People
Ben Alexander
- Name: Ben Alexander
- Birthday: 1911-05-27
- Also known as: Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III,Nicholas Benton Alexander III
- Place of birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
- Popularity: 0.7337
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Plays Itself as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley | 1957-12-12 |
| Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith | 1954-09-04 |
| Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul | 1941-06-27 |
| The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer | 1940-09-13 |
| American Portrait as David | 1940-07-31 |
| Buried Alive as Riley | 1939-11-06 |
| Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer | 1939-01-18 |
| Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon | 1938-10-07 |
| The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew | 1938-01-08 |
| The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader | 1937-09-03 |
| Western Gold as Bart | 1937-08-27 |
| The Outer Gate as Bob Terry | 1937-08-04 |
| The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter | 1937-07-28 |
| Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace | 1936-11-28 |
| The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender | 1935-11-26 |
| Annapolis Farewell as Adams | 1935-08-23 |
| Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews | 1935-07-09 |
| Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller | 1935-01-15 |
| Flirtation as Dudley | 1934-11-09 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart | 1934-06-15 |
| The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston | 1934-06-14 |
| Once to Every Woman as Joe | 1934-03-24 |
| Stage Mother as Francis Nolan | 1933-09-29 |
| This Day and Age as Morry Dover | 1933-08-25 |
| Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox | 1933-06-29 |
| What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow | 1933-06-24 |
| The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield | 1933-03-13 |
| Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke | 1932-06-30 |
| The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited) | 1932-03-26 |
| High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston | 1932-01-10 |
| Suicide Fleet as Kid | 1931-11-20 |
| Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby | 1931-11-13 |
| It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton | 1931-04-10 |
| Many a Slip as Ted Coster | 1931-03-02 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich | 1930-04-29 |
| The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant | 1928-12-26 |
| Two to One as George Minafer as a Child | 1927-12-31 |
| The Highbinders as Roy Marshall | 1926-03-21 |
| A Self-Made Failure as Sonny | 1924-06-29 |
| Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer | 1923-12-30 |
| Jealous Husbands as Bobbie / Spud | 1923-11-12 |
| The Yankee Spirit | 1923-09-02 |
| Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield | 1923-06-18 |
| Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child | 1920-08-23 |
| Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy | 1920-06-01 |
| The Notorious Mrs. Sands as Child | 1920-05-09 |
| The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker | 1920-03-15 |
| The Triflers | 1920-01-12 |
| The Better Wife as Little Dick | 1919-07-13 |
| The White Heather as Donald Cameron | 1919-06-29 |
| The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll | 1919-05-25 |
| The Hushed Hour as Gondy | 1919-05-18 |
| Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn | 1919-05-05 |
| The Turn in the Road as Bob | 1919-03-29 |
| Little Orphant Annie as Orphan | 1918-12-31 |
| The Heart of Rachael as Jim | 1918-10-04 |
| The One Woman as Boy | 1918-10-01 |
| The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son | 1918-09-01 |
| Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother | 1918-03-11 |
| A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited) | 1917-07-30 |
| The Little American as Bobby Moore | 1917-07-12 |
| Big Tremaine as Child | 1916-11-20 |
| Each Pearl a Tear | 1916-08-31 |
