Rex De Rosselli
actor, director, writer
- Born:
- 1878-05-01, Kentucky, USA
- Died:
- 1941-07-21, East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
On the first day of May, 1878, Kentucky’s bluegrass welcomed Rex De Rosselli into the world. Within a few fast-moving decades he had slipped behind the flicker of early movie lamps, leaving footprints in more than one reel: the 1913 backwoods shivers of Howlin’ Jones, the 1914 pulse-racing rescue drama Rescued by Wireless, and the 1918 jungle peril of The Lion’s Claws. Between takes he sharpened plots on a typewriter, trading the quiet of the Ohio valley for the roar of silent-era sets. His final curtain fell on 21 July 1941 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, where the Mississippi breezes carried off the last echo of his name.
Filmography
In the vault (5)
