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Reason, Rex, 1928-2015

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Personal name headingReason, Rex, 1928-2015
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Variant(s)Reason, Rex George, Jr., 1928-2015
See alsoAlternate identity: Roberts, Bart, 1928-2015
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Beginning date1952
Ending date1963
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1928-11-30
Death date2015-11-19
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Place of deathWalnut (Calif.)
Field of activityActing
AffiliationUniversal-International (Firm)
Profession or occupationActors
Found inCreature from the black lagoon, 2004: credits (Rex Reason, cast, The creature walks among us)
IMDb, September 5, 2006 (Rex Reason; b. 20 Nov. 1928 in Berlin, Germany while his family was on a business trip; older brother of actor Rhodes Reason; sometimes credited as Bart Roberts) October 22, 2014 (Rex Reason; actor; born: Rex George Reason Jr., November 30, 1928 in Berlin, Germany; 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)
Wikipedia, October 22, 2014 (Rex Reason (born November 30, 1928, Berlin, Germany); American actor; reared in Los Angeles; years active: 1952-1963; he made two pictures at Universal Studios under the name "Bart Roberts" before demanding to be able to use his own name, which actually sounds like a Hollywood screen name)
New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 25, 2015 (in obituary published Nov. 24: Rex Reason; b. Nov. 30, 1928, Berlin; reared in Los Angeles; d. Thursday [Nov. 19, 2015], Walnut, Los Angeles County, Calif., aged 86; dashing movie star who played opposite Rita Hayworth and Clark Gable and starred in science fiction movies and two television series)
Associated languageeng