Richard Benedict
Acting
1920-01-08 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography
Disconnected
1984 · Movie
Mark, I Love You
1980 · Movie
Doctors' Private Lives
1979 · Series
Man from Atlantis
1977 · Series
The Oregon Trail
1977 · Series
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · Series
Code R
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Flannery and Quilt
1976 · Movie
Matt Helm
1975 · Series
Joe Forrester
1975 · Series
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Series
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Born Free
1974 · Series
Big John Morrison
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Ghost Story
1972 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
The Partners
1971 · Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · Series
Night Gallery
1970 · Series
Dan August
1970 · Series
Move
1970 · Movie
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
Impasse
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Outsider
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
N.Y.P.D.
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Hawk
1966 · Series
Winter A-Go-Go
1965 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
I Spy
1965 · Series
Run for Your Life
1965 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
Combat!
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Tallahassee 7000
1961 · Series
Miami Undercover
1961 · Series
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Series
Surfside 6
1960 · Series
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Movie
I'll Give My Life
1960 · Movie
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Man with a Camera
1958 · Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Bronco
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Movie
Josette of New Orleans
1958 · Movie
Harbor Command
1957 · Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Beginning of the End
1957 · Movie
The Midnight Story
1957 · Movie
Spring Reunion
1957 · Movie
The Man Is Armed
1956 · Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Highway Patrol
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Navy Log
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
Wiretapper
1955 · Movie
Spy Chasers
1955 · Movie
The Shrike
1955 · Movie
Superman's Peril
1954 · Movie
The Whistler
1954 · Series
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Series
Act of Love
1953 · Movie
Murder Without Tears
1953 · Movie
Run for the Hills
1953 · Movie
The Juggler
1953 · Movie
Jalopy
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
I Led Three Lives
1953 · Series
Woman in the Dark
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Series
Breakdown
1952 · Movie
Hoodlum Empire
1952 · Movie
Okinawa
1952 · Movie
Dragnet
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Movie
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
Racket Squad
1951 · Series
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Rookie Fireman
1950 · Movie
Triple Trouble
1950 · Movie
State Penitentiary
1950 · Movie
Angels in Disguise
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
Post Office Investigator
1949 · Movie
Scene of the Crime
1949 · Movie
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949 · Movie
The Window
1949 · Movie
Streets of San Francisco
1949 · Movie
City Across the River
1949 · Movie
Homicide
1949 · Movie
Shockproof
1949 · Movie
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948 · Movie
Race Street
1948 · Movie
The Arizona Ranger
1948 · Movie
Crossfire
1947 · Movie
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · Movie
Backlash
1947 · Movie
Till the End of Time
1946 · Movie
Somewhere in the Night
1946 · Movie
O.S.S.
1946 · Movie
A Walk in the Sun
1945 · Movie
See My Lawyer
1945 · Movie