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