Rex Bell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1903
- Died
- July 4, 1962
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess 2012
Actor
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl 1999
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Misfits 1961
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Dawn on the Great Divide 1942
as Jack Carson
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die 1942
as Virgil Earp
Stormy Trails 1936
as Tom Storm
Law and Lead 1936
as Jimmy Sawyer
Men of the Plains 1936
as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
The Idaho Kid 1936
as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
West of Nevada 1936
as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
Too Much Beef 1936
as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
Saddle Aces 1935
as Steve Brandt
- Fighting Pioneers
Fighting Pioneers 1935
as Lieutenant Bentley
The Tonto Kid 1934
as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Gunfire 1934
Actor
Rainbow Ranch 1933
as Ed "Tex" Randall
The Fugitive 1933
as Joe Kean
Fighting Texans 1933
as Randy Graves
Crashing Broadway 1933
as Tad Wallace
Diamond Trail 1933
as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 1933
Actor
Lucky Larrigan 1932
as Craig Larrigan
The Man from Arizona 1932
as Kent Rogers
Broadway to Cheyenne 1932
as 'Breezy' Kildare
The Arm of the Law 1932
as Robin Dale, a Reporter
Forgotten Women 1931
as Jimmy Burke
Battling with Buffalo Bill 1931
as Dave Archer
- Disappearing Enemies
Disappearing Enemies 1931
as Paul
Lightnin' 1930
as Larry - Betty's Husband
True to the Navy 1930
as Eddie
Courage 1930
as Lynn Willard
Harmony at Home 1930
as Dick Grant
They Had to See Paris 1929
as Clark McCurdy
Happy Days 1929
as Rex Bell
Salute 1929
as Cadet (uncredited)
Pleasure Crazed 1929
as Peters
Joy Street 1929
as Eddie
The Cowboy Kid 1928
as Jim Barrett
- Wild West Romance
Wild West Romance 1928
as Phil O'Malley
Credits from TMDB.