Date of birth: 1911-05-27
Place of birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III, Nicholas Benton Alexander III

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.

1930-04-29
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to

1920-03-15
Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together h

1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta

1917-07-30
Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace

1933-03-13
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over

1919-05-18
Judge Robert Appleton (Winter Hall) has led an exemplary life. His four children, however, fell shor

1918-10-04
Rachael (Bessie Barriscale) marries Clarence Breckenridge (Hershel Mayall) a widower much older than

1919-05-05
Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who have sp
1927-12-31
A two-reel version of 1925's Pampered Youth. Included on Criterion's Blu-ray release of Orson Welles

1954-09-04
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

1920-08-23
Ranger Job "Blue Streak" McCoy helps a miner and his pretty young daughter who are trying to protect

1937-08-27
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed

1932-01-10
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company"

2004-07-28
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to

1939-01-18
On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.

1933-08-25
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and

1918-09-01
Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was ab

1934-06-14
A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman a

1935-01-15
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

1933-09-29
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve

1919-06-29
Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marr

1931-11-20
Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who wo

1936-11-28
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran
1935-11-26
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are

1934-11-09
A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose

1941-06-27
A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder.

1931-11-13
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, f

1938-10-07
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one

1933-06-29
Walter Catlett learns his son Ben Alexander has thrown over fiancee Joyce Compton for acrobat Nora L

1937-07-28
Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in t

1937-08-04
Bob Terry is in love with Lois Borden the daughter of his employer, John Borden. When some bonds are

1934-06-15
An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer's 1934

1937-09-03
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.

1928-12-26
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

1957-12-12
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff t

1939-11-06
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight
1940-07-31
This movie's preamble explains the importance of salesmanship after the great depression The industr

1932-06-30
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

1934-03-24
An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.

1938-01-08
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when

1923-09-02
Very first of the Juvenile Comedies series.

1917-07-12
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i

1918-12-31
Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her

1931-04-10
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pr

1933-06-24
A young woman has to pay the price for fooling around with men.

1935-08-23
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy

1918-03-11
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is s
1926-03-21
Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a booksh

1923-06-18
Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club,

1920-01-12
Janet Randall, a department store clerk who longs for a fling at high society, ignores the love of t

1923-12-30
A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes w

1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich

1935-07-09
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.

1931-03-02
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

1940-09-13
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspi

1916-08-31

1918-10-01
Denounced for preaching socialism Reverend Frank Gordon founds his own "Temple of Man." financed by

1919-07-13
Charmian Page has developed a great affection for the child of Sir Richard. When the child is seriou

1919-05-25

1920-06-01
1924-06-29
Young Sonny's dying father leaves him in the care of Breezy, a hobo he has mistaken for a wealthy bu

1916-11-20
John spies his girlfriend embracing his brother. Stunned, John deposits the family's money and leave

1920-05-09
Member of a socially prominent but impoverished family, Mary Ware, is in love with the equally poor

1919-03-29
Paul Perry, the son of Perryville's wealthiest citizen, marries Reverend Matthew Barker's younger da

1923-11-12
When a man's wife is accused of adultery, her insanely jealous husband gives her young son away to a