Ben Alexander
Birthday: 1911-05-27
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
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.
Movies
All Quiet on the Western Front
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...
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The Family Honor
Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together h...
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Shall We Dance
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta...
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A Wife on Trial
Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace...
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The Vanishing Frontier
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over ...
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The Hushed Hour
Judge Robert Appleton (Winter Hall) has led an exemplary life. His four children, however, fell shor...
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The Heart of Rachael
Rachael (Bessie Barriscale) marries Clarence Breckenridge (Hershel Mayall) a widower much older than...
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Josselyn's Wife
Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who have sp...
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Two to One
A two-reel version of 1925's Pampered Youth. Included on Criterion's Blu-ray release of Orson Welles...
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Dragnet
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder....
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Blue Streak McCoy
Ranger Job "Blue Streak" McCoy helps a miner and his pretty young daughter who are trying to protect...
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Western Gold
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed ...
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High Pressure
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company"...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to ...
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Convict's Code
On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him....
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This Day and Age
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and ...
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The Lady of the Dugout
Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was ab...
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The Life of Vergie Winters
A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman a...
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Grand Old Girl
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den....
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Stage Mother
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve...
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The White Heather
Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marr...
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Suicide Fleet
Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who wo...
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Red Lights Ahead
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran...
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The Fire-Trap
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are...
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Flirtation
A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose...
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Criminals Within
A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder....
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Are These Our Children?
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, f...
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one...
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Roadhouse Queen
Walter Catlett learns his son Ben Alexander has thrown over fiancee Joyce Compton for acrobat Nora L...
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The Legion of Missing Men
Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in t...
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The Outer Gate
Bob Terry is in love with Lois Borden the daughter of his employer, John Borden. When some bonds are...
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Most Precious Thing in Life
An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer's 1934...
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The Life of the Party
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found....
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The Divine Lady
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire....
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Man in the Shadow
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff t...
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Buried Alive
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight...
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American Portrait
This movie's preamble explains the importance of salesmanship after the great depression The industr...
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Tom Brown of Culver
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter....
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The Spy Ring
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when ...
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The Little American
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i...
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Little Orphant Annie
Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her...
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It's a Wise Child
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pr...
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Annapolis Farewell
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy ...
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Hearts of the World
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is s...
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The Highbinders
Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a booksh...
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Penrod and Sam
Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, ...
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The Triflers
Janet Randall, a department store clerk who longs for a fling at high society, ignores the love of t...
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Boy of Mine
A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes w...
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The Wet Parade
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich ...
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Born to Gamble
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family....
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Many a Slip
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant....
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The Leather Pushers
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspi...
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The One Woman
Denounced for preaching socialism Reverend Frank Gordon founds his own "Temple of Man." financed by ...
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The Better Wife
Charmian Page has developed a great affection for the child of Sir Richard. When the child is seriou...
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A Self-Made Failure
Young Sonny's dying father leaves him in the care of Breezy, a hobo he has mistaken for a wealthy bu...
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Big Tremaine
John spies his girlfriend embracing his brother. Stunned, John deposits the family's money and leave...
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The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Member of a socially prominent but impoverished family, Mary Ware, is in love with the equally poor ...
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The Turn in the Road
Paul Perry, the son of Perryville's wealthiest citizen, marries Reverend Matthew Barker's younger da...
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