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Rex Bell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1903-10-16

Day of Death

1962-07-04

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.

Filmography (40)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

2012
⭐ 8.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

1999
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983
⭐ 7.0 Role: Old Cowboy (uncredited)

The Misfits

1961
⭐ 5.3 Role: Jack Carson

Dawn on the Great Divide

1942
⭐ 6.1 Role: Virgil Earp

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

1942
⭐ 6.5 Role: Tom Storm

Stormy Trails

1936
⭐ 8.0 Role: Jimmy Sawyer

Law and Lead

1936
⭐ 7.5 Role: Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter

Men of the Plains

1936
⭐ 7.3 Role: Todd Hollister aka Idaho

The Idaho Kid

1936
⭐ 7.5 Role: Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd

West of Nevada

1936
⭐ 5.5 Role: Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith

Too Much Beef

1936
⭐ 7.0 Role: Steve Brandt

Saddle Aces

1935
No Image
⭐ 6.5 Role: Lieutenant Bentley

Fighting Pioneers

1935
⭐ 6.5 Role: 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

The Tonto Kid

1934