Portrait of Rex Bell

Rex Bell

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.

Born: October 16, 1903

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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)

1942
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

1934
The Tonto Kid

as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

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

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
1930
Lightnin'

as Larry - Betty's Husband

1930
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
1929
Joy Street

as Eddie

1928
The Cowboy Kid

as Jim Barrett