Ben Alexander
Born: 1911-05-27 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Died: 1969-07-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2004
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
1966
- Batman
- Felony Squad as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1960
1957
- Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley
1956
- The Ford Show as Self
1954
- Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
1951
- Dragnet as Frank Smith
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1941
- Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul
1940
- The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer
- American Portrait as David
1939
- Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer
- Buried Alive as Riley
1938
- Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon
- The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew
1937
- Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited)
- The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader
- The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter
- Western Gold as Bart
- The Outer Gate as Bob Terry
1936
- Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace
1935
- Annapolis Farewell as Adams
- Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller
- Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews
- The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender
- Reckless Roads as Wade Adams
1934
- Once to Every Woman as Joe
- The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston
- Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
- Flirtation as Dudley
1933
- Stage Mother as Francis Nolan
- This Day and Age as Morry Dover
- The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield
- What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow
- Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox
1932
- The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
- High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston
- Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke
1931
- Suicide Fleet as Kid
- Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
- It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton
- Many a Slip as Ted Coster
1930
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich
1928
- The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant
1927
- Two to One as George Minafer as a Child
1926
- The Highbinders as Roy Marshall
1924
- A Self-Made Failure as Sonny
1923
- Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield
- The Yankee Spirit
- Jealous Husbands as Bobbie / Spud
- Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer
1920
- The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker
- Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy
- The Triflers
- The Notorious Mrs. Sands as Child
- Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child
1919
- The White Heather as Donald Cameron
- The Hushed Hour as Gondy
- The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll
- The Better Wife as Little Dick
- Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn
- The Turn in the Road as Bob
1918
- Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother
- The Heart of Rachael as Jim
- The One Woman as Boy
- The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son
- Little Orphant Annie as Orphan
1917
- The Little American as Bobby Moore
- A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited)
1916
- Each Pearl a Tear
- Big Tremaine as Child