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Ben Alexander |
Ben Alexander, 1919 |
| Born |
Nicholas Benton Alexander IV
May 26, 1911(1911-05-26)
Goldfield,
Nevada, U.S. |
| Died |
July 5, 1969 (aged 58)
Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Other name(s) |
Bennie Alexander
Benny Alexander |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Years active |
1915–1969 |
Ben Alexander (May 26, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was
an Emmy-nominated American motion picture
actor, who started out as a child actor in 1915.
Life and
career
Born Nicholas Benton Alexander IV in Goldfield,
Nevada and raised in California, Alexander made his screen debut
at age of five in Every Pearl a Tear. He went on to
portray Lillian
Gish's young brother in D.W. Griffith's
Hearts of the World. It was in another World War I classic,
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), that Alexander made
his first positive impression as an adult actor in the role of
Kemmerick, the tragic amputation victim.
When Alexander's acting career slowed down in the mid-1930s, he
found a new career as a successful radio announcer, and in 1952, Jack Webb chose him to
replace Herbert
Ellis in the role of Officer Frank Smith in the TV
series Dragnet. In 1966, Alexander
returned to police work as Sergeant Dan Briggs on the weekly ABC cop series Felony
Squad.
For his contribution to the entertainment industry Ben Alexander
has one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for
television.
His acting career was supplemented by the ownership/operation of
his Ford dealership in downtown L.A., currently a BMW/Mini
dealership (until recently owned by his son, Nick, now operated by
Nick's daughter) in the mid-late 1960s.
Filmography
- Each Pearl a Tear (1916)
- The Little American
(1917)
- Little Orphant Annie (1918)
- The One Woman (1918)
- Hearts of the World
(1918)
- The Lady of the Dugout (1918)
- The Heart of Rachael (1918)
- The Turn in the Road
(1919)
- The White Heather (1919)
- Josselyn's Wife (1919)
- The Hushed Hour (1919)
- The Mayor of Filbert (1919)
- Tangled Threads (1919)
- The Better Wife (1919)
- The Triflers (1920)
- The
Family Honor (1920)
- The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920)
- Through Eyes of Men (1920)
- Blue
Streak McCoy (1920)
- The Heart Line (1921)
- In the Name of the Law (1922)
- Penrod and
Sam (1923)
- The Yankee Spirit (1923)
- Jealous Husbands (1923)
- Boy of Mine (1923)
- Barnum Junior (1924)
- Junior Partner (1924)
- A Self-Made Failure (1924)
- Dirty Hand (1924)
- Flaming Love] (1925)
- Pampered Youth (1925/I)
- Wildcat Willie (1925)
- The Shining Adventure (1925)
- The Highbinders (1926)
- Scotty of the Scouts (1926)
- Fighting for Fame (1927)
- Two to One (1927)
- The Lunkhead (1929)
- All Quiet on the
Western Front (1930)
- A Wise Child (1931)
- Mystery Ship (1931)
- Many a Slip (1931)
- It's a Wise Child (1931)
- Are These Our Children (1931)
- Suicide Fleet (1931)
- High Pressure (1932)
- Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
- The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
- Alias the Professor (1933)
- Mister
Mugg (1933)
- Roadhouse Queen (1933)
- Daddy Knows Best (1933)
- What Price Innocence? (1933)
- This Day and Age (1933)
- Stage Mother (1933)
- Once to Every Woman
(1934)
- The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
- The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
- Flirtation (1934)
- Grand Old Girl (1935)
- Born to Gamble (1935)
- Reckless Roads (1935)
- Annapolis Farewell (1935)
- The Fire Trap (1935)
- Hearts in Bondage (1936)
- Red Lights Ahead (1936)
- The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
- The Outer Gate (1937)
- Western Gold (1937)
- The Spy Ring (1938)
- Russian Dressing (1938)
- Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
- Convict's Code (1939)
- Buried Alive (1939)
- Criminals Within (1943)
- Man
in the Shadow (1957)
Television
Writer
- Dragnet (Co-writer, 6 episodes)
External
links
| Persondata |
| NAME |
Alexander, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
Alexander, Nicholas Benton; Alexander, Bennie; Alexander,
Benny |
| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Actor, screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
May 26, 1911 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Goldfield, Nevada, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH |
July 5, 1969 |
| PLACE OF
DEATH |
Hollywood, California, USA |
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