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