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.
Acted in 64
1960s
- 1967
- 1966
1950s
- 1957
Man in the Shadow
Ab Begley
- 1954
Dragnet
Officer Frank Smith
- 1951
1940s
- 1941
Criminals Within
Sgt. Paul
- 1940
The Leather Pushers
Dan Brown, Announcer
1930s
- 1939
Buried Alive
Riley
Convict's Code
Jeff Palmer
- 1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Larry Weldon
The Spy Ring
Capt. Don Mayhew
- 1937
The Life of the Party
Orchestra Leader
Western Gold
Bart
The Outer Gate
Bob Terry
The Legion of Missing Men
Don Carter
Shall We Dance
Evans (uncredited)
- 1936
Red Lights Ahead
George Wallace
- 1935
Annapolis Farewell
Adams
Reckless Roads
Wade Adams
Born to Gamble
Paul Mathews
Grand Old Girl
Tom Miller
- 1934
Flirtation
Dudley
Most Precious Thing in Life
Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
The Life of Vergie Winters
Barry Preston
Once to Every Woman
Joe
- 1933
Stage Mother
Francis Nolan
This Day and Age
Morry Dover
Roadhouse Queen
Junior Knox
What Price Innocence?
Tommy Harrow
The Vanishing Frontier
Lucien Winfield
- 1932
Tom Brown of Culver
Cpl. John Clarke
The Wet Parade
Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
High Pressure
Geoffrey Weston
- 1931
Suicide Fleet
Kid
Are These Our Children?
Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
It's a Wise Child
Bill Stanton
Many a Slip
Ted Coster
- 1930
1920s
- 1928
The Divine Lady
Young lieutenant
- 1923
Boy of Mine
Bill Latimer
Jealous Husbands
Bobbie / Spud
The Yankee Spirit
Movie
Penrod and Sam
Penrod Schofield
- 1920
Blue Streak McCoy
Job the child
Through Eyes of Men
Little Billy
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Child
The Family Honor
Little Ben Tucker
The Triflers
Movie
1910s
- 1919
The Better Wife
Little Dick
The White Heather
Donald Cameron
The Mayor of Filbert
Carroll
The Hushed Hour
Gondy
Josselyn's Wife
Tommy Josselyn
The Turn in the Road
Bob
- 1918
The Heart of Rachael
Jim
The One Woman
Boy
The Lady of the Dugout
The Lady's son
- 1917
A Wife on Trial
Child (uncredited)
The Little American
Bobby Moore
- 1916
Big Tremaine
Child
Each Pearl a Tear
Movie
Wrote 1
1950s
- 1951
