Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

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: Acting

Born: Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1920-01-08

Died: 1984-04-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	See My Lawyer	Joe Wilson	60
2	1945	A Walk in the Sun	Pvt. Tranella	58
3	1946	O.S.S.	Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi	64
4	1946	Somewhere in the Night	Marine Desk Sergeant	67
5	1946	Till the End of Time	Soldier with "the shakes"	67
6	1947	Backlash	Detective Sergeant Tom Carey	49
7	1947	The Guilt of Janet Ames	Joe Burton	57
8	1947	Crossfire	Bill	66
9	1948	The Arizona Ranger	Ranger Gills	60
10	1948	Race Street	Sam	58
11	1948	Smart Girls Don't Talk	Cliff Saunders	55
12	1949	Shockproof	'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)	64
13	1949	Homicide	Nick Foster	53
14	1949	City Across the River	Gaggsy Steens	55
15	1949	Streets of San Francisco	Henry Walker	0
16	1949	The Window	Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)	69
17	1949	Omoo-Omoo the Shark God	Mate Richards	37
18	1949	Scene of the Crime	Turk Kingby	63
19	1949	Post Office Investigator	Louis Reese	60
20	1949	Angels in Disguise	Henchman Miami	53
21	1950	State Penitentiary	Mike Gavin	65
22	1950	Triple Trouble	Skeets O'Neil	62
23	1951	Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison		64
24	1951	Ace in the Hole	Leo Minosa	79
25	1951	Let's Go Navy!	Red	70
26	1952	Okinawa	Delgado	48
27	1952	Hoodlum Empire	Silky Tanner	61
28	1952	Breakdown	Harry 'Punchy' Adams	60
29	1952	Woman in the Dark	Gino Morello	0
30	1953	Jalopy	Tony, the driver	46
31	1953	The Juggler	Police Officer Kogan	65
32	1953	Run for the Hills	Horace 'Happy' Day	0
33	1953	Murder Without Tears	Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola	52
34	1953	Act of Love	Pete	67
35	1955	The Shrike	Gregory	60
36	1955	Spy Chasers	Boris	70
37	1955	Wiretapper	Romato	51
38	1956	The Man Is Armed	Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell	48
39	1957	Spring Reunion	Jim (uncredited)	58
40	1957	The Midnight Story	Pool Player (uncredited)	61
41	1957	Beginning of the End	Cpl. Mathias	38
42	1958	Josette of New Orleans	Vic	0
43	1958	It! The Terror from Beyond Space	Bob Finelli	59
44	1960	I'll Give My Life		60
45	1960	Ocean's Eleven	"Curly" Steffans	64
46	1969	Impasse		47
47	1970	Move	Prescott	46
48	1980	Mark, I Love You	Mr. Powell	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Al	63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Libero	63
3	1951	Racket Squad		60
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Ace	73
5	1951	Dragnet		64
6	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
7	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
8	1953	I Led Three Lives		0
9	1953	General Electric Theater		63
10	1954	The Lone Wolf	Babe Janno	70
11	1954	The Whistler		0
12	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Briscoe	68
13	1955	Navy Log		45
14	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mike	77
15	1955	Highway Patrol		58
16	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
17	1957	Perry Mason	Steve Daniels	77
18	1957	The Walter Winchell File	Keeger	50
19	1957	Harbor Command	Arnold Freeman	40
20	1958	Peter Gunn		65
21	1958	Man with a Camera		46
22	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Eddie Coyle	52
23	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Mike Armin	52
24	1960	Surfside 6		50
25	1960	Surfside 6	Harry Noonan	50
26	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
27	1961	Miami Undercover		60
28	1961	Tallahassee 7000		0
29	1967	Ironside		68
30	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Sol the Bartender	71
31	1972	The Rookies		68
32	1972	Ghost Story	Mr. Parker	71

Richard Benedict

Film

Television