Birth Day: 1903-02-11
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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As Man at Mailbox (uncredited) -
As Mr. White (uncredited) -
As Sergeant Blane (uncredited) -
As Sergeant Jim Rodney -
As Purveyor (uncredited) -
As Lynch Mob Member (uncredited) -
As Deputy -
As Fake Drunk -
As Sheriff -
As Old-Timer -
As Rancher who finds dog -
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As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited) -
As Yellowstone -
As Captain Matthews -
As Bob Davis -
As Joe Brant -
As Henchman -
As Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited) -
As Stage Driver -
As Capt. Jim Parker -
As M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited) -
As Conductor -
As Gus Clute -
As Officer (uncredited) -
As Stranger (uncredited) -
As Hank -
As Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited) -
As Bill Clinker -
As Randall -
As Bain -
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As Card Player (uncredited) -
As Briggs (uncredited) -
As Army Sergeant -
As Sgt. Makepeace -
As Pete Grant -
As Sheriff Wright (uncredited) -
As Henchman Whitey -
As Policeman -
As Onlooker (uncredited) -
As Cab Driver (uncredited) -
As Airport Attendant (uncredited) -
As Collingswood -
As Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) -
As Smiley -
As Miner Kendall -
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As Deputy Mike -
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As Sgt. Jenkins -
As Father of Twins -
As Henchman -
As Bridge Henchman -
As Hotel Clerk -
As Coxswain -
As Red's Henchman -
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As Henchman -
As Personnel Manager -
As Jack -
As Zeke Larkin -
As Rex Lease -
As Henchman Ben Rankin -
As German soldier -
As Bert Lawler -
As Drunk (uncredited) -
As Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits -
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As First Toll Collector Henchman -
As Martin Rider -
As Gold Strike Rider -
As Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited) -
As Rance Harris -
As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Spectator (uncredited) -
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As Shorty -
As Jeff -
As Sheriff Ben Jeffers -
As Marshal Jim Collins -
As Henchman Luke -
As Stanley, Jane's Editor -
As Masked Henchman -
As Fake Marshall -
As Henchman Gregg -
As Rancher Rex -
As Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid -
As Townsman -
As Sheriff Clay Mathews -
As Henchman Buck -
As Cop (uncredited) -
As Bank Robber (uncredited) -
As Garage Henchman -
As Spike Hudkins -
As Engineer Reynolds -
As Henchman Joe -
As Jim Marsden -
As Ambulance Attendant -
As Telegrapher -
As Evans -
As Soldier -
As Reporter -
As Interne -
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As Dan Drury -
As Jack Strong -
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As Bob Crandall -
As "Kansas" Eby -
As Colonel William B. Travis -
As Jerry -
As Asa Knox aka Ace Carter -
As Danny O'Neil -
As Walter Jameson -
As Joe Norsen -
As Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid -
As Jose Hernandez -
As Larry Evans -
As Kit Cardigan -
As Jimmy -
As Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
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As Steve Barton -
As Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid -
As Bill Bodie -
As Dave -
As Andy -
As Joaquin Florenz -
As Alan McArthur -
As Lloyd Wilson -
As Ted Clayton -
As Preen Lazetti -
As Jim the Cheyenne Kid -
As Tom -
As Jerry Heath -
As Jim Bonner -
As Cal Reynolds -
As Peter Foley -
As Jim Dolan -
As Eddie Haskins -
As Dave Kent -
As Jim Grant -
As Ben Shelby -
As Chet Randolf
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As Eddie Lesser -
As Allan Rhodes -
As Jim Graham
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As Richard Kennedy -
As Pierre Duval -
As John Nichols -
As Bill -
As Solitaire Kid -
As Billy Cooke -
As Philip Hale -
As Jim Halloran -
As Jim Barry -
As Patrick Burke
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As Tom Clancy -
As Bill Brady -
As Peter -
As Tom
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As Bob Jones
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As The Spirit of the Bottle -
As Clarence Walker -
As Bert Thompson -
As Her Son as an Adult