Richard Benedict
Acting • Born 1920-01-08 – Died 1984-04-25
Biography
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
85 credits
Ace in the Hole
Movie • 1951
Leo Minosa
Hoodlum Empire
Movie • 1952
Silky Tanner
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Movie • 1958
Bob Finelli
Crossfire
Movie • 1947
Bill
A Walk in the Sun
Movie • 1945
Pvt. Tranella
City Across the River
Movie • 1949
Gaggsy Steens
Backlash
Movie • 1947
Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie • 1947
Joe Burton
Scene of the Crime
Movie • 1949
Turk Kingby
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Movie • 1948
Cliff Saunders
Beginning of the End
Movie • 1957
Cpl. Mathias
Homicide
Movie • 1949
Nick Foster
Murder Without Tears
Movie • 1953
Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
The Man Is Armed
Movie • 1956
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Sam
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Movie • 1951
Streets of San Francisco
Movie • 1949
Henry Walker
Woman in the Dark
Movie • 1952
Gino Morello
Jalopy
Movie • 1953
Tony, the driver
Let's Go Navy!
Movie • 1951
Red
The Midnight Story
Movie • 1957
Pool Player (uncredited)
Post Office Investigator
Movie • 1949
Louis Reese
Mark, I Love You
Movie • 1980
Mr. Powell
Impasse
Movie • 1969
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1950
Skeets O'Neil
Act of Love
Movie • 1953
Pete
The Shrike
Movie • 1955
Gregory
Spring Reunion
Movie • 1957
Jim (uncredited)
O.S.S.
Movie • 1946
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
State Penitentiary
Movie • 1950
Mike Gavin
Somewhere in the Night
Movie • 1946
Marine Desk Sergeant
The Arizona Ranger
Movie • 1948
Ranger Gills
Till the End of Time
Movie • 1946
Soldier with "the shakes"
Spy Chasers
Movie • 1955
Boris
Angels in Disguise
Movie • 1949
Henchman Miami
The Window
Movie • 1949
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Movie • 1949
Mate Richards
Run for the Hills
Movie • 1953
Horace 'Happy' Day
Shockproof
Movie • 1949
'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Josette of New Orleans
Movie • 1958
Vic
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 1960
"Curly" Steffans
Breakdown
Movie • 1952
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
See My Lawyer
Movie • 1945
Joe Wilson
Move
Movie • 1970
Prescott
I'll Give My Life
Movie • 1960
Wiretapper
Movie • 1955
Romato
Okinawa
Movie • 1952
Delgado
The Juggler
Movie • 1953
Police Officer Kogan
Superman's Peril
Movie • 1954
Cappy
Flannery and Quilt
Movie • 1976
Milt Lesser
Rookie Fireman
Movie • 1950
Al Greco
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Sol the Bartender
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Steve Daniels
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Man with a Camera
TV • 1958
Ironside
TV • 1967
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
I Led Three Lives
TV • 1953
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Al
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Ace
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Tony Gambini
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Mr. Parker
Miami Undercover
TV • 1961
Tallahassee 7000
TV • 1961
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Libero
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Mike
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Briscoe
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Keeger
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Eddie Coyle
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Harry Noonan
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Babe Janno
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
Arnold Freeman
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Mike Armin
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Fur Sammons
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Bert Ronson