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Aliases: George Francis Beldam

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Misfits
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7

The Misfits

(1961) Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
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5
Dawn on the Great Divide
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5

Dawn on the Great Divide

(1942) Jack Carson
Hollywood Without Make-Up
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6

Hollywood Without Make-Up

(1963) Self (archive footage)
Stormy Trails
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6

Stormy Trails

(1936) Tom Storm
Courage
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0

Courage

(1930) Lynn Willard
Forgotten Women
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0

Forgotten Women

(1931) Jimmy Burke
Happy Days
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6

Happy Days

(1929) Rex Bell

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1999 Self (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963 Self (archive footage)
1961 Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1950 N/A
1942 Jack Carson
Virgil Earp
1936 Tom Storm
Jimmy Sawyer
Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
Todd Hollister aka Idaho
Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
1935 Steve Brandt
Lieutenant Bentley
1934 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
N/A
1933 Ed "Tex" Randall
Joe Kean
Randy Graves
Tad Wallace
'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
N/A
1932 Craig Larrigan
Kent Rogers
'Breezy' Kildare
Robin Dale, a Reporter
1931 Jimmy Burke
Dave Archer
Paul
1930 Larry - Betty's Husband
Eddie
Lynn Willard
Dick Grant
1929 Clark McCurdy
Rex Bell
Cadet (uncredited)
N/A
1928 Jim Barrett
Year Character Movie/Tv

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