Rex Lease
Acting
Born February 11, 1903 · 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 d…
Known For · 40 titles
Maverick
The Cisco Kid
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Grapes of Wrath
The Adventures of Champion
The Pride of the Yankees
A Chump at Oxford
A Foreign Affair
Saboteur
The Unholy Wife
Canyon Passage
The Crimson Ghost
Backlash
Frisco Tornado
The Gazebo
Phony Express
The Wild North
The Time of Their Lives
The Mummy's Tomb
Aces and Eights
Singing Guns
The Naughty Nineties
Daredevils of the West
Roarin' Guns
In Old California
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
California
King of the Cowboys
The Prodigal
Buck Privates Come Home
Desert Patrol
Fury Below
Rough Riding Ranger
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Flame of Barbary Coast
The Phantom of the Turf
Cannonball Express
When Dreams Come True
S.O.S Tidal Wave
A Hatful of Rain