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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1920
Died
April 25, 1984
Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Richard Benedict
0.4 Popularity
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
Credits
Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Powell
1980
0.0
Flannery and Quilt
as Milt Lesser
1976
0.0
Ghost Story
as Mr. Parker
1972
7.1
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Move
as Prescott
1970
4.6
Impasse
1969
4.3
Hawaii Five-O
as Sol the Bartender
1968
7.1
Ironside
1967
6.8
Tallahassee 7000
1961
0.0
Miami Undercover
1961
6.0
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
Surfside 6
as Harry Noonan
1960
5.0
Ocean's Eleven
as "Curly" Steffans
1960
6.4
I'll Give My Life
1960
6.0
Hawaiian Eye
as Eddie Coyle
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Mike Armin
1959
5.2
Man with a Camera
1958
4.6
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Fur Sammons
1958
5.8
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Bob Finelli
1958
5.9
Josette of New Orleans
as Vic
1958
0.0
Harbor Command
as Arnold Freeman
1957
4.0
The Walter Winchell File
as Keeger
1957
5.0
Perry Mason
as Steve Daniels
1957
7.7
Beginning of the End
as Cpl. Mathias
1957
3.8
The Midnight Story
as Pool Player (uncredited)
1957
6.0
Spring Reunion
as Jim (uncredited)
1957
5.8
The Man Is Armed
as Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
1956
4.8
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Highway Patrol
1955
5.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mike
1955
7.8
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Briscoe
1955
6.8
Wiretapper
as Romato
1955
5.1
Spy Chasers
as Boris
1955
7.0
The Shrike
as Gregory
1955
6.0
Superman's Peril
as Cappy
1954
0.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
The Lone Wolf
as Babe Janno
1954
7.0
Act of Love
as Pete
1953
6.7
Murder Without Tears
as Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
1953
5.2
Run for the Hills
as Horace 'Happy' Day
1953
0.0
The Juggler
as Police Officer Kogan
1953
6.5
Jalopy
as Tony, the driver
1953
4.6
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
I Led Three Lives
1953
0.0
Woman in the Dark
as Gino Morello
1952
0.0
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
as Tony Gambini
1952
6.6
Breakdown
as Harry 'Punchy' Adams
1952
6.0
Hoodlum Empire
as Silky Tanner
1952
6.1
Okinawa
as Delgado
1952
4.8
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ace
1951
7.2
Let's Go Navy!
as Red
1951
7.0
Ace in the Hole
as Leo Minosa
1951
7.9
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Al
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Libero
1950
6.3
Triple Trouble
as Skeets O'Neil
1950
6.2
State Penitentiary
as Mike Gavin
1950
6.5
Angels in Disguise
as Henchman Miami
1949
5.3
The Lone Ranger
as Bert Ronson
1949
6.8
Post Office Investigator
as Louis Reese
1949
6.0
Scene of the Crime
as Turk Kingby
1949
6.0
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
as Mate Richards
1949
3.7
The Window
as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
1949
6.9
🎬
Streets of San Francisco
as Henry Walker
1949
0.0
City Across the River
as Gaggsy Steens
1949
5.5
Homicide
as Nick Foster
1949
5.3
Shockproof
as 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
1949
6.4
Smart Girls Don't Talk
as Cliff Saunders
1948
5.5
Race Street
as Sam
1948
5.8
The Arizona Ranger
as Ranger Gills
1948
6.0
Crossfire
as Bill
1947
6.7
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Joe Burton
1947
5.7
Backlash
as Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
1947
4.7
Till the End of Time
as Soldier with "the shakes"
1946
6.4
Somewhere in the Night
as Marine Desk Sergeant
1946
6.7
O.S.S.
as Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
1946
6.4
A Walk in the Sun
as Pvt. Tranella
1945
5.8
See My Lawyer
as Joe Wilson
1945
6.0