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
Cast Credits
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Character:
MOVIE • 2012
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1999
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1983
The Misfits
Character: Old Cowboy (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1961
Cowboys & Injuns
Character:
TV • 1950
Dawn on the Great Divide
Character: Jack Carson
MOVIE • 1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Character: Virgil Earp
MOVIE • 1942
Stormy Trails
Character: Tom Storm
MOVIE • 1936
Law and Lead
Character: Jimmy Sawyer
MOVIE • 1936
Men of the Plains
Character: Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
MOVIE • 1936
The Idaho Kid
Character: Todd Hollister aka Idaho
MOVIE • 1936
West of Nevada
Character: Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
MOVIE • 1936
Too Much Beef
Character: Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
MOVIE • 1936
Saddle Aces
Character: Steve Brandt
MOVIE • 1935
Fighting Pioneers
Character: Lieutenant Bentley
MOVIE • 1935
The Tonto Kid
Character: 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
MOVIE • 1934
Gunfire
Character:
MOVIE • 1934
Rainbow Ranch
Character: Ed "Tex" Randall
MOVIE • 1933
The Fugitive
Character: Joe Kean
MOVIE • 1933
Fighting Texans
Character: Randy Graves
MOVIE • 1933