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Rex Reason(1928-2015)

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Maurice Manson and Rex Reason in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
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Rex Reason was born in Germany, while his family was in Europe on a business trip. Although he grew up in Los Angeles, his acting aspirations were nil; his mother, however, hoped that both Rex and his lookalike brother Rhodes Reason would get into the acting profession. He played the lead in "Seventh Heaven" at Glendale's Hoover High School, then enlisted in the army at 17. After his discharge, he enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse and then became involved in little theater. Reason was top-billed in his very first movie, Storm Over Tibet (1952), then played smaller parts in pictures at Columbia and MGM. A contract player at Universal-International, he allowed the studio to bill him as "Bart Roberts" in two features before he balked and insisted on going back to his own name. When his TV series The Roaring 20's (1960) wrapped up, Reason--who once told an interviewer, "If I couldn't act, I wouldn't know what to do with my life"--turned his back on Hollywood. In recent years he has begun appearing at autograph shows.
BornNovember 30, 1928
DiedNovember 19, 2015(86)
BornNovember 30, 1928
DiedNovember 19, 2015(86)
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Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, and Ruth Adams in This Island Earth (1955)
Beverly Garland, Emile Meyer, and Rex Reason in Badlands of Montana (1957)
Beverly Garland and Rex Reason in Badlands of Montana (1957)
Maurice Manson, Don Megowan, Jeff Morrow, James Rawley, and Rex Reason in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Yvonne De Carlo, Rory Calhoun, and Rex Reason in Raw Edge (1956)
Jeff Morrow and Rex Reason in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Jeff Morrow, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason, and Leigh Snowden in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Rex Reason and Leigh Snowden in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Paul Fierro, Maurice Manson, Jeff Morrow, Gregg Palmer, James Rawley, and Rex Reason in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, and Rex Reason in This Island Earth (1955)
Regis Parton and Rex Reason in This Island Earth (1955)
Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Regis Parton, and Rex Reason in This Island Earth (1955)

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Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, and Rex Reason in This Island Earth (1955)
This Island Earth
5.9
  • Dr. Cal Meacham
  • 1955
Jeff Morrow, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason, and Leigh Snowden in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Creature Walks Among Us
5.6
  • Dr. Thomas Morgan
  • 1956
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
5.6
  • Harold
  • 1955
Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo in Band of Angels (1957)
Band of Angels
6.5
  • Capt. Seth Parton
  • 1957

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Actor

  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
  • G.E. True (1962)
    G.E. True
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • Donald May, Dorothy Provine, and Rex Reason in The Roaring 20's (1960)
    The Roaring 20's
  • The Alaskans (1959)
    The Alaskans
    • ...
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
  • Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
    Bourbon Street Beat
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
  • Man Without a Gun (1957)
    Man Without a Gun
  • The Miracle of the Hills (1959)
    The Miracle of the Hills
  • David Ladd, Rex Reason, Chill Wills, and Patrice Wymore in The Sad Horse (1959)
    The Sad Horse
  • Buck Class, Barry Coe, Audrey Dalton, Robert Dix, Dick Foran, and Rex Reason in Thundering Jets (1958)
    Thundering Jets
  • The Rawhide Trail (1958)
    The Rawhide Trail
  • Robert Culp in Trackdown (1957)
    Trackdown

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This Island Earth
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This Island Earth
The Creature Walks Among Us
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The Creature Walks Among Us

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • November 30, 1928
    • Berlin, Germany
    • November 19, 2015
    • Walnut, California, USA(bladder cancer)
    • September 11, 1968 - November 19, 2015 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article

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    In 1961, he was offered the role of Raymond Shaw in John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate (1962) by Frank Sinatra as a professional nod to him since they had done a screen test together for Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) and Sinatra liked his work on the Warner Bros. TV series The Roaring 20's (1960). However, Reason had just quit the motion picture business to go into real estate, and could not be reached, so Sinatra cast Laurence Harvey instead.
  • Quotes
    My father's name was Rex Reason. I am a junior, and he and his new wife and family were over in Europe. They came across a theater marquee that listed my name, which of course was also his name. Not having kept in touch with what I had been doing, and to all of a sudden see "Rex Reason" on the marquee, well, it must have been an interesting moment.
    • Deep, resonant voice and tall, dark and handsome presence

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