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

Batman
1966
Dragnet
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1955
Judd, for the Defense
1969
Felony Squad
1966
This Is Your Life
1958
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Little Orphant Annie
1918
The Ford Show
1957
Man in the Shadow
1957
Shall We Dance
1937
It's a Wise Child
1931

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
73
Writing
1
1969
Judd, for the Defense
1966
Batman
1966
Felony Squad
as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
1960
About Faces
1958
This Is Your Life
as Self
1957
Man in the Shadow
as Ab Begley
1957
The Ford Show
as Self
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1954
Dragnet
as Officer Frank Smith
1951
Dragnet
as Frank Smith
1941
Criminals Within
as Sgt. Paul
1940
American Portrait
as David
1940
The Leather Pushers
as Dan Brown, Announcer
1939
Convict's Code
as Jeff Palmer
1939
Buried Alive
as Riley
1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Larry Weldon
1938
The Spy Ring
as Capt. Don Mayhew
1937
Shall We Dance
as Evans (uncredited)
1937
Western Gold
as Bart
1937
The Legion of Missing Men
as Don Carter
1937
The Outer Gate
as Bob Terry
1937
The Life of the Party
as Orchestra Leader
1936
Red Lights Ahead
as George Wallace
1935
Grand Old Girl
as Tom Miller
1935
The Fire-Trap
as Bob Fender
1935
Annapolis Farewell
as Adams
1935
Born to Gamble
as Paul Mathews
1935
Reckless Roads
as Wade Adams
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Barry Preston
1934
Flirtation
as Dudley
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart
1934
Once to Every Woman
as Joe
1933
The Vanishing Frontier
as Lucien Winfield
1933
This Day and Age
as Morry Dover
1933
Stage Mother
as Francis Nolan
1933
Roadhouse Queen
as Junior Knox
1933
What Price Innocence?
as Tommy Harrow
1932
High Pressure
as Geoffrey Weston
1932
Tom Brown of Culver
as Cpl. John Clarke
1932
The Wet Parade
as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)
1931
Suicide Fleet
as Kid
1931
Are These Our Children?
as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby
1931
It's a Wise Child
as Bill Stanton
1931
Many a Slip
as Ted Coster
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Franz Kemmerich
1928
The Divine Lady
as Young lieutenant
1927
Two to One
as George Minafer as a Child
1926
The Highbinders
as Roy Marshall
1924
A Self-Made Failure
as Sonny
1923
The Yankee Spirit
1923
Penrod and Sam
as Penrod Schofield
1923
Boy of Mine
as Bill Latimer
1923
Jealous Husbands
as Bobbie / Spud
1920
The Family Honor
as Little Ben Tucker
1920
Blue Streak McCoy
as Job the child
1920
The Triflers
1920
Through Eyes of Men
as Little Billy
1920
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
as Child
1919
The Hushed Hour
as Gondy
1919
Josselyn's Wife
as Tommy Josselyn
1919
The White Heather
as Donald Cameron
1919
The Better Wife
as Little Dick
1919
The Mayor of Filbert
as Carroll
1919
The Turn in the Road
as Bob
1918
The Heart of Rachael
as Jim
1918
The Lady of the Dugout
as The Lady's son
1918
Little Orphant Annie
as Orphan
1918
Hearts of the World
as The Boy's Littlest Brother
1918
The One Woman
as Boy
1917
A Wife on Trial
as Child (uncredited)
1917
The Little American
as Bobby Moore
1916
Each Pearl a Tear
1916
Big Tremaine
as Child