Rex Bell

Rex Bell

Known for
Acting
Born
October 16, 1903
Died
July 4, 1962 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2012
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess poster

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Movie

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl poster

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

TV · as Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep

1961
The Misfits poster

The Misfits

Movie · as Old Cowboy (uncredited)

1950
Cowboys & Injuns

Cowboys & Injuns

TV · 12 eps

1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die poster

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

Movie · as Virgil Earp

1942
Dawn on the Great Divide poster

Dawn on the Great Divide

Movie · as Jack Carson

1936
West of Nevada poster

West of Nevada

Movie · as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd

1936
Law and Lead poster

Law and Lead

Movie · as Jimmy Sawyer

1936
The Idaho Kid poster

The Idaho Kid

Movie · as Todd Hollister aka Idaho

1936
Stormy Trails poster

Stormy Trails

Movie · as Tom Storm

1936
Men of the Plains poster

Men of the Plains

Movie · as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter

1936
Too Much Beef poster

Too Much Beef

Movie · as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith

1935
Fighting Pioneers

Fighting Pioneers

Movie · as Lieutenant Bentley

1935
Saddle Aces poster

Saddle Aces

Movie · as Steve Brandt

1934
Gunfire poster

Gunfire

Movie

1934
The Tonto Kid poster

The Tonto Kid

Movie · as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

1933
Diamond Trail poster

Diamond Trail

Movie · as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie

1933
Rainbow Ranch poster

Rainbow Ranch

Movie · as Ed "Tex" Randall

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

Movie

1933
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

Movie · as Joe Kean

1933
Fighting Texans poster

Fighting Texans

Movie · as Randy Graves

1933
Crashing Broadway poster

Crashing Broadway

Movie · as Tad Wallace

1932
The Arm of the Law poster

The Arm of the Law

Movie · as Robin Dale, a Reporter

1932
Broadway to Cheyenne poster

Broadway to Cheyenne

Movie · as 'Breezy' Kildare

1932
The Man from Arizona poster

The Man from Arizona

Movie · as Kent Rogers

1932
Lucky Larrigan poster

Lucky Larrigan

Movie · as Craig Larrigan

1931
Disappearing Enemies

Disappearing Enemies

Movie · as Paul

1931
Battling with Buffalo Bill poster

Battling with Buffalo Bill

Movie · as Dave Archer

1931
Forgotten Women poster

Forgotten Women

Movie · as Jimmy Burke

1930
Courage poster

Courage

Movie · as Lynn Willard

1930
True to the Navy poster

True to the Navy

Movie · as Eddie

1930
Harmony at Home poster

Harmony at Home

Movie · as Dick Grant

1930
Lightnin' poster

Lightnin'

Movie · as Larry - Betty's Husband

1929
They Had to See Paris poster

They Had to See Paris

Movie · as Clark McCurdy

1929
Salute poster

Salute

Movie · as Cadet (uncredited)

1929
Joy Street poster

Joy Street

Movie · as Eddie

1929
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

Movie · as Rex Bell

1929
Pleasure Crazed poster

Pleasure Crazed

Movie · as Peters

1928
The Cowboy Kid poster

The Cowboy Kid

Movie · as Jim Barrett

1928
Wild West Romance

Wild West Romance

Movie · as Phil O'Malley