Rex Lease

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

123

Movies

170

Born: February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966
From: Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA

Biography

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.

Works

170 films

The Grapes of Wrath

19407.8

Saboteur

19426.9

The Pride of the Yankees

19427.4

A Foreign Affair

19487.1

The Gazebo

19596.9

Canyon Passage

19466.7

In Old California

19425.3

The Unholy Wife

19574.7

California

19476.8

The Wild North

19526.9

The Naughty Nineties

19456.7

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

19506.6

Ride, Vaquero!

19536.1

Backlash

19566.5

The Silver Bullet

19426.0

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

19526.6

The Time of Their Lives

19467.2

The Crimson Ghost

19465.3

A Chump at Oxford

19406.9

Buck Privates Come Home

19476.4

Corvette K-225

19436.2

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

19476.3

Flame of Barbary Coast

19455.5

Desert Patrol

19389.0

The Prodigal

19554.6

Aces and Eights

19365.6

Frisco Tornado

19507.5

Roarin' Guns

19367.7

The Mummy's Tomb

19425.5

Phony Express

19436.0

Fury Below

19365.0

Gun Belt

19536.4

Toughest Man in Arizona

19527.0

King of the Cowboys

19436.0

Death Valley Outlaws

19419.0

Pals of the Golden West

19517.5

Dead Man's Eyes

19446.6

Lightnin' Bill Carson

19367.0

S.O.S Tidal Wave

19396.8

Cavalcade of the West

19365.2

Singing Guns

19506.4

Lost in Alaska

19526.2

Eagle Squadron

19427.0

A Hatful of Rain

19576.8

So's Your Uncle

19436.0

Is There Justice?

19317.0

Idaho

19436.3

Somebody's Mother

19268.0

Billy the Kid's Range War

19416.7

The Phantom of the Turf

19289.0

The Phantom Cowboy

19418.0

Clancy's Kosher Wedding

19279.0

Covered Wagon Raid

19507.2

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

19397.3

The Mysterious Pilot

193710.0

The Law of the Range

19284.7

Under Texas Skies

19405.8

Hot Curves

19306.8

Nevada City

19417.0

Colorado Sundown

19525.0

Arizona Terrors

19427.0

Santa Fe Saddlemates

19456.7

In Old Cheyenne

19317.0

Moulders of Men

19277.0

Lone Texas Ranger

19456.7

Bad Man of Deadwood

19415.3

Swing It, Sailor!

19387.5

The Shadow

19407.3

A Woman Who Sinned

19245.0

You Came Along

19457.3

Sunset Serenade

19426.2

Keep 'Em Slugging

19435.8

Rough Riding Ranger

19359.0

Tonto Basin Outlaws

194110.0

Daredevils of the West

19437.0

Lady in a Jam

19425.6

The College Hero

19275.3

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

19405.2

Why Girls Leave Home

19455.7

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand

19365.2

Cannonball Express

193210.0

The Last Alarm

19268.0

Jesse James at Bay

19414.8

One Man's Law

194010.0

Heroes of the Alamo

19375.3

Calling Dr. Death

19436.4

Call of the Rockies

19446.3

Eyes of the Underworld

19425.6

Code of the Silver Sage

19508.0

The Gallant Legion

19487.2

Springtime in Texas

19459.0

Raiders of the West

19428.0

Professor Beware

19386.0

Gun Cargo

19498.0

Not for Publication

19278.0

Days of Buffalo Bill

19467.0

The People's Choice

19469.0

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

19506.4

Midnight Intruder

19385.9

Bordertown Trail

19449.0

The Younger Generation

19296.9

The Last Edition

19256.2

The Phantom Rider

19466.5

Sun Valley Cyclone

19467.0

Code of the Prairie

19447.0

The Silver Trail

19375.6

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

19254.5

On Stage Everybody

19458.0

South of the Border

19396.0

Perils of the Wilderness

19566.5

The Monster Walks

19324.2

Custer's Last Stand

19368.0

Blonde Ransom

19458.0

Borrowed Wives

19305.3

Custer's Last Stand

19365.3

Chinatown After Dark

19314.2

The Cowboy and the Bandit

19357.0

When Dreams Come True

19299.0

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

19419.0

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

19416.0

The Ghost Rider

19356.3

Outlaws of the Rio Grande

19419.0

In Old Monterey

19396.3

Midnight Morals

19327.0

White Tie and Tails

19467.3

Swingin' on a Rainbow

19457.0

Earl Carroll Vanities

19455.4

Hills of Oklahoma

19507.0

Troopers Three

19307.0

Haunted Ranch

19438.0

Sierra Sue

19417.0

The Sign of the Wolf

193110.0

Dead Man's Gulch

19437.0

Inside Information

19346.5

The Cancelled Debt

192710.0

Ten Laps to Go

19365.5

Shadows of Tombstone

19536.5

Wings of Adventure

19305.6

Fast Bullets

19365.7

Riders of the Rio Grande

194310.0

Fighting Caballero

19356.3

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

19439.0

Land of Fighting Men

19387.0

Ridin' On

193610.0

Riders of Black Mountain

19409.0

The Utah Kid

19304.7

Rancho Grande

19406.0

Code of the Rangers

193810.0

Cyclone of the Saddle

19355.8

Riders of the Dark

19289.0

Firebrands of Arizona

19448.0

Frisco Lil

19428.3

Tomorrow We Live

19424.9

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

194210.0

Out of the Storm

19487.3

Sunny Skies

19304.9

Two Sisters

19296.5

Broadway Daddies

19283.7

The Trail Blazers

19407.0

Chalk Marks

19247.0

Night Time in Nevada

19486.8

Pals of the Range

19357.0

The Cyclone Kid

19425.0

Stolen Love

19287.0

The Man from Guntown

193510.0

The Outlaw Dog

19278.0

The Mystery Pilot

19267.0

Queen of the Chorus

19288.0

Red Riders of Canada

19287.0

Girls Who Dare

19299.0