Rex Moore

born: 26 February 1900
New Orleans, Louisiana,
United States of America
died: 21 April 1975
Los Angeles County, California,
United States of America
(age 75)

Short American actor, often seen as newsboys and other role types typically associated with short actors (bellhops, elevator operators, caddies, etc.), and later as townsmen and barflies in Western films and TV shows including over 100 episodes of "Gunsmoke." Rex's acting career spanned from the late silent era through the era of television into the early 1970s.
Rex's parents were Annie Elizabeth (née Ward, 1871-1905) and Samuel Moore (1868-1921); he had one sister, Irene Bernadette (Moore) Nettles (1902-1965). On 6 November 1929, Rex married Lucretia Nora Jane Smith (1910-1987) in Hollywood, California; Lucretia filed for and was granted a divorce in December 1933. This was Rex's only (known) marriage.
After his passing, Moore was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Real name: Rexford Samuel Moore
Height: 5'4"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

3


1931
Chickens Come Home
Bellboy

1936
Mister Cinderella
Newsboy

1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Newsboy

Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5F-KZ3 (1900 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYZQ-MPT2 (WWI draft reg. card)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV7H-JR6 (1920 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z2B-5YLG (1921 voter reg.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z2B-5YLL (1922 voter reg.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBW-72L4 (1922 voter reg.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NT-LL3 (1929 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJY-M4N (1930 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C6-4TJ (1940 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFW-6RKZ (WWII draft reg. card)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGZ-SRBY (1950 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPH5-ZKS (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3LQ-9YH (Social Security Death Index)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380451561/ (Los Angeles Times, 09 Dec 1933)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380480215/ (Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1933)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382703180/ (Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr 1975)
Jesse Brisson (bio notes & research; identification in Chickens Come Home)

This page was last updated on: 22 June 2025