Richard Benedict
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Disconnected
1984
Mark, I Love You
1980
Flannery and Quilt
1976
Ghost Story
1972
The Rookies
1972
Move
1970
Impasse
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Ironside
1967
Tallahassee 7000
1961
Miami Undercover
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Ocean's Eleven
1960
I'll Give My Life
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Man with a Camera
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
Josette of New Orleans
1958
Harbor Command
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Beginning of the End
1957
The Midnight Story
1957
Spring Reunion
1957
The Man Is Armed
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Highway Patrol
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Navy Log
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Wiretapper
1955
Spy Chasers
1955
The Shrike
1955
Superman's Peril
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Lone Wolf
1954
Act of Love
1953
Murder Without Tears
1953
Run for the Hills
1953
The Juggler
1953
Jalopy
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
I Led Three Lives
1953
Woman in the Dark
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952
Breakdown
1952
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Okinawa
1952
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Ace in the Hole
1951
Racket Squad
1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Rookie Fireman
1950
Triple Trouble
1950
State Penitentiary
1950
Angels in Disguise
1949
The Lone Ranger
1949
Post Office Investigator
1949
Scene of the Crime
1949
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949
The Window
1949
Streets of San Francisco
1949
City Across the River
1949
Homicide
1949
Shockproof
1949
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948
Race Street
1948
The Arizona Ranger
1948
Crossfire
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Backlash
1947
Till the End of Time
1946
Somewhere in the Night
1946
O.S.S.
1946
A Walk in the Sun
1945
See My Lawyer
1945