Birthday:
May 27, 1911
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Ben Alexander
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Franz Kemmerich | 1930 |
| The Family Honor | Little Ben Tucker | 1920 |
| Shall We Dance | Evans (uncredited) | 1937 |
| A Wife on Trial | Child (uncredited) | 1917 |
| The Vanishing Frontier | Lucien Winfield | 1933 |
| The Hushed Hour | Gondy | 1919 |
| The Heart of Rachael | Jim | 1918 |
| Josselyn's Wife | Tommy Josselyn | 1919 |
| Two to One | George Minafer as a Child | 1927 |
| Dragnet | Officer Frank Smith | 1954 |
| Blue Streak McCoy | Job the child | 1920 |
| Western Gold | Bart | 1937 |
| High Pressure | Geoffrey Weston | 1932 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Convict's Code | Jeff Palmer | 1939 |
| This Day and Age | Morry Dover | 1933 |
| The Lady of the Dugout | The Lady's son | 1918 |
| The Life of Vergie Winters | Barry Preston | 1934 |
| Grand Old Girl | Tom Miller | 1935 |
| Stage Mother | Francis Nolan | 1933 |
| The White Heather | Donald Cameron | 1919 |
| Suicide Fleet | Kid | 1931 |
| Red Lights Ahead | George Wallace | 1936 |
| The Fire-Trap | Bob Fender | 1935 |
| Flirtation | Dudley | 1934 |
| Criminals Within | Sgt. Paul | 1941 |
| Are These Our Children? | Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby | 1931 |
| Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Larry Weldon | 1938 |
| Roadhouse Queen | Junior Knox | 1933 |
| The Legion of Missing Men | Don Carter | 1937 |
| The Outer Gate | Bob Terry | 1937 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life | Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart | 1934 |
| The Life of the Party | Orchestra Leader | 1937 |
| The Divine Lady | Young lieutenant | 1928 |
| Man in the Shadow | Ab Begley | 1957 |
| Buried Alive | Riley | 1939 |
| American Portrait | David | 1940 |
| Tom Brown of Culver | Cpl. John Clarke | 1932 |
| Once to Every Woman | Joe Wilson | 1934 |
| The Spy Ring | Capt. Don Mayhew | 1938 |
| The Yankee Spirit | 1923 | |
| The Little American | Bobby Moore | 1917 |
| Little Orphant Annie | Orphan | 1918 |
| It's a Wise Child | Bill Stanton | 1931 |
| What Price Innocence? | Tommy Harrow | 1933 |
| Annapolis Farewell | Adams | 1935 |
| Hearts of the World | The Boy's Littlest Brother | 1918 |
| The Highbinders | Roy Marshall | 1926 |
| Penrod and Sam | Penrod Schofield | 1923 |
| The Triflers | 1920 | |
| Boy of Mine | Bill Latimer | 1923 |
| The Wet Parade | Evelyn's Friend (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Born to Gamble | Paul Mathews | 1935 |
| Many a Slip | Ted Coster | 1931 |
| The Leather Pushers | Dan Brown, Announcer | 1940 |
| Each Pearl a Tear | 1916 | |
| The One Woman | Boy | 1918 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| Batman | 1966 | |
| Dragnet | Frank Smith | 1951 |
| Felony Squad | Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs | 1966 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Judd for the Defense | 1967 | |
| About Faces | 1960 | |
| The Ford Show | Self | 1956 |
