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.

Known For

The Misfits

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

Happy Days

Lightnin'

Diamond Trail

Dawn on the Great Divide

All Movies (40)

• Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
• Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Misfits1961 · as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
• Dawn on the Great Divide1942 · as Jack Carson
• Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die1942 · as Virgil Earp
• Stormy Trails1936 · as Tom Storm
• Law and Lead1936 · as Jimmy Sawyer
• Men of the Plains1936 · as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
• The Idaho Kid1936 · as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
• West of Nevada1936 · as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
• Too Much Beef1936 · as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
• Saddle Aces1935 · as Steve Brandt
• Fighting Pioneers1935 · as Lieutenant Bentley
• The Tonto Kid1934 · as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
• Gunfire1934
• Rainbow Ranch1933 · as Ed "Tex" Randall
• The Fugitive1933 · as Joe Kean
• Fighting Texans1933 · as Randy Graves
• Crashing Broadway1933 · as Tad Wallace
• Diamond Trail1933 · as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
• Hollywood on Parade No. A-81933
• Lucky Larrigan1932 · as Craig Larrigan
• The Man from Arizona1932 · as Kent Rogers
• Broadway to Cheyenne1932 · as 'Breezy' Kildare
• The Arm of the Law1932 · as Robin Dale, a Reporter
• Forgotten Women1931 · as Jimmy Burke
• Battling with Buffalo Bill1931 · as Dave Archer
• Disappearing Enemies1931 · as Paul
• Lightnin'1930 · as Larry - Betty's Husband
• True to the Navy1930 · as Eddie
• Courage1930 · as Lynn Willard
• Harmony at Home1930 · as Dick Grant
• They Had to See Paris1929 · as Clark McCurdy
• Happy Days1929 · as Rex Bell
• Salute1929 · as Cadet (uncredited)
• Pleasure Crazed1929 · as Peters
• Joy Street1929 · as Eddie
• The Cowboy Kid1928 · as Jim Barrett
• Wild West Romance1928 · as Phil O'Malley

All TV Shows (1)

• Cowboys & Injuns1950