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