Rex Bell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1903-10-16

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Rex Bell

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.

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Acting History

2012
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
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
Cowboys & Injuns
1942
Dawn on the Great Divide as Jack Carson
1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die as Virgil Earp
1936
Stormy Trails as Tom Storm
1936
Law and Lead as Jimmy Sawyer
1936
Men of the Plains as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
1936
The Idaho Kid as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
1936
West of Nevada as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
1936
Too Much Beef as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
1935
Saddle Aces as Steve Brandt
1935
Fighting Pioneers as Lieutenant Bentley
1934
The Tonto Kid as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
1934
Gunfire
1933
Rainbow Ranch as Ed "Tex" Randall
1933
The Fugitive as Joe Kean
1933
Fighting Texans as Randy Graves
1933
Crashing Broadway as Tad Wallace
1933
Diamond Trail as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1932
Lucky Larrigan as Craig Larrigan
1932
The Man from Arizona as Kent Rogers
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne as 'Breezy' Kildare
1932
The Arm of the Law as Robin Dale, a Reporter
1931
Forgotten Women as Jimmy Burke
1931
Battling with Buffalo Bill as Dave Archer
1931
Disappearing Enemies as Paul
1930
Lightnin' as Larry - Betty's Husband
1930
True to the Navy as Eddie
1930
Courage as Lynn Willard
1930
Harmony at Home as Dick Grant
1929
They Had to See Paris as Clark McCurdy
1929
Happy Days as Rex Bell
1929
Salute as Cadet (uncredited)
1929
Pleasure Crazed as Peters
1929
Joy Street as Eddie
1928
The Cowboy Kid as Jim Barrett