Desperate Housewives/Rex Van De Kamp

Rex Van De Kamp
Desperate Housewives
Actor	Steven Culp
First Appearance	1x01 - Pilot
Series Billing	Billed
Episode Count	22
Notable Episodes	1x01 - Pilot, 1x23 - One Wonderful Day, 2x23/24 - Remember (1&2), 3x16 - My Husband, the Pig

Rex Van De Kamp, husband of Bree and father to Andrew, Danielle and Sam Allen. He is played by Steven Culp.

Basic Information

We are introduced to Rex, at the wake of Mary Alice Young. He died in the first season finale, from a chemical imbalance caused by taking the wrong medication. His pharmacist, George Williams, switched his meds, causing the imbalance. George was jealous that Bree, who almost divorced Rex, didn't chose him over Rex. Rex has later appeared in several flashbacks in the following seasons.

Episode Appearances

1. 1x02 - Pilot
2. 1x02 - Ah, But Underneath
3. 1x03 - Pretty Little Picture
4. 1x04 - Who's That Woman?
5. 1x05 - Come in, Stranger
6. 1x06 - Running to Stand Still
7. 1x07 - Anything You Can Do
8. 1x08 - Guilty
9. 1x09 - Suspicious Minds
10. 1x10 - Come Back to Me
11. 1x11 - Move On
12. 1x12 - Every Day a Little Death
13. 1x13 - Your Fault
14. 1x14 - Love Is in the Air
15. 1x15 - Impossible
16. 1x16 - The Ladies Who Lunch
17. 1x17 - There Won't Be Trumpets
18. 1x18 - Children Will Listen
19. 1x19 - Live Alone and Like It
20. 1x20 - Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry
21. 1x21 - Fear No More
22. 1x22 - Sunday in the Park with George
23. 1x23 - Goodbye for Now
24. 1x24 - One Wonderful Day
25. 2x23 - Remember (1)
26. 2x24 - Remember (2)
27. 3x16 - My Husband, the Pig
28. 5x13 - The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
29. 7x01 - Remember Paul?

Character History

Parents:  ?? (father unknown) & Phyllis Van De Kamp
Wives/Partners: Bree
Children: Andrew, Danielle, Sam
Grandchildren: Benjamin
Other Family: Alex Cominis, Leo Katz, Austin McCann, Eleanor Mason, Henry Mason

Memorable Moments

A scene in which Bree wants Rex to test their son's urine for drugs. Rex says that he wouldn't "ruin their son's future because he sparked a duby". Bree pours the urine all over Rex's shirt.

Trivia

• Steven Culp almost didn't play Rex Van De Kamp. Culp was creator Mark Cherry's first pick for Rex, but Culp couldn't play him at the time. Michael Reilly Burke was cast. He didn't test well with audiences, and Cherry later asked Culp again, and he was, at that time, able to play him.

• Rex Van De Kamp took the role of narrator, much like that of Mary Alice Young, for Season 3, Episode 16 - My Husband, the Pig.

Quotes

"I won't ruin our son's future because he sparked a duby."

"As far as I'm concerned, if Andrew is happy with whom he is, then it is our job to support him!"

"I want a divorce. I just can't live in this detergent commercial anymore."