Rex Bell
Acting • Born 1903-10-16 – Died 1962-07-04
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 credits
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
They Had to See Paris
Movie • 1929
Clark McCurdy
The Arm of the Law
Movie • 1932
Robin Dale, a Reporter
Courage
Movie • 1930
Lynn Willard
Fighting Pioneers
Movie • 1935
Lieutenant Bentley
Gunfire
Movie • 1934
Broadway to Cheyenne
Movie • 1932
'Breezy' Kildare
The Tonto Kid
Movie • 1934
'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Diamond Trail
Movie • 1933
'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
West of Nevada
Movie • 1936
Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
Law and Lead
Movie • 1936
Jimmy Sawyer
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Idaho Kid
Movie • 1936
Todd Hollister aka Idaho
Salute
Movie • 1929
Cadet (uncredited)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Movie • 1942
Virgil Earp
Disappearing Enemies
Movie • 1931
Paul
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Movie • 1931
Dave Archer
Forgotten Women
Movie • 1931
Jimmy Burke
The Cowboy Kid
Movie • 1928
Jim Barrett
Stormy Trails
Movie • 1936
Tom Storm
True to the Navy
Movie • 1930
Eddie
Joy Street
Movie • 1929
Eddie
Rainbow Ranch
Movie • 1933
Ed "Tex" Randall
Saddle Aces
Movie • 1935
Steve Brandt
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Movie • 1933
Harmony at Home
Movie • 1930
Dick Grant
Lightnin'
Movie • 1930
Larry - Betty's Husband
Happy Days
Movie • 1929
Rex Bell
The Misfits
Movie • 1961
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Dawn on the Great Divide
Movie • 1942
Jack Carson
Men of the Plains
Movie • 1936
Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
Too Much Beef
Movie • 1936
Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
The Man from Arizona
Movie • 1932
Kent Rogers
Lucky Larrigan
Movie • 1932
Craig Larrigan
The Fugitive
Movie • 1933
Joe Kean
Fighting Texans
Movie • 1933
Randy Graves
Crashing Broadway
Movie • 1933
Tad Wallace
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie • 2012
Pleasure Crazed
Movie • 1929
Peters
Cowboys & Injuns
TV • 1950