.0
Rough Riding Ranger
1935
6.3
Fighting Caballero
1935
6.3
The Ghost Rider
1935
7.0
Pals of the Range
1935
5.8
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
7.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
6.5
Inside Information
1934
7.0
Midnight Morals
1932
4.2
The Monster Walks
193210.0
Cannonball Express
1932
4.1
Chinatown After Dark
1931
7.0
Is There Justice?
1931
7.0
In Old Cheyenne
1931
10.0
The Sign of the Wolf
1931
4.7
The Utah Kid
1930
5.3
Borrowed Wives
1930
5.6
Wings of Adventure
1930
6.8
Hot Curves
1930
4.9
Sunny Skies
1930
7.0
Troopers Three
1930
6.5
Two Sisters
1929
6.9
The Younger Generation
1929
9.0
When Dreams Come True
19299.0
Girls Who Dare
1929
7.0
Stolen Love
19289.0
Riders of the Dark
1928
3.7
Broadway Daddies
1928
7.0
Red Riders of Canada
1928
8.0
Queen of the Chorus
1928
9.0
The Phantom of the Turf
1928
4.7
The Law of the Range
1928
5.3
The College Hero
1927
9.0
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
192710.0
The Cancelled Debt
1927
8.0
Not for Publication
1927
8.0
The Outlaw Dog
1927
7.0
Moulders of Men
19278.0
The Last Alarm
19267.0
The Mystery Pilot
1926
8.0
Somebody's Mother
1926
6.2
The Last Edition
1925
4.5
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925
7.0
Chalk Marks
19245.0
A Woman Who Sinned
1924