May 27, 1911 - Goldfield, Nevada, USA
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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| Movie | 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Franz Kemmerich | |
| Movie | 1920 | The Family Honor | Little Ben Tucker | |
| Movie | 1937 | Shall We Dance | Evans (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1917 | A Wife on Trial | Child (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Vanishing Frontier | Lucien Winfield | |
| Movie | 1919 | The Hushed Hour | Gondy | |
| Movie | 1918 | The Heart of Rachael | Jim | |
| Movie | 1919 | Josselyn's Wife | Tommy Josselyn | |
| Movie | 1927 | Two to One | George Minafer as a Child | |
| Movie | 1954 | Dragnet | Officer Frank Smith | |
| Movie | 1920 | Blue Streak McCoy | Job the child | |
| Movie | 1937 | Western Gold | Bart | |
| Movie | 1932 | High Pressure | Geoffrey Weston | |
| Movie | 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Convict's Code | Jeff Palmer | |
| Movie | 1933 | This Day and Age | Morry Dover | |
| Movie | 1918 | The Lady of the Dugout | The Lady's son | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Barry Preston | |
| Movie | 1935 | Grand Old Girl | Tom Miller | |
| Movie | 1933 | Stage Mother | Francis Nolan | |
| Movie | 1919 | The White Heather | Donald Cameron | |
| Movie | 1931 | Suicide Fleet | Kid | |
| Movie | 1936 | Red Lights Ahead | George Wallace | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Fire-Trap | Bob Fender | |
| Movie | 1934 | Flirtation | Dudley | |
| Movie | 1941 | Criminals Within | Sgt. Paul | |
| Movie | 1931 | Are These Our Children? | Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby | |
| Movie | 1938 | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Larry Weldon | |
| Movie | 1933 | Roadhouse Queen | Junior Knox | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Legion of Missing Men | Don Carter | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Outer Gate | Bob Terry | |
| Movie | 1934 | Most Precious Thing in Life | Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Life of the Party | Orchestra Leader | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Divine Lady | Young lieutenant | |
| Movie | 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Ab Begley | |
| Movie | 1939 | Buried Alive | Riley | |
| Movie | 1940 | American Portrait | David | |
| Movie | 1932 | Tom Brown of Culver | Cpl. John Clarke | |
| Movie | 1934 | Once to Every Woman | Joe | |
| Movie | 1938 | The Spy Ring | Capt. Don Mayhew | |
| Movie | 1923 | The Yankee Spirit | ||
| Movie | 1917 | The Little American | Bobby Moore | |
| Movie | 1918 | Little Orphant Annie | Orphan | |
| Movie | 1931 | It's a Wise Child | Bill Stanton | |
| Movie | 1933 | What Price Innocence? | Tommy Harrow | |
| Movie | 1935 | Annapolis Farewell | Adams | |
| Movie | 1918 | Hearts of the World | The Boy's Littlest Brother | |
| Movie | 1926 | The Highbinders | Roy Marshall | |
| Movie | 1923 | Penrod and Sam | Penrod Schofield | |
| Movie | 1920 | The Triflers | ||
| Movie | 1923 | Boy of Mine | Bill Latimer | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Wet Parade | Evelyn's Friend (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1935 | Born to Gamble | Paul Mathews | |
| Movie | 1931 | Many a Slip | Ted Coster | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Leather Pushers | Dan Brown, Announcer | |
| Movie | 1916 | Each Pearl a Tear | ||
| Movie | 1918 | The One Woman | Boy | |
| Movie | 1919 | The Better Wife | Little Dick | |
| Movie | 1919 | The Mayor of Filbert | Carroll | |
| Movie | 1920 | Through Eyes of Men | Little Billy | |
| Movie | 1924 | A Self-Made Failure | Sonny | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Batman | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Dragnet | Frank Smith | 276 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Felony Squad | Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs | 73 |
| TV Show | 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Judd for the Defense | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | About Faces | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Ford Show | Self | 1 |
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