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