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Ben Alexander

AKA: Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III
Birthday: 1911-05-27
Died: 1969-07-05
Birthplace: Goldfield, Nevada, USA


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

All Quiet on the Western Front
Character: Franz Kemmerich
The Family Honor
Character: Little Ben Tucker
Shall We Dance
Character: Evans (uncredited)

A Wife on Trial
Character: Child (uncredited)
The Vanishing Frontier
Character: Lucien Winfield
The Hushed Hour
Character: Gondy

The Heart of Rachael
Character: Jim
Josselyn's Wife
Character: Tommy Josselyn
Two to One
Character: George Minafer as a Child

Dragnet
Character: Officer Frank Smith
Blue Streak McCoy
Character: Job the child
Western Gold
Character: Bart

High Pressure
Character: Geoffrey Weston
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character: Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Convict's Code
Character: Jeff Palmer

This Day and Age
Character: Morry Dover
The Lady of the Dugout
Character: The Lady's son
The Life of Vergie Winters
Character: Barry Preston

Grand Old Girl
Character: Tom Miller
Stage Mother
Character: Francis Nolan
The White Heather
Character: Donald Cameron

Suicide Fleet
Character: Kid
Red Lights Ahead
Character: George Wallace
The Fire-Trap
Character: Bob Fender

Flirtation
Character: Dudley
Criminals Within
Character: Sgt. Paul
Are These Our Children?
Character: Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Character: Larry Weldon
Roadhouse Queen
Character: Junior Knox
The Legion of Missing Men
Character: Don Carter

The Outer Gate
Character: Bob Terry
Most Precious Thing in Life
Character: Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
The Life of the Party
Character: Orchestra Leader

The Divine Lady
Character: Young lieutenant
Man in the Shadow
Character: Ab Begley
Buried Alive
Character: Riley

American Portrait
Character: David
Tom Brown of Culver
Character: Cpl. John Clarke
Once to Every Woman
Character: Joe Wilson

The Spy Ring
Character: Capt. Don Mayhew
The Little American
Character: Bobby Moore

Little Orphant Annie
Character: Orphan
It's a Wise Child
Character: Bill Stanton
What Price Innocence?
Character: Tommy Harrow

Annapolis Farewell
Character: Adams
Hearts of the World
Character: The Boy's Littlest Brother
The Highbinders
Character: Roy Marshall

Penrod and Sam
Character: Penrod Schofield
Boy of Mine
Character: Bill Latimer

The Wet Parade
Character: Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
Born to Gamble
Character: Paul Mathews
Many a Slip
Character: Ted Coster

The Leather Pushers
Character: Dan Brown, Announcer