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