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Richard Benedict


Richard Benedict

Birthday:

01/08/1920

Place of birth:

Palermo, Sicily, Italy:

Biography:

Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 – April 29, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He was born in Palermo, Italy. He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably Ace in the Hole (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie Ocean's 11 as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Benedict's television appearances included Adventures of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Zorro, Dragnet, Peter Gunn and Hawaii Five-O. His directing credits included Impasse, an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds. He died of a heart attack at Studio City, Los Angeles, on April 29, 1984, and was interred in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, in the Churchyard section. He was the father of three children, including actor Nick Benedict.


Credits

Disconnected (1984)
as Store Customer (Uncredited)
Mark, I Love You (1980)
as Mr. Powell
Flannery and Quilt (1976)
as Milt Lesser
Move (1970)
as Prescott
Impasse (1969)
as
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as "Curly" Steffans
I'll Give My Life (1960)
as
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
as Bob Finelli
Josette of New Orleans (1958)
as Vic
Beginning of the End (1957)
as Cpl. Mathias
The Midnight Story (1957)
as Pool Player (uncredited)
Spring Reunion (1957)
as Jim (uncredited)
The Man Is Armed (1956)
as Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
Wiretapper (1955)
as Romato
Spy Chasers (1955)
as Boris
The Shrike (1955)
as Gregory
Superman's Peril (1954)
as Cappy
Un acte d'amour (1953)
as Pete
Murder Without Tears (1953)
as Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
Run for the Hills (1953)
as Horace 'Happy' Day
The Juggler (1953)
as Police Officer Kogan
Jalopy (1953)
as Tony, the driver
Woman in the Dark (1952)
as Gino Morello
Breakdown (1952)
as Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
as Silky Tanner
Okinawa (1952)
as Delgado
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
as Red
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Leo Minosa
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
as
Rookie Fireman (1950)
as Al Greco
Triple Trouble (1950)
as Skeets O'Neil
State Penitentiary (1950)
as Mike Gavin
Angels in Disguise (1949)
as Henchman Miami
Post Office Investigator (1949)
as Louis Reese
Scene of the Crime (1949)
as Turk Kingby
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God (1949)
as Mate Richards
The Window (1949)
as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
Streets of San Francisco (1949)
as Henry Walker
City Across the River (1949)
as Gaggsy Steens
Homicide (1949)
as Nick Foster
Shockproof (1949)
as 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
as Cliff Saunders
Race Street (1948)
as Sam
The Arizona Ranger (1948)
as Ranger Gills
Crossfire (1947)
as Bill
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
as Joe Burton
Backlash (1947)
as Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
Till the End of Time (1946)
as Soldier with "the shakes"
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
as Marine Desk Sergeant
O.S.S. (1946)
as Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
as Pvt. Tranella
See My Lawyer (1945)
as Joe Wilson
Big John Morrison (1973)
Director
Impasse (1969)
Director
Winter A-Go-Go (1965)
Director
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Producer's Assistant