Ben Alexander

Birthday: 26 May 1911, Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Birth Name: Nicholas Benton Alexander III

Height: 178 cm

Starting out as a child actor in 1915, Ben Alexander's first roles were in the films of such directors as Cecil B. DeMille and D.W. Griffith. He later graduated to juvenile leads and supporting parts in sound films, most notably in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). When his acting career slowed down in the mid-'30s, he found a new career as a successful radio announcer. Alexander was more or less retired when producer Jack Webb picked him for the part of his detective partner in the TV series Dragnet (1951). Alexander later played another detective on Howard Duff's TV series The Felony Squad (1966). Show less «

[on working with Jack Webb in Dragnet (1951)] Jack and I never memorize any of our lines. We can't b...Show more »

[on working with Jack Webb in Dragnet (1951)] Jack and I never memorize any of our lines. We can't because we're always working on six pictures at once. We read our lines from a teleprompter. Show less «

Ben Alexander

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