Name
Ben Alexander
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-05-27
Deathday
1969-07-05 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Biography
Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.
Known For
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When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are a...
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Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and m...
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In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting t...
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A group of youth come of age in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is s...
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Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubbe...
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A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancest...
- 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich
- 1920 The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker
- 1937 Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited)
- 1917 A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited)
- 1933 The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield
- 1919 The Hushed Hour as Gondy
- 1918 The Heart of Rachael as Jim
- 1919 Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn
- 1927 Two to One as George Minafer as a Child
- 1954 Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith
- 1920 Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child
- 1937 Western Gold as Bart
- 1932 High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston
- 1939 Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer
- 1933 This Day and Age as Morry Dover
- 1918 The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son
- 1934 The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston
- 1935 Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller
- 1933 Stage Mother as Francis Nolan
- 1919 The White Heather as Donald Cameron
- 1931 Suicide Fleet as Kid
- 1936 Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace
- 1935 The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender
- 1934 Flirtation as Dudley
- 1941 Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul
- 1931 Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
- 1938 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon
- 1933 Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox
- 1937 The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter
- 1937 The Outer Gate as Bob Terry
- 1934 Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
- 1937 The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader
- 1928 The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant
- 1957 Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley
- 1939 Buried Alive as Riley
- 1940 American Portrait as David
- 1932 Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke
- 1934 Once to Every Woman as Joe
- 1938 The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew
- 1923 The Yankee Spirit
- 1917 The Little American as Bobby Moore
- 1918 Little Orphant Annie as Orphan
- 1931 It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton
- 1933 What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow
- 1935 Annapolis Farewell as Adams
- 1918 Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother
- 1926 The Highbinders as Roy Marshall
- 1923 Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield
- 1920 The Triflers
- 1923 Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer
- 1932 The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
- 1935 Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews
- 1931 Many a Slip as Ted Coster
- 1940 The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer
- 1916 Each Pearl a Tear
- 1918 The One Woman as Boy
- 1919 The Better Wife as Little Dick
- 1919 The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll
- 1920 Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy
- 1924 A Self-Made Failure as Sonny
- 1916 Big Tremaine as Child
- 1920 The Notorious Mrs. Sands as Child
- 1919 The Turn in the Road as Bob
- 1923 Jealous Husbands as Bobbie / Spud
- 1935 Reckless Roads as Wade Adams
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 Batman ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Dragnet ( 276 episodes ) as Frank Smith
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 73 episodes ) as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1960 About Faces ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Ford Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
