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Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

1911-05-27

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

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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.

Best known for:

All Quiet on the Western Front

Batman

Shall We Dance

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Man in the Shadow

Dragnet

The Divine Lady

Dragnet

Hearts of the World

The Little American

The Colgate Comedy Hour

This Is Your Life

The Lady of the Dugout

High Pressure

Once to Every Woman

Suicide Fleet

The Life of Vergie Winters

Buried Alive

Most Precious Thing in Life

Flirtation

Felony Squad

Are These Our Children?

The Wet Parade

Born to Gamble

Red Lights Ahead

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Filmography:

The Little American (1917)
APPEREAD AS:
Bobby Moore
A Wife on Trial (1917)
APPEREAD AS:
Child (uncredited)
The Lady of the Dugout (1918)
APPEREAD AS:
The Lady's son
Hearts of the World (1918)
APPEREAD AS:
The Boy's Littlest Brother
Little Orphant Annie (1918)
APPEREAD AS:
Orphan
The Heart of Rachael (1918)
APPEREAD AS:
Jim
The One Woman (1918)
APPEREAD AS:
Boy
The Better Wife (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Little Dick

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Josselyn's Wife (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Tommy Josselyn
The Hushed Hour (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Gondy
The White Heather (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Donald Cameron
The Mayor of Filbert (1919)
APPEREAD AS:
Carroll
Blue Streak McCoy (1920)
APPEREAD AS:
Job the child
The Family Honor (1920)
APPEREAD AS:
Little Ben Tucker
Through Eyes of Men (1920)
APPEREAD AS:
Little Billy
Penrod and Sam (1923)
APPEREAD AS:
Penrod Schofield

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Boy of Mine (1923)
APPEREAD AS:
Bill Latimer
The Divine Lady (1928)
APPEREAD AS:
Young lieutenant
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Franz Kemmerich
Suicide Fleet (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Kid
Are These Our Children? (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
It's a Wise Child (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Bill Stanton
Many a Slip (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Ted Coster
High Pressure (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Geoffrey Weston
The Wet Parade (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Cpl. John Clarke
This Day and Age (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Morry Dover
Stage Mother (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Francis Nolan
What Price Innocence? (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Tommy Harrow
Roadhouse Queen (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Junior Knox
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Lucien Winfield
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Barry Preston
Flirtation (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Dudley
Once to Every Woman (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Joe
Grand Old Girl (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom Miller
Born to Gamble (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Paul Mathews
Annapolis Farewell (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Adams
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
George Wallace
Shall We Dance (1937)
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APPEREAD AS:
Evans (uncredited)
The Life of the Party (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Orchestra Leader
The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Don Carter
The Outer Gate (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Bob Terry
Western Gold (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Bart
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Larry Weldon
The Spy Ring (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Capt. Don Mayhew
Buried Alive (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Riley
Convict's Code (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Jeff Palmer
The Leather Pushers (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Dan Brown, Announcer
Criminals Within (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Sgt. Paul
Dragnet (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Smith
Dragnet (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Officer Frank Smith
Man in the Shadow (1957)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Ab Begley
Felony Squad (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)