Portrait of Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Acting

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.

Born: May 27, 1911

Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Filmography

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

1966
Felony Squad

as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs

1966
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

1940
The Leather Pushers

as Dan Brown, Announcer

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
1937
The Outer Gate

as Bob Terry

1937
1937
Shall We Dance

as Evans (uncredited)

1936
Red Lights Ahead

as George Wallace

1935
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
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
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
1928
The Divine Lady

as Young lieutenant

1923
Boy of Mine

as Bill Latimer

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

1919
The Better Wife

as Little Dick

1919
The White Heather

as Donald Cameron

1919
1919
1919
Josselyn's Wife

as Tommy Josselyn

1918
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