Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.

  • Title: Ben Alexander
  • Popularity: 2.281
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-05-27
  • Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
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  • Also Known As: Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III, Nicholas Benton Alexander III
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Ben Alexander Movies

  • 1930
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    7.761 1930 HD

    When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is...

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  • 1920
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    The Family Honor

    The Family Honor

    1 1920 HD

    Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through...

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  • 1937
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    Shall We Dance

    Shall We Dance

    7.2 1937 HD

    Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time...

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  • 1917
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    A Wife on Trial

    A Wife on Trial

    1 1917 HD

    Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther, one of her patrons, and happily...

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  • 1933
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    The Vanishing Frontier

    The Vanishing Frontier

    1 1933 HD

    Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are...

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  • 1919
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    The Hushed Hour

    The Hushed Hour

    1 1919 HD

    Judge Robert Appleton (Winter Hall) has led an exemplary life. His four children, however, fell short once they grew up and had to fend for...

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  • 1918
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    The Heart of Rachael

    The Heart of Rachael

    1 1918 HD

    Rachael (Bessie Barriscale) marries Clarence Breckenridge (Hershel Mayall) a widower much older than herself. Although she tries to be a good wife,...

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  • 1919
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    Josselyn's Wife

    Josselyn's Wife

    1 1919 HD

    Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who have spent several years in Europe while Gibbs, an...

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  • 1927
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    Two to One

    Two to One

    1 1927 HD

    A two-reel version of 1925's Pampered Youth. Included on Criterion's Blu-ray release of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons.

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  • 1954
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    Dragnet

    Dragnet

    6.2 1954 HD

    Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

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  • 1920
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    Blue Streak McCoy

    Blue Streak McCoy

    1 1920 HD

    Ranger Job "Blue Streak" McCoy helps a miner and his pretty young daughter who are trying to protect their valuable mine from a gang leader who wants...

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  • 1937
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    Western Gold

    Western Gold

    1 1937 HD

    President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed shipments of gold. There he meets his boyhood...

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  • 1932
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    High Pressure

    High Pressure

    6 1932 HD

    Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them...

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  • 2004
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    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    7.7 2004 HD

    From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...

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  • 1939
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    Convict's Code

    Convict's Code

    6.5 1939 HD

    On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.

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  • 1933
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    This Day and Age

    This Day and Age

    1 1933 HD

    A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged...

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  • 1918
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    The Lady of the Dugout

    The Lady of the Dugout

    6 1918 HD

    Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.

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  • 1934
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    The Life of Vergie Winters

    The Life of Vergie Winters

    5.9 1934 HD

    A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues...

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  • 1935
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    Grand Old Girl

    Grand Old Girl

    6.5 1935 HD

    An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

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  • 1933
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    Stage Mother

    Stage Mother

    5 1933 HD

    Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even...

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  • 1919
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    The White Heather

    The White Heather

    1 1919 HD

    Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marriage years before to Marion Hume, the housekeeper...

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  • 1931
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    Suicide Fleet

    Suicide Fleet

    4.286 1931 HD

    Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.

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  • 1936
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    Red Lights Ahead

    Red Lights Ahead

    5.2 1936 HD

    A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian...

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  • 1935
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    The Fire-Trap

    The Fire-Trap

    5 1935 HD

    An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are conspiring to commit insurance fraud by...

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  • 1934
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    Flirtation

    Flirtation

    4.4 1934 HD

    A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.

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  • 1941
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    Criminals Within

    Criminals Within

    6.5 1941 HD

    A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder.

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  • 1931
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    Are These Our Children?

    Are These Our Children?

    6 1931 HD

    A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally...

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  • 1938
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    Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

    Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

    9 1938 HD

    A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at...

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  • 1933
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    Roadhouse Queen

    Roadhouse Queen

    1 1933 HD

    Walter Catlett learns his son Ben Alexander has thrown over fiancee Joyce Compton for acrobat Nora Lane. He takes lawyer Arthur Housman to the road...

