Acting
Rex Lease
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
The Gazebo
Film · 1959
The Unholy Wife
Film · 1957
A Hatful of Rain
Film · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Backlash
Film · 1956
Perils of the Wilderness
Film · 1956
The Prodigal
Film · 1955
The Adventures of Champion
Series · 1955
Gun Belt
Film · 1953
Shadows of Tombstone
Film · 1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Film · 1953
The Wild North
Film · 1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
Film · 1952
Colorado Sundown
Film · 1952
Lost in Alaska
Film · 1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Film · 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
Series · 1952
Pals of the Golden West
Film · 1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Film · 1950
Singing Guns
Film · 1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Film · 1950
Code of the Silver Sage
Film · 1950
Covered Wagon Raid
Film · 1950
Frisco Tornado
Film · 1950
Hills of Oklahoma
Film · 1950
The Cisco Kid
Series · 1950
Gun Cargo
Film · 1949
A Foreign Affair
Film · 1948
Out of the Storm
Film · 1948
Night Time in Nevada
Film · 1948
The Gallant Legion
Film · 1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Film · 1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Film · 1947
California
Film · 1947
The Phantom Rider
Film · 1946
The Crimson Ghost
Film · 1946
Sun Valley Cyclone
Film · 1946
Days of Buffalo Bill
Film · 1946
The Time of Their Lives
Film · 1946
White Tie and Tails
Film · 1946
Canyon Passage
Film · 1946
The People's Choice
Film · 1946
You Came Along
Film · 1945
Springtime in Texas
Film · 1945
Why Girls Leave Home
Film · 1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Film · 1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
Film · 1945
Lone Texas Ranger
Film · 1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Film · 1945
The Naughty Nineties
Film · 1945
On Stage Everybody
Film · 1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Film · 1945
Blonde Ransom
Film · 1945
Code of the Prairie
Film · 1944
Bordertown Trail
Film · 1944
Call of the Rockies
Film · 1944
Firebrands of Arizona
Film · 1944
Dead Man's Eyes
Film · 1944
Calling Dr. Death
Film · 1943
Phony Express
Film · 1943
Dead Man's Gulch
Film · 1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Film · 1943
Daredevils of the West
Film · 1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Film · 1943
Haunted Ranch
Film · 1943
King of the Cowboys
Film · 1943
Idaho
Film · 1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
Film · 1943
Corvette K-225
Film · 1943
So's Your Uncle
Film · 1943
Tomorrow We Live
Film · 1942
The Mummy's Tomb
Film · 1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Film · 1942
The Silver Bullet
Film · 1942
Frisco Lil
Film · 1942
Saboteur
Film · 1942
Eyes of the Underworld
Film · 1942
Eagle Squadron
Film · 1942
The Cyclone Kid
Film · 1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Film · 1942
Raiders of the West
Film · 1942
Arizona Terrors
Film · 1942
Sunset Serenade
Film · 1942
In Old California
Film · 1942
Lady in a Jam
Film · 1942
Bad Man of Deadwood
Film · 1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
Film · 1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Film · 1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Film · 1941
Sierra Sue
Film · 1941
The Phantom Cowboy
Film · 1941
Death Valley Outlaws
Film · 1941
Outlaws of the Rio Grande
Film · 1941
Tonto Basin Outlaws
Film · 1941
Nevada City
Film · 1941
Jesse James at Bay
Film · 1941
The Grapes of Wrath
Film · 1940
The Shadow
Film · 1940
Riders of Black Mountain
Film · 1940
Under Texas Skies
Film · 1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Film · 1940
A Chump at Oxford
Film · 1940
Rancho Grande
Film · 1940
The Trail Blazers
Film · 1940
One Man's Law
Film · 1940
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Film · 1939
South of the Border
Film · 1939
In Old Monterey
Film · 1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Film · 1939
Land of Fighting Men
Film · 1938
Swing It, Sailor!
Film · 1938
Professor Beware
Film · 1938
Code of the Rangers
Film · 1938
Desert Patrol
Film · 1938
Midnight Intruder
Film · 1938
The Silver Trail
Film · 1937
Heroes of the Alamo
Film · 1937
The Mysterious Pilot
Film · 1937
Cavalcade of the West
Film · 1936
Aces and Eights
Film · 1936
Fast Bullets
Film · 1936
Roarin' Guns
Film · 1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Film · 1936
Fury Below
Film · 1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Film · 1936
Ten Laps to Go
Film · 1936
Custer's Last Stand
Film · 1936
Custer's Last Stand
Film · 1936
Ridin' On
Film · 1936
Rough Riding Ranger
Film · 1935
The Man from Guntown
Film · 1935
Fighting Caballero
Film · 1935
Pals of the Range
Film · 1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Film · 1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
Film · 1935
The Ghost Rider
Film · 1935
Inside Information
Film · 1934
The Monster Walks
Film · 1932
Midnight Morals
Film · 1932
Cannonball Express
Film · 1932
The Sign of the Wolf
Film · 1931
Chinatown After Dark
Film · 1931
In Old Cheyenne
Film · 1931
Is There Justice?
Film · 1931
Borrowed Wives
Film · 1930
Hot Curves
Film · 1930
Sunny Skies
Film · 1930
Troopers Three
Film · 1930
The Utah Kid
Film · 1930
Wings of Adventure
Film · 1930
Two Sisters
Film · 1929
The Younger Generation
Film · 1929
Girls Who Dare
Film · 1929
When Dreams Come True
Film · 1929
Queen of the Chorus
Film · 1928
The Law of the Range
Film · 1928
Stolen Love
Film · 1928
Broadway Daddies
Film · 1928
Red Riders of Canada
Film · 1928
Riders of the Dark
Film · 1928
The Phantom of the Turf
Film · 1928
The Outlaw Dog
Film · 1927
The College Hero
Film · 1927
Moulders of Men
Film · 1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
Film · 1927
Not for Publication
Film · 1927
The Cancelled Debt
Film · 1927
The Last Alarm
Film · 1926
The Mystery Pilot
Film · 1926
Somebody's Mother
Film · 1926
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
Film · 1925
The Last Edition
Film · 1925
Chalk Marks
Film · 1924
A Woman Who Sinned
Film · 1924