
Rex Lease
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.
173 acting credits
Acting · 173

Maverick
1957

The Abbott and Costello Show
1952

The Adventures of Champion
1955

The Grapes of Wrath
1940

Saboteur
1942

A Foreign Affair
1948

Canyon Passage
1946

The Time of Their Lives
1946

Eagle Squadron
1942

The Pride of the Yankees
1942

California
1947

The Gazebo
1959

Ride, Vaquero!
1953

A Hatful of Rain
1957

The Mummy's Tomb
1942

Backlash
1956

A Chump at Oxford
1940

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945

Idaho
1943

The Naughty Nineties
1945

Midnight Intruder
1938

Singing Guns
1950

The Unholy Wife
1957
Frisco Lil
1942

The Shadow
1940

Sunset Serenade
1942

Gun Belt
1953
Blonde Ransom
1945

Earl Carroll Vanities
1945

Keep 'Em Slugging
1943

The Prodigal
1955

Corvette K-225
1943

Buck Privates Come Home
1947

In Old California
1942

The Wild North
1952

Lady in a Jam
1942

Calling Dr. Death
1943

Dead Man's Eyes
1944

Jesse James at Bay
1941

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950

Troopers Three
1930

In Old Monterey
1939

The Crimson Ghost
1946

The Gallant Legion
1948

Colorado Sundown
1952

S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940

White Tie and Tails
1946

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947

Professor Beware
1938

Chalk Marks
1924

The Younger Generation
1929

Fast Bullets
1936

Eyes of the Underworld
1942

You Came Along
1945

Out of the Storm
1948

Sun Valley Cyclone
1946

The Ghost Rider
1935

The Phantom Cowboy
1941

Dead Man's Gulch
1943

Roarin' Guns
1936

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952

Sierra Sue
1941

Bordertown Trail
1944

Call of the Rockies
1944

Hot Curves
1930

South of the Border
1939

Chinatown After Dark
1931

The Silver Bullet
1942

Daredevils of the West
1943

Death Valley Outlaws
1941

Night Time in Nevada
1948

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950

Sunny Skies
1930

Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942

Arizona Terrors
1942

Under Texas Skies
1940

Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941

King of the Cowboys
1943

Why Girls Leave Home
1945

Wings of Adventure
1930

Shadows of Tombstone
1953

The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935

Borrowed Wives
1930

Inside Information
1934

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936

Firebrands of Arizona
1944

Haunted Ranch
1943

Stolen Love
1928

Heroes of the Alamo
1937

Hills of Oklahoma
1950

Nevada City
1941

Phony Express
1943

Billy the Kid's Range War
1941

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941

Code of the Silver Sage
1950

So's Your Uncle
1943

Cavalcade of the West
1936

One Man's Law
1940

Custer's Last Stand
1936

Days of Buffalo Bill
1946

Two Sisters
1929

Pals of the Golden West
1951

Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945

Broadway Daddies
1928

Riders of the Rio Grande
1943

The Trail Blazers
1940

Is There Justice?
1931

Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936

The Cyclone Kid
1942

Perils of the Wilderness
1956

The Monster Walks
1932

Lost in Alaska
1952

The Law of the Range
1928

Swing It, Sailor!
1938

Code of the Prairie
1944

Ridin' On
1936

Moulders of Men
1927

Bad Man of Deadwood
1941

Riders of Black Mountain
1940

Frisco Tornado
1950
A Woman Who Sinned
1924

On Stage Everybody
1945

Fury Below
1936

Custer's Last Stand
1936

Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945

Lone Texas Ranger
1945

Midnight Morals
1932

The Man from Guntown
1935

The Phantom Rider
1946

Covered Wagon Raid
1950
The Last Alarm
1926

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943

In Old Cheyenne
1931

Ten Laps to Go
1936

Fighting Caballero
1935

Cyclone of the Saddle
1935

The Silver Trail
1937

Tomorrow We Live
1942

Raiders of the West
1942
The Mystery Pilot
1926

Cannonball Express
1932

Gun Cargo
1949

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941

Rancho Grande
1940

Rough Riding Ranger
1935

The Utah Kid
1930

The Outlaw Dog
1927

Desert Patrol
1938
The People's Choice
1946

Springtime in Texas
1945

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925

When Dreams Come True
1929

The College Hero
1927

Queen of the Chorus
1928
Girls Who Dare
1929

Code of the Rangers
1938

Land of Fighting Men
1938

Aces and Eights
1936

The Last Edition
1925

Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941

Pals of the Range
1935

The Phantom of the Turf
1928

The Sign of the Wolf
1931

The Mysterious Pilot
1937

Red Riders of Canada
1928
Riders of the Dark
1928
The Cancelled Debt
1927

Somebody's Mother
1926

Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927

Not for Publication
1927