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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.
Known for
- Judd, for the Defense1967
- Batman1966
- Felony Squad — Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs1966
- About Faces1960
- Man in the Shadow — Ab Begley1957
- The Ford Show — Self1956
- Dragnet — Officer Frank Smith1954
- This Is Your Life — Self1952
- Dragnet — Frank Smith1951
- The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self1950
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Family name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Goldfield
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Ben Alexander 1959.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ben Alexander (actor)
- date of birth
- 1911-05-26
- date of death
- 1969-07-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1926-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- P12674
- Hermann-Josef Tenhagen
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