Ben Alexander
Birthday: 1911-05-27 | Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USANicholas 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2015
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
1966
Felony Squad
as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1957
Man in the Shadow
as Ab Begley
1954
Dragnet
as Officer Frank Smith
1951
Dragnet
as Frank Smith
1941
Criminals Within
as Sgt. Paul
1939
Convict's Code
as Jeff Palmer
1939
Buried Alive
as Riley
1937
The Outer Gate
as Bob Terry
1937
The Legion of Missing Men
as Don Carter
1936
Red Lights Ahead
as George Wallace
1935
Grand Old Girl
as Tom Miller
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Barry Preston
1934
Once to Every Woman
as Joe
1933
Stage Mother
as Francis Nolan
1933
Roadhouse Queen
as Junior Knox
1933
This Day and Age
as Morry Dover
1932
Tom Brown of Culver
as Cpl. John Clarke
1932
High Pressure
as Geoffrey Weston
1931
Suicide Fleet
as Kid
1931
Are These Our Children?
as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Franz Kemmerich
1927
Two to One
as George Minafer as a Child
1926
The Highbinders
as Roy Marshall
1924
A Self-Made Failure
as Sonny
