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Ben Alexander is a Actor American born on 27 may 1911 at Goldfield (USA)

Ben Alexander

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Birth name Nicholas Benton Alexander
Nationality USA
Birth 27 may 1911 at Goldfield (USA)
Death 5 july 1969 (at 58 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Nicholas Benton Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 6, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916.

Best films

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
(Actor)

Usually with

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
(2 films)
George Irving
George Irving
(5 films)
James Gleason
James Gleason
(4 films)
King Vidor
King Vidor
(2 films)
D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ben Alexander (43 films)

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Actor

Man in the Shadow
Man in the Shadow (1957)
, 1h20
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander, Colleen Miller, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch
Roles Ab Begley
Rating67% 3.3949053.3949053.3949053.3949053.394905
The cow town of Spurline is effectively ruled by Virgil Renchler (Welles), owner of the Golden Empire ranch.
Dragnet
Dragnet (1954)
, 1h28
Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Ben Alexander, Jack Webb, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg
Roles Officer Frank Smith
Rating65% 3.293433.293433.293433.293433.29343
Pour élucider rapidement le meurtre d'un bookmaker notoire, deux inspecteurs de police de Los Angeles n'hésitent pas à employer des méthodes musclées.
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
, 1h15
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Joe Penner, June Travis, Ben Alexander, George Irving, Billy Gilbert, Richard Lane
Roles Larry Weldon
Rating39% 1.9666151.9666151.9666151.9666151.966615
Ellory Bugs has offered a huge donation to his old alma mater, Taylor Tech, which is to be paid only if his son, Jimmie "Doodle" Bugs, becomes a football hero. But "Doodle" tips the scales at 143 pounds and is more interested in the band than the football team. Janice Martin, daughter of the college president, is the great thing in "Doodle's" life, but she despises him and has eyes only for Mickey Wells, the school football star. "Doodle" is consoled by Professor Minorous, of the Greek Mythology department who tells him that the gods will solve all of his problems, and starts right in to make communications with these worthies by means of countless and meaningless blackboard equations.
Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance (1937)
, 1h49
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ben Alexander
Roles Evans (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.697243.697243.697243.697243.69724
Peter P. Peters (Fred Astaire), an American ballet dancer billed as "Petrov", dances for a ballet company in Paris owned by the bumbling Jeffrey Baird (Edward Everett Horton). Peters secretly wants to blend classical ballet with modern jazz dancing, and when he sees a photo of famous tap dancer Linda Keene (Ginger Rogers), he falls in love with her. He contrives to meet her, but she is less than impressed. They meet again on an ocean liner traveling back to New York, and Linda warms to Petrov. Unknown to them, a plot is launched as a publicity stunt "proving" that they are actually married. Outraged, Linda becomes engaged to the bumbling Jim Montgomery (William Brisbane), much to the chagrin of both Peters and Arthur Miller (Jerome Cowan), her manager, who secretly launches more fake publicity. Peters and Keene, unable to squelch the rumor, decide to actually marry and then immediately get divorced. Linda begins to fall in love with her husband, but then discovers him with another woman, Lady Denise Tarrington (Ketti Gallian), and leaves before he can explain. Later, when she comes to his new show to personally serve him divorce papers, she sees him dancing with dozens of women, all wearing masks with her face on them: Peters has decided that if he cannot dance with Linda, he will dance with images of Linda. Seeing that he truly loves her, she happily joins him onstage.
The Legion of Missing Men
The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
, 1h2
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ralph Forbes, Ben Alexander, Roy D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Jimmy Aubrey, George Regas
Roles Don Carter
Rating51% 2.5959652.5959652.5959652.5959652.595965
Bob Carter is a professional soldier of fortune whose expertise is in the use of the machine gun. He has plied his trade for Sun Yat-Sen in the Xinhai Revolution, the Mexican Revolution and with the Spanish in the Rif War for de Rivera. Now he is content to be a Legionnaire in the 20th Marching Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment with his comrades in arms the American Muggsy and the Englishman Bilgey.
Hearts in Bondage
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
, 1h12
Directed by Lew Ayres
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners, Henry B. Walthall, Charlotte Henry, Fritz Leiber
Roles Eggleston
Rating56% 2.8075752.8075752.8075752.8075752.807575
This 1936 film is In black and white and is a drama based on events in the American Civil War and starts with citizens choosing loyalty to the Confederate States of America or to the Union in the first days of the crisis. Early scenes show the burning of the USS Merrimack by its Union crew to prevent it from falling into Confederate hands. However, the Merrimack, which had been burnt down to the waterline, was later rebuilt by the Confederacy, as an ironclad, and was renamed the CSS Virginia.
Red Lights Ahead
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
, 1h10
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Roger Imhof, Ben Alexander, Ann Doran, Frank Coghlan, Jr.
Roles George Wallace
Rating57% 2.872022.872022.872022.872022.87202
A family evening situation with quarreling daughters and sons, about using the bathroom before their respective dates and evening programs, opens the movie. Two daughters and two sons. The younger son Willi being 17. Mary having allures of high society and psychic fortunetelling and crystal gazing. Edna changes her date partners a little too often and George dreaming to become speaker in the radio. Pa Wallace a hard working man and Ma looking for her children and managing the money for the family.
Born to Gamble
Born to Gamble (1935)

Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Onslow Stevens, H. B. Warner, Maxine Doyle, Eric Linden, Lois Wilson, William Janney
Roles Paul Mathews
Rating51% 2.551612.551612.551612.551612.55161
Four brothers feel cursed by their family's gambling bug. All four try to overcome the addiction: only one, the youngest, is successful.
Splendor
Splendor (1935)
, 1h15
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh, Billie Burke, David Niven, Helen Westley
Rating61% 3.097693.097693.097693.097693.09769
À New York, les Lorrimore sont une famille dont la richesse a disparu et qui est maintenant couverte de dettes. Ils fondent leurs espoirs sur le fils aîné, Brighton, mais lorsque celui-ci revient après une année dans le sud, la révélation de son mariage avec une jeune femme pauvre, Phyllis, choque sa mère, sa sœur Martha et son frère Clancey, un bon-à-rien. Phyllis se rend vite compte qu'elle n'est pas acceptée par la famille, la seule qui l'apprécie est Edith Gilbert, une héritière que l'on aurait bien vu épouser Brighton. Elle voudrait partir avec ce dernier pour qu'il puisse réaliser son rêve d'être écrivain, mais l'argent est trop important pour lui. Elle décide alors de demander l'aide d'un riche cousin de la famille, Martin Deering. Bientôt des rumeurs apparaissent à propos de leur relation. Phyllis et Martin deviennent amants pendant que Brighton est en voyage d'affaires au Mexique. À son retour, le couple se querelle, et elle avoue sa relation avec Martin et le quitte. Elle commence à travailler comme vendeuse dans un magasin chic, mais refuse d'épouser Martin. Un soir, Brighton la rencontre dans le magasin et lui demande de revenir avec lui. Ils décident alors de recommencer à vivre ensemble.