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