Ben Alexander
Acting
1911-05-27 - Present
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.
Credits
All Quiet on the Western FrontasFranz Kemmerich
DragnetasOfficer Frank Smith
Los Angeles Plays ItselfasOfficer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Man in the ShadowasAb Begley
Shall We DanceasEvans (uncredited)
Suicide FleetasKid
It's a Wise ChildasBill Stanton
Stage MotherasFrancis Nolan
The Lady of the DugoutasThe Lady's son
The Wet ParadeasEvelyn's Friend (uncredited)
The Leather PushersasDan Brown, Announcer
This Day and AgeasMorry Dover
Western GoldasBart
The Little AmericanasBobby Moore
Mr. Doodle Kicks OffasLarry Weldon
Tom Brown of CulverasCpl. John Clarke
High PressureasGeoffrey Weston
Red Lights AheadasGeorge Wallace
The Heart of RachaelasJim
Criminals WithinasSgt. Paul
Hearts of the WorldasThe Boy's Littlest Brother
The Spy RingasCapt. Don Mayhew
The One WomanasBoy
The Vanishing FrontierasLucien Winfield
Buried AliveasRiley
The Life of the PartyasOrchestra Leader
Convict's CodeasJeff Palmer
The Legion of Missing MenasDon Carter
The Divine LadyasYoung lieutenant
The Life of Vergie WintersasBarry Preston
Are These Our Children?asNicholas 'Nick' Crosby
FlirtationasDudley
Annapolis FarewellasAdams
Little Orphant AnnieasOrphan
Penrod and SamasPenrod Schofield
The Outer GateasBob Terry
Boy of MineasBill Latimer
Born to GambleasPaul Mathews
Most Precious Thing in LifeasGideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
The Triflersas
The Better WifeasLittle Dick
Grand Old GirlasTom Miller
Roadhouse QueenasJunior Knox
Many a SlipasTed Coster
The Hushed HourasGondy
Two to OneasGeorge Minafer as a Child
A Self-Made FailureasSonny
Once to Every WomanasJoe
The HighbindersasRoy Marshall
What Price Innocence?asTommy Harrow
Josselyn's WifeasTommy Josselyn
The White HeatherasDonald Cameron
The Mayor of FilbertasCarroll
The Family HonorasLittle Ben Tucker
A Wife on TrialasChild (uncredited)
American PortraitasDavid
The Yankee Spiritas
Each Pearl a Tearas
Blue Streak McCoyasJob the child
Through Eyes of MenasLittle Billy
The Fire-TrapasBob Fender