Ben Alexander

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 ca... Show more »
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 «
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
[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 «
Fahrenheit 9/11
hd
Los Angeles Plays Itself
hd
Batman - Season 3
eps 26
Batman - Season 2
eps 60
Batman - Season 1
eps 34
The Felony Squad - Season 1
eps 28
Dragnet (1954)
sd
Shall We Dance
hd
All Quiet on the Western Front
hd
Kemmerich. Actor of
Kemmerich
Feedback about this page?

Feedback about this page?