What is Rex Downing?
'''Rex Haddon Downing'''<ref>[http://www.lordheath.com/Rex_Downing.html Rex Downing] at Lordheath</ref> (born April 25, 1925) is a retired American actor. He started his career as a child actor in 1935. He retired in 1948 and made a small comeback in 2007. Downing was born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. His best known role was a Young Heathcliff in the 1939 [[William Wyler]] movie ''[[Wuthering Heights (1939 movie)|Wuthering Heights]]'' (1939). Downing had a major role in the B-Movie serial ''[[Mandrake the Magician (serial)|Mandrake the Magician]]'' (1939; serial) and played the younger version of [[Tyrone Power]]'s character in ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 movie)|Blood and Sand]]'' (1941). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Downing, Rex}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American child actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Actors from San Francisco]] {{US-actor-stub}}