Viola Davis has played supporting and minor roles in films and television series.
Rex is a fictional character from the police drama television series Inspector Rex .. Inspector Rex. Inspector Rex. fictional character. fictional character. police drama. police drama. A trained police dog , Rex -LRB- revealed in the Pilot to be registered as `` Reginald von Ravenhorst '' -RRB- is the legitimate star of the show .. dog. dog. Establishing shots frequently show him demonstrating a new trick - unlatching doors , pushing trolleys , pointing to drugs or corpses - which then turn out to be useful in the course of the episode .. He is often used to stalk suspects , often with a GPS-type object attached to him so that the officers can keep track .. Rex was stolen by criminals as a pup , but managed to escape and befriend a boy , where he helped to solve his first case with the boy .. Initially , Rex and Moser share an apartment at Marrokanergasse 18 , Wien-Landstraße , however the pair go house-hunting quite early in the series .. Wien-Landstraße. Landstraße. The house they eventually find is owned by a man who does not want dogs there , however Rex is able to alert him to a gas leak and in gratitude he allows Moser and Rex to stay .. Rex is frequently called upon to resolve difficult situations , including helping a young girl in shock , preventing a woman from committing suicide and helping to get Moser 's mobile phone when a crime has been committed .. suicide. suicide. One famous episode features Moser using Rex to resolve a hostage situation by telling him to creep up behind the criminal and `` frighten him '' -LRB- following Rex 's earlier success at frightening Stockinger by jumping on him from behind -RRB- .. hostage. hostage. There is also a considerable element of humour in Rex 's activities .. He constantly annoys Stockinger by pulling on his coat and stealing his ham rolls .. Later , Hollerer keeps a running score of Bock 's success against Rex - not a flattering result for the officer .. While not chasing criminals , he often plays pranks on the officers or fails to obey orders to help with the housework .. Rex reacts particularly badly to words like `` Frau '' -LRB- woman -RRB- and , later , `` Tierarzt '' -LRB- vet -RRB- , as he disapproves of his masters ' attention to women .. During a scene in which Koch claims that Moser `` does n't understand women at all now '' , Moser tells Koch , `` Do n't say that word .. Every time you say ` woman ' he -LSB- Rex -RSB- runs off with my laundry '' .. Koch asks him what Rex does with it , to which Moser replies , `` He washes it '' .. Later , after the departure of the vet , Moser is working undercover and needs to ensure Rex wo n't greet him .. He tells Stockinger , `` You only need to say ` vet ' to him and he 'll stop whatever he 's doing '' , a statement which results in a memorable scene involving Stockinger walking after Rex at a crime scene calling out `` Vet !. Vet ! ''. Rex has an uncanny penchant for ham rolls , or `` Wurstsemmeln '' in the local dialect .. He is introduced to them by Moser , who tells him , `` I practically live on these '' .. Rex has to date been played by five dogs .. Until 2000 , he was played by Santo vom Haus Zieglmayer , also known as ` Beejay ' , and was then replaced by Rhett Butler .. For the 2008 revival , Rex is played by a dog named Henry .. dog. dog. Category  : Inspector Rex characters. Inspector Rex. Inspector Rex