Ben Alexander

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-27 (58 years old)

Deathday

1969-07-05

Place of Birth

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Ben Alexander

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.

Acting

1930

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

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

1932

High Pressure

as Geoffrey Weston

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

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

1935

Grand Old Girl

as Tom Miller

1933

Stage Mother

as Francis Nolan

1919

The White Heather

as Donald Cameron

1931

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

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

1932

Tom Brown of Culver

as Cpl. John Clarke

1938

The Spy Ring

as Capt. Don Mayhew

1917

The Little American

as Bobby Moore

1931

It's a Wise Child

as Bill Stanton

1933

What Price Innocence?

as Tommy Harrow

1935

1918

Hearts of the World

as The Boy's Littlest Brother

1926

The Highbinders

as Roy Marshall

1923

Penrod and Sam

as Penrod Schofield

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

1918

1919

The Better Wife

as Little Dick

1919

1920

Through Eyes of Men

as Little Billy

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