Ben Alexander

Career timeline

1. 1911 · Born

   Born in Goldfield, Nevada, USA

2. 1916 · Screen debut

   Each Pearl a Tear (Movie)

3. 1930 · Breakthrough

   All Quiet on the Western Front (Movie)

4. 1951 · Writing debut

   Dragnet (TV)

5. 1967 · Latest release

   Judd, for the Defense (TV)

6. 1969 · Died

   July 5, 1969

Career in numbers

15 1910s

13 1920s

32 1930s

3 1940s

3 1950s

4 1960s

• Drama50
• Romance15
• Comedy14
• Crime11
• War6
• Western5

Highest-rated title All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 7.8 Most popular title Batman 1966 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Ben Alexander in our catalogue.

Evalyn Knapp

3 titles together

Lambert Hillyer

3 titles together

John Wray

3 titles together

Ann Shoemaker

2 titles together

Ginger Rogers

2 titles together

Billy Gilbert

2 titles together

Jack Webb

2 titles together

Larry Peerce

2 titles together

Boyd Irwin

2 titles together

1. 1967 Judd, for the Defense TV
2. 1966 Felony Squad as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs TV
3. 1966 Batman 7.3 TV
4. 1960 About Faces TV
5. 1957 Man in the Shadow as Ab Begley 6.7 Movie
6. 1954 Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith 6.1 Movie
7. 1951 Dragnet as Frank Smith 6.5 TV
8. 1941 Criminals Within as Sgt. Paul Movie
9. 1940 The Leather Pushers as Dan Brown, Announcer Movie
10. 1940 American Portrait as David Movie
11. 1939 Buried Alive as Riley Movie
12. 1939 Convict's Code as Jeff Palmer Movie
13. 1938 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off as Larry Weldon Movie
14. 1938 The Spy Ring as Capt. Don Mayhew Movie
15. 1937 The Life of the Party as Orchestra Leader Movie
16. 1937 Western Gold as Bart Movie
17. 1937 The Outer Gate as Bob Terry Movie
18. 1937 The Legion of Missing Men as Don Carter Movie
19. 1937 Shall We Dance as Evans (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
20. 1936 Red Lights Ahead as George Wallace Movie
21. 1935 The Fire-Trap as Bob Fender Movie
22. 1935 Annapolis Farewell as Adams Movie
23. 1935 Reckless Roads as Wade Adams Movie
24. 1935 Born to Gamble as Paul Mathews Movie
25. 1935 Grand Old Girl as Tom Miller Movie
26. 1934 Flirtation as Dudley Movie
27. 1934 Most Precious Thing in Life as Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart Movie
28. 1934 The Life of Vergie Winters as Barry Preston Movie
29. 1934 Once to Every Woman as Joe Movie
30. 1933 Stage Mother as Francis Nolan Movie
31. 1933 This Day and Age as Morry Dover Movie
32. 1933 Roadhouse Queen as Junior Knox Movie
33. 1933 What Price Innocence? as Tommy Harrow Movie
34. 1933 The Vanishing Frontier as Lucien Winfield Movie
35. 1932 Tom Brown of Culver as Cpl. John Clarke Movie
36. 1932 The Wet Parade as Evelyn's Friend (uncredited) Movie
37. 1932 High Pressure as Geoffrey Weston Movie
38. 1931 Suicide Fleet as Kid Movie
39. 1931 Are These Our Children? as Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby Movie
40. 1931 It's a Wise Child as Bill Stanton Movie
41. 1931 Many a Slip as Ted Coster Movie
42. 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front as Franz Kemmerich 7.8 Movie
43. 1928 The Divine Lady as Young lieutenant 5.3 Movie
44. 1927 Two to One as George Minafer as a Child Movie
45. 1926 The Highbinders as Roy Marshall Movie
46. 1924 A Self-Made Failure as Sonny Movie
47. 1923 Boy of Mine as Bill Latimer Movie
48. 1923 Jealous Husbands as Bobbie / Spud Movie
49. 1923 The Yankee Spirit Movie
50. 1923 Penrod and Sam as Penrod Schofield Movie
51. 1920 Blue Streak McCoy as Job the child Movie
52. 1920 Through Eyes of Men as Little Billy Movie
53. 1920 The Notorious Mrs. Sands as Child Movie
54. 1920 The Family Honor as Little Ben Tucker Movie
55. 1920 The Triflers Movie
56. 1919 The Better Wife as Little Dick Movie
57. 1919 The White Heather as Donald Cameron Movie
58. 1919 The Mayor of Filbert as Carroll Movie
59. 1919 The Hushed Hour as Gondy Movie
60. 1919 Josselyn's Wife as Tommy Josselyn Movie
61. 1919 The Turn in the Road as Bob Movie
62. 1918 Little Orphant Annie as Orphan Movie
63. 1918 The Heart of Rachael as Jim Movie
64. 1918 The One Woman as Boy Movie
65. 1918 The Lady of the Dugout as The Lady's son Movie
66. 1918 Hearts of the World as The Boy's Littlest Brother 6.1 Movie
67. 1917 A Wife on Trial as Child (uncredited) Movie
68. 1917 The Little American as Bobby Moore 6.3 Movie
69. 1916 Big Tremaine as Child Movie
70. 1916 Each Pearl a Tear Movie

1. 1951 Dragnet 6.5 TV

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