Rex Bell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1903, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- July 4, 1962
- Movies
- 40
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.
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Best-Known Movies
The Misfits
1961
Dawn on the Great Divide
1942
They Had to See Paris
1929
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
Salute
1929
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
The Arm of the Law
1932
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
Filmography
| 2012 | Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess | |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Misfits | Old Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Dawn on the Great Divide | Jack Carson |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Virgil Earp |
| 1936 | Stormy Trails | Tom Storm |
| 1936 | Law and Lead | Jimmy Sawyer |
| 1936 | Men of the Plains | Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter |
| 1936 | The Idaho Kid | Todd Hollister aka Idaho |
| 1936 | West of Nevada | Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd |
| 1936 | Too Much Beef | Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith |
| 1935 | Saddle Aces | Steve Brandt |
| 1935 | Fighting Pioneers | Lieutenant Bentley |
| 1934 | The Tonto Kid | 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid |
| 1934 | Gunfire | |
| 1933 | Rainbow Ranch | Ed "Tex" Randall |
| 1933 | The Fugitive | Joe Kean |
| 1933 | Fighting Texans | Randy Graves |
| 1933 | Crashing Broadway | Tad Wallace |
| 1933 | Diamond Trail | 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 | |
| 1932 | Lucky Larrigan | Craig Larrigan |
| 1932 | The Man from Arizona | Kent Rogers |
| 1932 | Broadway to Cheyenne | 'Breezy' Kildare |
| 1932 | The Arm of the Law | Robin Dale, a Reporter |
| 1931 | Forgotten Women | Jimmy Burke |
| 1931 | Battling with Buffalo Bill | Dave Archer |
| 1931 | Disappearing Enemies | Paul |
| 1930 | Lightnin' | Larry - Betty's Husband |
| 1930 | True to the Navy | Eddie |
| 1930 | Courage | Lynn Willard |
| 1930 | Harmony at Home | Dick Grant |
| 1929 | They Had to See Paris | Clark McCurdy |
| 1929 | Happy Days | Rex Bell |
| 1929 | Salute | Cadet (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Pleasure Crazed | Peters |
| 1929 | Joy Street | Eddie |
| 1928 | The Cowboy Kid | Jim Barrett |
| 1928 | Wild West Romance | Phil O'Malley |
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