Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 â€" January 3, 1966) was an
American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row
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 (FBO, 1924).Lease's earliest westerns were a pair of Tim
McCoy silents at MGM, one of which was The Law of the Range (MGM,
1928) which had a young Joan Crawford as the heroine and Lease as the
Solitaire Kid. McCoy 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
(Columbia, 1929), a tale of a Jewish family that moves to a more
up-scale neighborhood.
American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in Poverty Row
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 (FBO, 1924).Lease's earliest westerns were a pair of Tim
McCoy silents at MGM, one of which was The Law of the Range (MGM,
1928) which had a young Joan Crawford as the heroine and Lease as the
Solitaire Kid. McCoy 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
(Columbia, 1929), a tale of a Jewish family that moves to a more
up-scale neighborhood.
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