Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-27

Deathday

1969-07-05 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Also Known As

Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III
Nicholas Benton Alexander III

Ben Alexander

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.

Known For

7.8%

All Quiet on the Western Front

Apr 29, 1930

7.3%

Batman

Jan 12, 1966

7.2%

Shall We Dance

May 7, 1937

7.6%

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Jul 28, 2004

6.8%

Man in the Shadow

Dec 12, 1957

6.4%

Dragnet

Dec 16, 1951

6.2%

Dragnet

Sep 4, 1954

5.3%

The Divine Lady

Dec 26, 1928

6.0%

Hearts of the World

Mar 11, 1918

6.3%

The Little American

Jul 12, 1917

7.0%

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Sep 10, 1950

6.3%

This Is Your Life

Oct 1, 1952

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Acting

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

1967

Judd for the Defense

1966		Felony Squad as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1966		Batman

1960

About Faces

1957

Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley

1956

The Ford Show as Self

1954

Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith

1952

This Is Your Life as Self

1951

Dragnet as Frank Smith

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self

1941

Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul

1940		The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer
1940		American Portrait as David

1939		Buried Alive as Riley
1939		Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer

1938		Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon
1938		The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew

1937		The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader
1937		Western Gold as Bart
1937		The Outer Gate as Bob Terry
1937		The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter
1937		Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited)

1936

Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace

1935		The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender
1935		Annapolis Farewell as Adams
1935		Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews
1935		Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller

1934		Flirtation as Dudley
1934		Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
1934		The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston
1934		Once to Every Woman as Joe Wilson

1933		Stage Mother as Francis Nolan
1933		This Day and Age as Morry Dover
1933		Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox
1933		What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow
1933		The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield

1932		Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke
1932		The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
1932		High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston

1931		Suicide Fleet as Kid
1931		Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
1931		It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton
1931		Many a Slip as Ted Coster

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich

1928

The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant

1927

Two to One as George Minafer as a Child

1926

The Highbinders as Roy Marshall

1923		Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer
1923		The Yankee Spirit
1923		Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield

1920		Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child
1920		Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy
1920		The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker
1920		The Triflers

1919		The Better Wife as Little Dick
1919		The White Heather as Donald Cameron
1919		The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll
1919		The Hushed Hour as Gondy
1919		Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn

1918		Little Orphant Annie as Orphan
1918		The Heart of Rachael as Jim
1918		The One Woman as Boy
1918		The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son
1918		Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother

1917		A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited)
1917		The Little American as Bobby Moore

1916

Each Pearl a Tear