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I fail to see how famous he is right now. He appeared in over "300 films, mainly westerns". He may have met Wikipedia:Notability (people), unless I'm wrong, but I'm not sure about his roles in films. The introduction is very short, and I cannot find either a biography or an autobiography of him in research; I bet this is irrelevant. I see TV series credits in IMDB; he turned out to be a guest star of TV shows in the 1950s. I don't know if {{prod-nn}} would be appropiate. —Gh87 (talk) 21:53, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I found news articles from the past: Vivian Duncan of the Duncan Sisters accused him for assault[1], and Jack Oakie and he had a fight[2]. Both articles from New York Times require payments for per full story. I will add them later, but I have to deal with unwanting table of contents and near-pointless filmography. --Gh87 (talk) 05:54, 21 September 2011 (UTC) Finally added the Duncan sister incident, not the Jack Oakie one. I found the scanned article of Jack Oakie, and I'm not sure if that is gossip-y: Oakie denied the fight, and Lease declined to comment. Thankfully, no TOC yet; should not add more sections to justify TOC yet. --Gh87 (talk) 06:06, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, and thanks. Your own reseaching shows this AFd would benefit from a withdrawal. There is plenty upon which to expand information in this article through regular editing. For example, in the 1930 Vivian Duncan incident, Duncan had to undergo surgery due to the injuries, and she intended pursuing the case despite Lease repeatedly having sent her bouquets of roses in apology.San Jose Evening News July 14, 1930 Stating that Duncan struck him first, Lease plead "not guilty", and requested a jury trial. A sidenote is that at that point in time Malibu was so undeveloped as a town, that the local judge arbitrated out of his own small home. The judge also stated that lacking facilities, a trial might be held out-of-doors. San Jose Evening News July 10, 1930 The article might also share that Lease changed his mind about wanting a trial and pled guilty on July 25, 1930 and paid a $50 fine.Prescott Evening Courier July 26, 1930 His later life can be tracked through articles. For example, when despondent in 1936 Rex got drunk and attemped suicide. His own third ex-wife, Elsa Roberts Lease, made a plea for leniency to the court and had the sentence suspended. Pittsburgh Press, October2, 1936WIndsor Daily Star, October 2, 1936Reading Eagle October 2, 1936 And the 1934 Oakie-Lease incident can be expanded from sources which do not require pay. Witnesses to the event tell how Oakie directed a wisecrack about a USC football loss at Lease and friends when they latter were dining.[3] Lease took immediate offense, jumped up and swung at Oakie, with one blow "grazing" Okaie's chin right before onlookers intervened. Oakie, contradicting the witnesses and in sympathy of Lease being intoxicated, claimed only that Lease gave him "a little push". The Post-Gazette article also shares that Lease was an amateur boxer known to be "handy with his fists".Pittsburgh Post-Gazette October 29, 1934 Another source offers that Lease himself called newspapers to report "I just socked Jack Oakie".Spokane Daily Chronicle October 29, 1934 Needing work is not a good reason to delete something that is improvable. Schmidt,MICHAEL Q. 22:13, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- topic notability established since subject meets WP:ENTERTAINER for his significant roles in multiple notable films. Moogwrench (talk) 16:56, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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