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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.

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Actor

1916

[ ] Each Pearl a Tear (????)
[ ] Big Tremaine (Child)

1917

[ ] A Wife on Trial (Child (uncredited))
[ ] The Little American (Bobby Moore)

1918

[ ] The Heart of Rachael (Jim)
[ ] The Lady of the Dugout (The Lady's son)
[ ] Little Orphant Annie (Orphan)
[ ] Hearts of the World (The Boy's Littlest Brother)
[ ] The One Woman (Boy)

1919

[ ] The Hushed Hour (Gondy)
[ ] Josselyn's Wife (Tommy Josselyn)
[ ] The White Heather (Donald Cameron)
[ ] The Better Wife (Little Dick)
[ ] The Mayor of Filbert (Carroll)
[ ] The Turn in the Road (Bob)

1920

[ ] The Family Honor (Little Ben Tucker)
[ ] Blue Streak McCoy (Job the child)
[ ] The Triflers (????)
[ ] Through Eyes of Men (Little Billy)
[ ] The Notorious Mrs. Sands (Child)

1923

[ ] The Yankee Spirit (????)
[ ] Penrod and Sam (Penrod Schofield)
[ ] Boy of Mine (Bill Latimer)
[ ] Jealous Husbands (Bobbie / Spud)

1924

[ ] A Self-Made Failure (Sonny)

1926

[ ] The Highbinders (Roy Marshall)

1927

[ ] Two to One (George Minafer as a Child)

1928

[ ] The Divine Lady (Young lieutenant)

1930

[ ] All Quiet on the Western Front (Franz Kemmerich)

1931

[ ] Suicide Fleet (Kid)
[ ] Are These Our Children? (Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby)
[ ] It's a Wise Child (Bill Stanton)
[ ] Many a Slip (Ted Coster)

1932

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

1933

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

1934

[ ] The Life of Vergie Winters (Barry Preston)
[ ] Flirtation (Dudley)
[ ] Most Precious Thing in Life (Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart)
[ ] Once to Every Woman (Joe)

1935

[ ] Grand Old Girl (Tom Miller)
[ ] The Fire-Trap (Bob Fender)
[ ] Annapolis Farewell (Adams)
[ ] Born to Gamble (Paul Mathews)

1936

[ ] Red Lights Ahead (George Wallace)

1937

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

1938

[ ] Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (Larry Weldon)
[ ] The Spy Ring (Capt. Don Mayhew)

1939

[ ] Convict's Code (Jeff Palmer)
[ ] Buried Alive (Riley)

1940

[ ] American Portrait (David)
[ ] The Leather Pushers (Dan Brown, Announcer)

1941

[ ] Criminals Within (Sgt. Paul)

1954

[ ] Dragnet (Officer Frank Smith)

1957

[ ] Man in the Shadow (Ab Begley)

2004

[ 8/10 ] Los Angeles Plays Itself (Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage))