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