Rex Lease

Rex Lease

Rex Lloyd Lease

Birth Date

2/11/1903 (Age 62)

Birth Place

Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA

Death Date

1/3/1966

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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 ...

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Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

8

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Best Known For

Cop (uncredited)

Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)

Old-Timer

Bank Robber (uncredited)

Card Player (uncredited)

Frequent Collaborators

Jean Yarbrough

Jean Yarbrough

1 film together

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

1 film together

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

1 film together

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