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