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Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

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.

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Judd for the Defense

1967

Felony Squad

1966

as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs

Batman

1966

About Faces

1960

Man in the Shadow

1957

as Ab Begley

The Ford Show

1956

as Self

Dragnet

1954

as Officer Frank Smith

This Is Your Life

1952

as Self

Dragnet

1951

as Frank Smith

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

Criminals Within

1941

as Sgt. Paul

The Leather Pushers

1940

as Dan Brown, Announcer

American Portrait

1940

as David

Buried Alive

1939

as Riley

Convict's Code

1939

as Jeff Palmer

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

as Larry Weldon

The Spy Ring

1938

as Capt. Don Mayhew

The Life of the Party

1937

as Orchestra Leader

Western Gold

1937

as Bart

The Outer Gate

1937

as Bob Terry

The Legion of Missing Men

1937

as Don Carter

Shall We Dance

1937

as Evans (uncredited)

Red Lights Ahead

1936

as George Wallace

The Fire-Trap

1935

as Bob Fender

Annapolis Farewell

1935

as Adams

Born to Gamble

1935

as Paul Mathews

Grand Old Girl

1935

as Tom Miller

Flirtation

1934

as Dudley

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934

as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

as Barry Preston

Once to Every Woman

1934

as Joe Wilson

Stage Mother

1933

as Francis Nolan

This Day and Age

1933

as Morry Dover

Roadhouse Queen

1933

as Junior Knox

What Price Innocence?

1933

as Tommy Harrow

The Vanishing Frontier

1933

as Lucien Winfield

Tom Brown of Culver

1932

as Cpl. John Clarke

The Wet Parade

1932

as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)

High Pressure

1932

as Geoffrey Weston

Suicide Fleet

1931

as Kid

Are These Our Children?

1931

as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby

It's a Wise Child

1931

as Bill Stanton

Many a Slip

1931

as Ted Coster

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

as Franz Kemmerich

The Divine Lady

1928

as Young lieutenant

Two to One

1927

as George Minafer as a Child

The Highbinders

1926

as Roy Marshall

Boy of Mine

1923

as Bill Latimer

The Yankee Spirit

1923

Penrod and Sam

1923

as Penrod Schofield

Blue Streak McCoy

1920

as Job the child

The Family Honor

1920

as Little Ben Tucker

The Triflers

1920

The White Heather

1919

as Donald Cameron

The Hushed Hour

1919

as Gondy

Josselyn's Wife

1919

as Tommy Josselyn

Little Orphant Annie

1918

as Orphan

The Heart of Rachael

1918

as Jim

The Lady of the Dugout

1918

as The Lady's son

Hearts of the World

1918

as The Boy's Littlest Brother

A Wife on Trial

1917

as Child (uncredited)

The Little American

1917

as Bobby Moore