Rex Bell

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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.

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2012
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
The Misfits
Movie Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1950
Cowboys & Injuns
TV show
1942
Dawn on the Great Divide
Movie Jack Carson
1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Movie Virgil Earp
1936
Stormy Trails
Movie Tom Storm
1936
Law and Lead
Movie Jimmy Sawyer
1936
Men of the Plains
Movie Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
1936
The Idaho Kid
Movie Todd Hollister aka Idaho
1936
West of Nevada
Movie Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
1936
Too Much Beef
Movie Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
1935
Saddle Aces
Movie Steve Brandt
1935
Fighting Pioneers
Movie Lieutenant Bentley
1934
The Tonto Kid
Movie 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid