Rex Downing

Rex Downing (born April 25, 1925 in San Francisco) is a former American child and youth actor.

Rex Downing started his film career in several Our Gang comedies, but his roles there and in feature films were usually small. He received first attention when he played Young Heathcliff in the 1939 William Wyler film Wuthering Heights (1939), which was nominated for eight Oscars. In the following time Downing had a major role in the B-Movie serial Mandrake the Magician (1939; serial) and played young Tyrone Power in Blood and Sand (1941). After his service in World War II, he returned to film business in 1946, but only got small parts. He left film business in 1948 and later became a teacher around Los Angeles. His younger brother Barry Downing (1931–1995) was also a child actor.

Filmography

 * Teacher's Beau (1935)
 * Branded a Coward (1935)
 * Little Sinner (1935)
 * Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1936)
 * The Pinch Singer (1936)
 * Little Miss Nobody (1936)
 * Two Too Young (1936)
 * Pay as You Exit (1936)
 * General Spanky (1936)
 * Glove Taps (1937)
 * Stella Dallas (1937)
 * The Pigskin Palooka (1937)
 * Love on Toast (1937)
 * Wells Fargo (1937)
 * The Man on the Rock (1938)
 * Black Bandit (1938)
 * Wuthering Heights (1939)
 * Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
 * The Escape (1939)
 * Mandrake the Magician (1939; serial)
 * Blood and Sand (1941)
 * The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
 * The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
 * Gas House Kids (1946)
 * The Invisible Wall (1947)
 * That Hagen Girl (1947)
 * The Gangster (1947)
 * Call Northside 777 (1948)
 * He Walked by Night (1948)
 * Act of Violence (1948)
 * Harvest of Redemption (2007; ???)