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