Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

1911-05-27 Goldfield, Nevada, USA Male 73 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-27

Place of Birth

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Known Credits

73

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III, Nicholas Benton Alexander III

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Shall We Dance

1937

Evans (uncredited)

Big Tremaine

1916

Child

Man in the Shadow

1957

Ab Begley

Reckless Roads

1935

Wade Adams

Dragnet

1954

Officer Frank Smith

Jealous Husbands

1923

Bobbie / Spud

The Spy Ring

1938

Capt. Don Mayhew

The Wet Parade

1932

Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)

It's a Wise Child

1931

Bill Stanton

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

Barry Preston

Stage Mother

1933

Francis Nolan

Buried Alive

1939

Riley

The Little American

1917

Bobby Moore

The Leather Pushers

1940

Dan Brown, Announcer

The White Heather

1919

Donald Cameron

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934

Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart

The Life of the Party

1937

Orchestra Leader

The Family Honor

1920

Little Ben Tucker

Boy of Mine

1923

Bill Latimer

This Day and Age

1933

Morry Dover

Western Gold

1937

Bart

Grand Old Girl

1935

Tom Miller

Hearts of the World

1918

The Boy's Littlest Brother

The Lady of the Dugout

1918

The Lady's son

The Divine Lady

1928

Young lieutenant

Tom Brown of Culver

1932

Cpl. John Clarke

What Price Innocence?

1933

Tommy Harrow

Many a Slip

1931

Ted Coster

The Outer Gate

1937

Bob Terry

The Vanishing Frontier

1933

Lucien Winfield

High Pressure

1932

Geoffrey Weston

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

Larry Weldon

Are These Our Children?

1931

Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby

Josselyn's Wife

1919

Tommy Josselyn

Born to Gamble

1935

Paul Mathews

The Highbinders

1926

Roy Marshall

Penrod and Sam

1923

Penrod Schofield

Convict's Code

1939

Jeff Palmer

The Fire-Trap

1935

Bob Fender

Red Lights Ahead

1936

George Wallace

Blue Streak McCoy

1920

Job the child

Criminals Within

1941

Sgt. Paul

The Better Wife

1919

Little Dick

Through Eyes of Men

1920

Little Billy

Flirtation

1934

Dudley

Two to One

1927

George Minafer as a Child

A Wife on Trial

1917

Child (uncredited)

Roadhouse Queen

1933

Junior Knox

TV Credits

Dragnet

1951

Frank Smith (276 episodes)

Batman

1966

(1 episodes)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Self (1 episodes)

This Is Your Life

1952

Self (1 episodes)

Judd, for the Defense

1967

(1 episodes)

Felony Squad

1966

Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs (73 episodes)

The Ford Show

1956

Self (1 episodes)

About Faces

1960

(1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Dragnet

Screenplay

1951