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
Perry Mason
Steve Daniels
Ironside
Hawaii Five-O
Sol the Bartender
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Briscoe
Dragnet
The Lone Ranger
Bert Ronson
Adventures of Superman
Tony Gambini
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mike
Josette of New Orleans
Vic
The Rookies
Highway Patrol
Hawaiian Eye
Eddie Coyle
Hawaiian Eye
Mike Armin
A Walk in the Sun
Pvt. Tranella
Ghost Story
Mr. Parker
Surfside 6
Surfside 6
Harry Noonan
Beginning of the End
Cpl. Mathias
Run for the Hills
Horace 'Happy' Day
The Midnight Story
Pool Player (uncredited)
Peter Gunn
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Lone Wolf
Babe Janno
Navy Log
I Led Three Lives
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Fur Sammons
Racket Squad
Ocean's Eleven
"Curly" Steffans
The Roaring 20's
Cavalcade of America
Breakdown
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Lux Video Theatre
Al
Lux Video Theatre
Libero
The Walter Winchell File
Keeger
Woman in the Dark
Gino Morello
Harbor Command
Arnold Freeman
The Window
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
The Whistler
Streets of San Francisco
Henry Walker
Man with a Camera
Miami Undercover
The Arizona Ranger
Ranger Gills
Ace in the Hole
Leo Minosa
Move
Prescott
Crossfire
Bill
Somewhere in the Night
Marine Desk Sergeant
Race Street
Sam
Spy Chasers
Boris
Act of Love
Pete
Shockproof
'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Scene of the Crime
Turk Kingby
General Electric Theater
Jalopy
Tony, the driver
Tallahassee 7000
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Cliff Saunders
Let's Go Navy!
Red
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ace
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Bob Finelli
Spring Reunion
Jim (uncredited)
Wiretapper
Romato
Impasse
Triple Trouble
Skeets O'Neil
Hoodlum Empire
Silky Tanner
O.S.S.
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
Till the End of Time
Soldier with "the shakes"
State Penitentiary
Mike Gavin
Backlash
Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
The Juggler
Police Officer Kogan
Okinawa
Delgado
City Across the River
Gaggsy Steens
See My Lawyer
Joe Wilson
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
The Man Is Armed
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
Mark, I Love You
Mr. Powell
Post Office Investigator
Louis Reese
The Shrike
Gregory
Superman's Peril
Cappy
Homicide
Nick Foster
I'll Give My Life
Angels in Disguise
Henchman Miami
Murder Without Tears
Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
Flannery and Quilt
Milt Lesser
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Mate Richards
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Joe Burton