Ben Alexander
Actor
Born May 27, 1911 in 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
Judd, for the Defense
Felony Squad
Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
Batman
Man in the Shadow
Ab Begley
Dragnet
Officer Frank Smith
This Is Your Life
Self
Dragnet
Frank Smith
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Criminals Within
Sgt. Paul
The Leather Pushers
Dan Brown, Announcer
Buried Alive
Riley
Convict's Code
Jeff Palmer
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Larry Weldon
The Spy Ring
Capt. Don Mayhew
The Life of the Party
Orchestra Leader
Western Gold
Bart
The Outer Gate
Bob Terry
The Legion of Missing Men
Don Carter
Shall We Dance
Evans (uncredited)
Red Lights Ahead
George Wallace
Annapolis Farewell
Adams
Reckless Roads
Wade Adams
Born to Gamble
Paul Mathews
Grand Old Girl
Tom Miller
Flirtation
Dudley
Most Precious Thing in Life
Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
The Life of Vergie Winters
Barry Preston
Once to Every Woman
Joe
Stage Mother
Francis Nolan
This Day and Age
Morry Dover
Roadhouse Queen
Junior Knox
What Price Innocence?
Tommy Harrow
The Vanishing Frontier
Lucien Winfield
Tom Brown of Culver
Cpl. John Clarke
The Wet Parade
Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
High Pressure
Geoffrey Weston
Suicide Fleet
Kid
Are These Our Children?
Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
It's a Wise Child
Bill Stanton
Many a Slip
Ted Coster
All Quiet on the Western Front
Franz Kemmerich
The Divine Lady
Young lieutenant
Boy of Mine
Bill Latimer
Jealous Husbands
Bobbie / Spud
The Yankee Spirit
Penrod and Sam
Penrod Schofield
Blue Streak McCoy
Job the child
Through Eyes of Men
Little Billy
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Child
The Family Honor
Little Ben Tucker
The Triflers
The Better Wife
Little Dick
The White Heather
Donald Cameron
The Mayor of Filbert
Carroll
The Hushed Hour
Gondy
Josselyn's Wife
Tommy Josselyn
The Turn in the Road
Bob
Little Orphant Annie
Orphan
The Heart of Rachael
Jim
The One Woman
Boy
The Lady of the Dugout
The Lady's son
Hearts of the World
The Boy's Littlest Brother
A Wife on Trial
Child (uncredited)
The Little American
Bobby Moore
Big Tremaine
Child
Each Pearl a Tear