Richard Benedict
Acting
- Born:
- 1920-01-08
- Died:
- 1984-04-25
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Disconnected
Mark, I Love You
Flannery and Quilt
Ghost Story
The Rookies
Move
Hawaii Five-O
Impasse
Ironside
Tallahassee 7000
Miami Undercover
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
Ocean's Eleven
I'll Give My Life
Hawaiian Eye
Man with a Camera
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Peter Gunn
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Josette of New Orleans
Harbor Command
The Walter Winchell File
Perry Mason
Beginning of the End
The Midnight Story
Spring Reunion
The Man Is Armed
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Highway Patrol
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Navy Log
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Wiretapper
Spy Chasers
The Shrike
Superman's Peril
The Whistler
The Lone Wolf
Act of Love
Murder Without Tears
Run for the Hills
The Juggler
Jalopy
General Electric Theater
I Led Three Lives
Woman in the Dark
Cavalcade of America
Adventures of Superman
Breakdown
Hoodlum Empire
Okinawa
Dragnet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Let's Go Navy!
Ace in the Hole
Racket Squad
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Lux Video Theatre
Rookie Fireman
Triple Trouble
State Penitentiary
Angels in Disguise
The Lone Ranger
Post Office Investigator
Scene of the Crime
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
The Window
Streets of San Francisco
City Across the River
Homicide
Shockproof
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Race Street
The Arizona Ranger
Crossfire
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Backlash
Till the End of Time
Somewhere in the Night
O.S.S.
A Walk in the Sun
See My Lawyer