Acting
Rex Bell
EN cinema · 40 credits
Born
16 October 1903
Died
4 July 1962 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as George Francis Beldam
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.
Known for
Filmography
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Misfits
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Virgil Earp
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Jack Carson
Law and Lead
as Jimmy Sawyer
West of Nevada
as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
The Idaho Kid
as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
Stormy Trails
as Tom Storm
Men of the Plains
as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
Too Much Beef
as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
Fighting Pioneers
1935
Fighting Pioneers
as Lieutenant Bentley
Saddle Aces
as Steve Brandt
Gunfire
Actor
The Tonto Kid
as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Diamond Trail
as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
Rainbow Ranch
as Ed "Tex" Randall
Crashing Broadway
as Tad Wallace
The Fugitive
as Joe Kean
Fighting Texans
as Randy Graves
The Arm of the Law
as Robin Dale, a Reporter
Broadway to Cheyenne
as 'Breezy' Kildare
The Man from Arizona
as Kent Rogers
Lucky Larrigan
as Craig Larrigan
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Dave Archer
Forgotten Women
as Jimmy Burke
Courage
as Lynn Willard
True to the Navy
as Eddie
Harmony at Home
as Dick Grant
Lightnin'
as Larry - Betty's Husband
They Had to See Paris
as Clark McCurdy
Salute
as Cadet (uncredited)
Joy Street
as Eddie
Happy Days
as Rex Bell
Pleasure Crazed
as Peters
The Cowboy Kid
as Jim Barrett
Wild West Romance
1928
Wild West Romance
as Phil O'Malley