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  • 1937
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    The Legion of Missing Men

    The Legion of Missing Men

    5 1937 HD

    Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in ten years but is sorry that Don has joined the...

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  • 1937
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    The Outer Gate

    The Outer Gate

    5 1937 HD

    Bob Terry is in love with Lois Borden the daughter of his employer, John Borden. When some bonds are missing from the office, Bob is accused and...

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  • 1934
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    Most Precious Thing in Life

    Most Precious Thing in Life

    5.2 1934 HD

    An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer's 1934 drama stars Jean Arthur, Richard Cromwell,...

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  • 1937
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    The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

    5.2 1937 HD

    A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.

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  • 1928
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    The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

    5.3 1928 HD

    Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

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  • 1957
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    Man in the Shadow

    Man in the Shadow

    6.8 1957 HD

    In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong...

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  • 1939
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    Buried Alive

    Buried Alive

    4.6 1939 HD

    A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it,...

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  • 1940
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    American Portrait

    American Portrait

    1 1940 HD

    This movie's preamble explains the importance of salesmanship after the great depression The industrial revolution has created a life of modern...

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  • 1932
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    Tom Brown of Culver

    Tom Brown of Culver

    5.2 1932 HD

    Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

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  • 1934
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    Once to Every Woman

    Once to Every Woman

    5.8 1934 HD

    An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.

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  • 1938
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    The Spy Ring

    The Spy Ring

    5 1938 HD

    Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get...

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  • 1923
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    The Yankee Spirit

    The Yankee Spirit

    1 1923 HD

    Very first of the Juvenile Comedies series.

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  • 1917
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    The Little American

    The Little American

    6.25 1917 HD

    A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality...

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  • 1918
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    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    5.3 1918 HD

    Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her fellow orphans stories of ghosts and goblins....

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  • 1931
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    It's a Wise Child

    It's a Wise Child

    1 1931 HD

    In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.

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  • 1933
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    What Price Innocence?

    What Price Innocence?

    3 1933 HD

    A young woman has to pay the price for fooling around with men.

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  • 1935
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    Annapolis Farewell

    Annapolis Farewell

    1 1935 HD

    Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his...

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  • 1918
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    Hearts of the World

    Hearts of the World

    6 1918 HD

    A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies...

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  • 1926
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    The Highbinders

    The Highbinders

    1 1926 HD

    Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a bookshop run by his friend Ladd, who takes him in with...

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  • 1923
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    Penrod and Sam

    Penrod and Sam

    6.5 1923 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Triflers

    The Triflers

    1 1920 HD

    Janet Randall, a department store clerk who longs for a fling at high society, ignores the love of the poor but honest Dan Cassidy. When vacation...

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  • 1923
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    Boy of Mine

    Boy of Mine

    1 1923 HD

    A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any...

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  • 1932
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    The Wet Parade

    The Wet Parade

    5.8 1932 HD

    The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton...

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  • 1935
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    Born to Gamble

    Born to Gamble

    4.8 1935 HD

    A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.

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  • 1931
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    Many a Slip

    Many a Slip

    1 1931 HD

    Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

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  • 1940
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    The Leather Pushers

    The Leather Pushers

    1 1940 HD

    A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle...

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  • 1916
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    Each Pearl a Tear

    Each Pearl a Tear

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1918
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    The One Woman

    The One Woman

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1966
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    Batman

    Batman

    7.309 1966 HD

    Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret...

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  • 1951
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    Dragnet

    Dragnet

    6.5 1951 HD

    Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term...

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  • 1966
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    Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

    7 1966 HD

    Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.556 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1967
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    Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

    7.5 1967 HD

    High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.

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  • 1960
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    About Faces

    About Faces

    1 1960 HD

    About Faces is an American game show that aired from January 4, 1960 to June 30, 1961 that was created by Ralph Edwards. The host was Ben Alexander...

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  • 1956
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    The Ford Show

    The Ford Show

    7 1956 HD

    The Ford Show is an American variety program, starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired on NBC on Thursday evenings from...

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