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Rex Lease

Beruf
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Geboren
11. Februar 1903 · Central City [now part of Huntington], West Virginia, USA
Gestorben
3. Januar 1966

Biografie

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.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Früchte des Zorns
Früchte des Zorns
Film · 1940 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Saboteure
Saboteure
Film · 1942 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Eine auswärtige Affäre
Eine auswärtige Affäre
Film · 1948 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Der grosse Wurf
Der grosse Wurf
Film · 1942 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu Dick und Doof in Oxford
Dick und Doof in Oxford
Film · 1940 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Das Grab der Mumie
Das Grab der Mumie
Film · 1942 · ★ 5,5
Poster zu Feuer am Horizont
Feuer am Horizont
Film · 1946 · ★ 6,8
Poster zu The Time of Their Lives
The Time of Their Lives
Film · 1946 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Das Geheimnis der fünf Gräber
Das Geheimnis der fünf Gräber
Film · 1956 · ★ 6,5
Poster zu Maverick
Maverick
Serie · 1957 · ★ 7,0
Poster zu Die Nervensäge
Die Nervensäge
Film · 1959 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu Calling Dr. Death
Calling Dr. Death
Film · 1943 · ★ 6,4

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