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