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Rex Bell

Rex Bell

Born: 1903-10-16 • 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.

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