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)
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
- The Idaho Kid as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
- Law and Lead as Jimmy Sawyer
- Too Much Beef as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
- Men of the Plains as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
- West of Nevada as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
- Stormy Trails as Tom Storm
1935
- Fighting Pioneers as Lieutenant Bentley
- Saddle Aces as Steve Brandt
1934
- Gunfire
- The Tonto Kid as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
1933
- Rainbow Ranch as Ed "Tex" Randall
- The Fugitive as Joe Kean
- Diamond Trail as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
- Crashing Broadway as Tad Wallace
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
- Fighting Texans as Randy Graves
1932
- The Man from Arizona as Kent Rogers
- Broadway to Cheyenne as 'Breezy' Kildare
- The Arm of the Law as Robin Dale, a Reporter
- Lucky Larrigan as Craig Larrigan
1931
- Forgotten Women as Jimmy Burke
- Battling with Buffalo Bill as Dave Archer
- Disappearing Enemies as Paul
1930
- Lightnin' as Larry - Betty's Husband
- Courage as Lynn Willard
- True to the Navy as Eddie
- Harmony at Home as Dick Grant
1929
- Happy Days as Rex Bell
- Salute as Cadet (uncredited)
- They Had to See Paris as Clark McCurdy
- Joy Street as Eddie
- Pleasure Crazed as Peters
1928
- The Cowboy Kid as Jim Barrett
- Wild West Romance as Phil O'Malley