Rex Bell
Born: 1903-10-16 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1962-07-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow; Bell and Bow married the following year. Bell later became involved in politics with the Nevada Republican Party and was the 21st lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1955 until his death in 1962. He was the second Lieutenant Governor to die in office after Henry C. Davis and as of 2025, he is the most recent to have died in office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rex Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1999
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
- Hollywood as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1961
- The Misfits as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1950
1942
- Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die as Virgil Earp
- Dawn on the Great Divide as Jack Carson
1936
- Men of the Plains as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
- Too Much Beef as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
- West of Nevada as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
- Law and Lead as Jimmy Sawyer
- Stormy Trails as Tom Storm
- The Idaho Kid as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
1935
- Fighting Pioneers as Lieutenant Bentley
- Saddle Aces as Steve Brandt
1934
- The Tonto Kid as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
- Gunfire
1933
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
- Diamond Trail as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
- Fighting Texans as Randy Graves
- The Fugitive as Joe Kean
- Rainbow Ranch as Ed "Tex" Randall
- Crashing Broadway as Tad Wallace
1932
- The Arm of the Law as Robin Dale, a Reporter
- Broadway to Cheyenne as 'Breezy' Kildare
- The Man from Arizona as Kent Rogers
- Lucky Larrigan as Craig Larrigan
1931
- Battling with Buffalo Bill as Dave Archer
- Disappearing Enemies as Paul
- Forgotten Women as Jimmy Burke
1930
- True to the Navy as Eddie
- Lightnin' as Larry - Betty's Husband
- Courage as Lynn Willard
- Harmony at Home as Dick Grant
1929
- Happy Days as Rex Bell
- Pleasure Crazed as Peters
- Salute as Cadet (uncredited)
- They Had to See Paris as Clark McCurdy
- Joy Street as Eddie
1928
- The Cowboy Kid as Jim Barrett
- Wild West Romance as Phil O'Malley