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