Rex Bell
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.
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Filmography
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Misfits
1961
as Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Dawn on the Great Divide
1942
as Jack Carson
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
as Virgil Earp
Stormy Trails
1936
as Tom Storm
Law and Lead
1936
as Jimmy Sawyer
Men of the Plains
1936
as Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
The Idaho Kid
1936
as Todd Hollister aka Idaho
West of Nevada
1936
as Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
Too Much Beef
1936
as Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
Saddle Aces
1935
as Steve Brandt
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Fighting Pioneers
1935
as Lieutenant Bentley
The Tonto Kid
1934
as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Gunfire
1934
Rainbow Ranch
1933
as Ed "Tex" Randall
The Fugitive
1933
as Joe Kean
Fighting Texans
1933
as Randy Graves
Crashing Broadway
1933
as Tad Wallace
Diamond Trail
1933
as 'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
Lucky Larrigan
1932
as Craig Larrigan
The Man from Arizona
1932
as Kent Rogers