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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 27, 1911
Died
July 5, 1969
Place of Birth
Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Also Known As
- Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III
- Nicholas Benton Alexander III
Ben Alexander
0.6 Popularity
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
7.6
Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1967
6.4
Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
Felony Squad
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
🎬
0.0
About Faces
1960
6.7
Ab Begley
Man in the Shadow
1957
🎬
7.3
Self
The Ford Show
1956
6.1
Officer Frank Smith
Dragnet
1954
6.4
Self
This Is Your Life
1952
6.4
Frank Smith
Dragnet
1951
Credits
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Felony Squad
as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1966
6.4
Batman
1966
7.3
🎬
About Faces
1960
0.0
Man in the Shadow
as Ab Begley
1957
6.7
🎬
The Ford Show
as Self
1956
7.3
Dragnet
as Officer Frank Smith
1954
6.1
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Dragnet
as Frank Smith
1951
6.4
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Criminals Within
as Sgt. Paul
1941
6.0
The Leather Pushers
as Dan Brown, Announcer
1940
0.0
🎬
American Portrait
as David
1940
0.0
Buried Alive
as Riley
1939
4.7
Convict's Code
as Jeff Palmer
1939
4.5
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Larry Weldon
1938
9.0
The Spy Ring
as Capt. Don Mayhew
1938
4.5
The Life of the Party
as Orchestra Leader
1937
5.2
Western Gold
as Bart
1937
0.0
The Outer Gate
as Bob Terry
1937
4.0
The Legion of Missing Men
as Don Carter
1937
5.0
Shall We Dance
as Evans (uncredited)
1937
7.2
Red Lights Ahead
as George Wallace
1936
5.2
🎬
The Fire-Trap
as Bob Fender
1935
5.0
Annapolis Farewell
as Adams
1935
0.0
Born to Gamble
as Paul Mathews
1935
4.8
Grand Old Girl
as Tom Miller
1935
6.5
Flirtation
as Dudley
1934
4.9
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
1934
5.2
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Barry Preston
1934
5.2
Once to Every Woman
as Joe
1934
6.0
Stage Mother
as Francis Nolan
1933
5.0
This Day and Age
as Morry Dover
1933
3.0
Roadhouse Queen
as Junior Knox
1933
1.0
What Price Innocence?
as Tommy Harrow
1933
3.0
The Vanishing Frontier
as Lucien Winfield
1933
0.0
Tom Brown of Culver
as Cpl. John Clarke
1932
5.2
The Wet Parade
as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
1932
5.8
High Pressure
as Geoffrey Weston
1932
5.4
Suicide Fleet
as Kid
1931
4.3
Are These Our Children?
as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
1931
6.0
It's a Wise Child
as Bill Stanton
1931
0.0
Many a Slip
as Ted Coster
1931
0.0
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Franz Kemmerich
1930
7.7
The Divine Lady
as Young lieutenant
1928
5.2
🎬
Two to One
as George Minafer as a Child
1927
0.0
🎬
The Highbinders
as Roy Marshall
1926
0.0
🎬
A Self-Made Failure
as Sonny
1924
0.0
Boy of Mine
as Bill Latimer
1923
0.0
The Yankee Spirit
1923
0.0
Penrod and Sam
as Penrod Schofield
1923
6.3
Blue Streak McCoy
as Job the child
1920
0.0
Through Eyes of Men
as Little Billy
1920
0.0
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
as Child
1920
0.0
The Family Honor
as Little Ben Tucker
1920
0.0
The Triflers
1920
0.0
The Better Wife
as Little Dick
1919
1.0
The White Heather
as Donald Cameron
1919
0.0
The Mayor of Filbert
as Carroll
1919
0.0
The Hushed Hour
as Gondy
1919
0.0
Josselyn's Wife
as Tommy Josselyn
1919
0.0
The Turn in the Road
as Bob
1919
0.0
Little Orphant Annie
as Orphan
1918
5.3
The Heart of Rachael
as Jim
1918
0.0
The One Woman
as Boy
1918
0.0
The Lady of the Dugout
as The Lady's son
1918
5.9
Hearts of the World
as The Boy's Littlest Brother
1918
6.0
A Wife on Trial
as Child (uncredited)
1917
0.0
The Little American
as Bobby Moore
1917
6.3
Big Tremaine
as Child
1916
0.0
Each Pearl a Tear
1916
0.0