Cast & creator
Ben Alexander
Best known for Batman, Dragnet, Dragnet
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.
Also known as: Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III, Nicholas Benton Alexander III
65
film credits
9
television credits
73
1916–1967 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (74)
Showing 74 of 74 credits
Batman
1966
Dragnet
Frank Smith
1951Dragnet
Screenplay
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Judd, for the Defense
1967
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Felony Squad
Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1966
All Quiet on the Western Front
Franz Kemmerich
1930
Little Orphant Annie
Orphan
1918The Ford Show
Self
1956
Man in the Shadow
Ab Begley
1957
Shall We Dance
Evans (uncredited)
1937
This Day and Age
Morry Dover
1933
It's a Wise Child
Bill Stanton
1931
Most Precious Thing in Life
Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
1934
Hearts of the World
The Boy's Littlest Brother
1918
The Life of Vergie Winters
Barry Preston
1934
The Spy Ring
Capt. Don Mayhew
1938
Tom Brown of Culver
Cpl. John Clarke
1932
Dragnet
Officer Frank Smith
1954
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Larry Weldon
1938
The Life of the Party
Orchestra Leader
1937
Once to Every Woman
Joe
1934
The Lady of the Dugout
The Lady's son
1918
Jealous Husbands
Bobbie / Spud
1923A Self-Made Failure
Sonny
1924
Big Tremaine
Child
1916
The Turn in the Road
Bob
1919
The Heart of Rachael
Jim
1918
The Hushed Hour
Gondy
1919
Reckless Roads
Wade Adams
1935
Are These Our Children?
Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
1931About Faces
1960
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Child
1920
What Price Innocence?
Tommy Harrow
1933
The Legion of Missing Men
Don Carter
1937
The Wet Parade
Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
1932
Stage Mother
Francis Nolan
1933
The Family Honor
Little Ben Tucker
1920
The Leather Pushers
Dan Brown, Announcer
1940
High Pressure
Geoffrey Weston
1932
Convict's Code
Jeff Palmer
1939
The Divine Lady
Young lieutenant
1928
The Mayor of Filbert
Carroll
1919
Suicide Fleet
Kid
1931
The Little American
Bobby Moore
1917
The Vanishing Frontier
Lucien Winfield
1933
Grand Old Girl
Tom Miller
1935
Each Pearl a Tear
1916
Boy of Mine
Bill Latimer
1923
Annapolis Farewell
Adams
1935
Many a Slip
Ted Coster
1931
Through Eyes of Men
Little Billy
1920The Fire-Trap
Bob Fender
1935
Buried Alive
Riley
1939
Penrod and Sam
Penrod Schofield
1923
The White Heather
Donald Cameron
1919
A Wife on Trial
Child (uncredited)
1917
Western Gold
Bart
1937
Criminals Within
Sgt. Paul
1941
Red Lights Ahead
George Wallace
1936
The Triflers
1920
Born to Gamble
Paul Mathews
1935
The Yankee Spirit
1923
Josselyn's Wife
Tommy Josselyn
1919
Blue Streak McCoy
Job the child
1920
Flirtation
Dudley
1934
The Outer Gate
Bob Terry
1937
The Better Wife
Little Dick
1919
Roadhouse Queen
Junior Knox
1933
The One Woman
Boy
1918The Highbinders
Roy Marshall
1926American Portrait
David
1940Two to One
George Minafer as a Child
1927