7.0
7.0
The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Sgt. Makepeace
Rex Lease
Acting
Born:February 11, 1903
Died:January 3, 1966(aged 62)
Birthplace:Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
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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.
Filmography (118 movies)
7.0
7.0
You Came Along
1945
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Troopers Three
1930
as Eddie Haskins
6.9
6.9
The Wild North
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Younger Generation
1929
as Eddie Lesser
6.5
6.5
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
as Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
6.5
6.5
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
6.5
6.5
Out of the Storm
1948
as Gus Clute
6.5
6.5
Roarin' Guns
1936
as Jerry
6.3
6.3
Gun Belt
1953
as Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Yellowstone
6.2
6.2
Night Time in Nevada
1948
as Officer (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
as Hank
6.0
6.0
Code of the Silver Sage
1950
as Captain Matthews
6.0
6.0
Frisco Tornado
1950
as Henchman
6.0
6.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
as Bill Bodie
6.0
6.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Evans
6.0
6.0
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
as Fake Drunk
6.0
6.0
The Phantom Rider
1946
as Randall
6.0
6.0
Lone Texas Ranger
1945
as Henchman Whitey
6.0
6.0
Perils of the Wilderness
1956
as Sergeant Jim Rodney
6.0
6.0
Two Sisters
1929
as Allan Rhodes
6.0
6.0
The Phantom Cowboy
1941
as Sheriff Ben Jeffers
6.0
6.0
Haunted Ranch
1943
as Rex Lease
6.0
6.0
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
as Deputy Mike
6.0
6.0
Lost in Alaska
1952
as Old-Timer
6.0
6.0
Singing Guns
1950
as Stage Driver
5.9
5.9
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Deputy
5.9
5.9
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Sheriff
5.8
5.8
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
as Bob Davis
5.7
5.7
Inside Information
1934
as Lloyd Wilson
5.7
5.7
Hot Curves
1930
as Jim Dolan
5.4
5.4
Phony Express
1943
as Red's Henchman
5.3
5.3
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Collingswood
5.3
5.3
Wings of Adventure
1930
as Dave Kent
5.2
5.2
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Andy
5.0
5.0
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Interne
5.0
5.0
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Smiley
5.0
5.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
as Army Sergeant
5.0
5.0
Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936
as Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
5.0
5.0
Fighting Caballero
1935
as Joaquin Florenz
5.0
5.0
The Ghost Rider
1935
as Dave
5.0
5.0
Under Texas Skies
1940
as Jim Marsden
5.0
5.0
The Last Edition
1925
as Clarence Walker
5.0
5.0
Nevada City
1941
as Masked Henchman
5.0
5.0
The Silver Trail
1937
as Bob Crandall
5.0
5.0
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Aces and Eights
1936
as Jose Hernandez
4.8
4.8
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
as Walter Jameson
4.8
4.8
The Crimson Ghost
1946
as Bain
4.6
4.6
Borrowed Wives
1930
as Peter Foley
4.5
4.5
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
1925
as The Spirit of the Bottle
4.5
4.5
Fast Bullets
1936
as Jimmy
4.5
4.5
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Kit Cardigan
4.4
4.4
Cavalcade of the West
1936
as Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
4.3
4.3
The College Hero
1927
as Jim Halloran
4.3
4.3
Tomorrow We Live
1942
as Shorty
4.2
4.2
Sunny Skies
1930
as Jim Grant
4.1
4.1
The Monster Walks
1932
as Ted Clayton
4.0
4.0
Rancho Grande
1940
as Henchman Joe
4.0
4.0
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
as Henchman Buck
4.0
4.0
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Rance Harris
4.0
4.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
as Jeff
4.0
4.0
Ten Laps to Go
1936
as Larry Evans
3.5
3.5
Heroes of the Alamo
1937
as Colonel William B. Travis
3.3
3.3
Colorado Sundown
1952
as Rancher who finds dog
3.0
3.0
Chinatown After Dark
1931
as Jim Bonner
3.0
3.0
The Utah Kid
1930
as Cal Reynolds
2.5
2.5
The Law of the Range
1928
as Solitaire Kid
1.0
1.0
Broadway Daddies
1928
as Richard Kennedy
1.0
1.0
Fury Below
1936
as Joe Norsen
The Trail Blazers
1940
as Engineer Reynolds
The Cyclone Kid
1942
as Henchman Ben Rankin
One Man's Law
1940
as Spike Hudkins
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Zeke Larkin
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
as "Kansas" Eby
Daredevils of the West
1943
as Jack
Rough Riding Ranger
1935
as Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
Not for Publication
1927
as Philip Hale
The Sign of the Wolf
1931
as Tom
Desert Patrol
1938
as Dan Drury
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
as Henchman
In Old Cheyenne
1931
as Jim the Cheyenne Kid
Code of the Rangers
1938
as Jack Strong
Arizona Terrors
1942
as First Toll Collector Henchman
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
as Marshal Jim Collins
Springtime in Texas
1945
as Pete Grant
Stolen Love
1928
as Bill
Moulders of Men
1927
as Jim Barry
Riders of Black Mountain
1940
as Sheriff Clay Mathews
Bordertown Trail
1944
as Sgt. Jenkins
Midnight Morals
1932
as Preen Lazetti
Pals of the Golden West
1951
as Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941
as Stanley, Jane's Editor
Sierra Sue
1941
as Rancher Rex
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
as Bert Lawler
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
1941
as Henchman Luke
Raiders of the West
1942
as Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
Days of Buffalo Bill
1946
as Bill Clinker
Red Riders of Canada
1928
as Pierre Duval
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Joe Brant
Ridin' On
1936
as Danny O'Neil
The Last Alarm
1926
as Tom
Land of Fighting Men
1938
as Ed -Henchman
Gun Cargo
1949
as Capt. Jim Parker
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
as Father of Twins
The Outlaw Dog
1927
as Bill Brady
Chalk Marks
1924
as Bert Thompson
Queen of the Chorus
1928
as Billy Cooke
The Man from Guntown
1935
as Alan McArthur
Girls Who Dare
1929
as Chet Randolf
Pals of the Range
1935
as Steve Barton
The Mystery Pilot
1926
as Bob Jones
Riders of the Dark
1928
as Jim Graham
Somebody's Mother
1926
as Peter
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
as Tom Clancy
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
as Fake Marshall
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