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