Ben Alexander
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-05-27
Day of Death
1969-07-05 (58 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
(1957)
Man in the Shadow
as Ab Begley
(1954)
Dragnet
as Officer Frank Smith
(1941)
Criminals Within
as Sgt. Paul
(1940)
The Leather Pushers
as Dan Brown, Announcer
(1940)
American Portrait
as David
(1939)
Convict's Code
as Jeff Palmer
(1939)
Buried Alive
as Riley
(1938)
The Spy Ring
as Capt. Don Mayhew
(1938)
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Larry Weldon
(1937)
Shall We Dance
as Evans (uncredited)
(1937)
The Legion of Missing Men
as Don Carter
(1937)
The Outer Gate
as Bob Terry
(1937)
The Life of the Party
as Orchestra Leader
(1937)
Western Gold
as Bart
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as George Wallace
(1935)
Grand Old Girl
as Tom Miller
(1935)
Annapolis Farewell
as Adams
(1935)
Born to Gamble
as Paul Mathews
(1935)
The Fire-Trap
as Bob Fender
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Joe
(1934)
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Barry Preston
(1934)
Flirtation
as Dudley
(1933)
Stage Mother
as Francis Nolan
(1933)
This Day and Age
as Morry Dover
(1933)
The Vanishing Frontier
as Lucien Winfield
(1933)
What Price Innocence?
as Tommy Harrow
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Junior Knox
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
(1932)
High Pressure
as Geoffrey Weston
(1932)
Tom Brown of Culver
as Cpl. John Clarke
(1931)
Suicide Fleet
as Kid
(1931)
Are These Our Children?
as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
(1931)
Many a Slip
as Ted Coster
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
as Bill Stanton
(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
(1923)
Boy of Mine
as Bill Latimer
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
as Penrod Schofield
(1923)
(1920)
Blue Streak McCoy
as Job the child
(1920)
The Family Honor
as Little Ben Tucker
(1920)
Through Eyes of Men
as Little Billy
(1920)
(1919)
The Mayor of Filbert
as Carroll
(1919)
The Better Wife
as Little Dick
(1919)
The Hushed Hour
as Gondy
(1919)
The White Heather
as Donald Cameron
(1919)
Josselyn's Wife
as Tommy Josselyn
(1918)
Hearts of the World
as The Boy's Littlest Brother
(1918)
The Lady of the Dugout
as The Lady's son
(1918)
Little Orphant Annie
as Orphan
(1918)
The Heart of Rachael
as Jim
(1918)
The One Woman
as Boy
(1917)
The Little American
as Bobby Moore
(1917)
A Wife on Trial
as Child (uncredited)
(1916)