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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-05-27 (114 years old)
Place of Birth
Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Acting
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)1967
Judd for the Defense as Not available1966
Batman as Not available1966
Felony Squad as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs1960
About Faces as Not available1957
Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley1956
The Ford Show as Self1954
Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith1952
This Is Your Life as Self1951
Dragnet as Frank Smith1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self1941
Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul1940
The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer1940
American Portrait as David1939
Buried Alive as Riley1939
Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon1938
The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew1937
Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited)1937
The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader1937
Western Gold as Bart1937
The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter1937
The Outer Gate as Bob Terry1936
Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace1935
Annapolis Farewell as Adams1935
Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews1935
The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender1935
Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller1934
Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart1934
Once to Every Woman as Joe1934
The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston1934
Flirtation as Dudley1933
Stage Mother as Francis Nolan1933
This Day and Age as Morry Dover1933
What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow1933
The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield1933
Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox1932
Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke1932
High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston1932
The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)1931
Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby1931
Suicide Fleet as Kid1931
Many a Slip as Ted Coster1931
It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton1930
All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich1928
The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant1927
Two to One as George Minafer as a Child1926
The Highbinders as Roy Marshall1924
A Self-Made Failure as Sonny1923
Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer1923
Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield1923
The Yankee Spirit as Not available1920
Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child1920
The Triflers as Not available1920
The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker1920
Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy1919
Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn1919
The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll1919
The White Heather as Donald Cameron1919
The Hushed Hour as Gondy1919
The Better Wife as Little Dick1918
Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother1918
The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son1918
Little Orphant Annie as Orphan1918
The Heart of Rachael as Jim1918
The One Woman as Boy1917
The Little American as Bobby Moore1917
A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited)1916
Each Pearl a Tear as Not available