Arnold Rex Privett was an American politician who served as the 34th Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973.

He attended Oklahoma A&M for a year before joining the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.

He later graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1949, married Patricia Ann Nichols on August 8, 1947, and worked as a rancher.

[1] Privett was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1956.

He was appointed by Governor George Nigh as the State Gasohol Coordinator and later served as the executive director of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System from 1982 to 1995.