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