Ben Alexander

Known for: Acting
Born: May 27, 1911, Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Died: July 5, 1969
Movies: 65

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

7.3

Shall We Dance

1937

6.7

Man in the Shadow

1957

6.1

Dragnet

1954

5.3

The Divine Lady

1928

6.1

Hearts of the World

1918

6.3

The Little American

1917

5.8

High Pressure

1932

5.9

The Lady of the Dugout

1918

5.7

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

Filmography

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

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