Richard Benedict

Known For: Acting
Born: January 8, 1920
Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died: April 25, 1984

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 …

Filmography

Disconnected

1984 · Store Customer (Uncredited)

Mark, I Love You

1980 · Mr. Powell

Doctors' Private Lives

Doctors' Private Lives

1979 · Director

Man from Atlantis

1977 · Director

The Oregon Trail

1977 · Director

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977 · Director

Code R

1977 · Director

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · Director

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Director

Flannery and Quilt

1976 · Milt Lesser

Matt Helm

1975 · Director

Joe Forrester

1975 · Director

S.W.A.T.

1975 · Director

Police Woman

1974 · Director

Born Free

1974 · Director

Big John Morrison

1973 · Director

Police Story

1973 · Director

Ghost Story

1972 · Mr. Parker

The Rookies

1972 · , Director

The Partners

1971 · Director

Alias Smith and Jones

1971 · Director

Night Gallery

1970 · Director

Dan August

1970 · Director

Move

1970 · Prescott

Medical Center

1969 · Director

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969 · Director

Impasse

1969 · , Director

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Sol the Bartender, Director

The Outsider

1968 · Director

Mannix

1967 · Director

The High Chaparral

1967 · Director

N.Y.P.D.

1967 · Director

Ironside

1967 · , Director

The Invaders

1967 · Director

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Director

Hawk

1966 · Director

Winter A-Go-Go

1965 · Director

Get Smart

1965 · Director

Laredo

1965 · Director

I Spy

1965 · Director

Run for Your Life

1965 · Director

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964 · Director

12 O'Clock High

1964 · Director

The Fugitive

1963 · Director

Combat!

1962 · Director

The Virginian

1962 · Director

Tallahassee 7000

1961

Miami Undercover

1961

The Roaring 20's

1960 · , Director

Surfside 6

1960 · , Harry Noonan, Director

Ocean's Eleven

1960 · "Curly" Steffans, Producer's Assistant

I'll Give My Life

1960

Hawaiian Eye

1959 · Eddie Coyle, Mike Armin, Director

Man with a Camera

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958 · Fur Sammons

Lawman

1958 · Director

Bronco

1958 · Director

Peter Gunn

1958

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958 · Bob Finelli

Josette of New Orleans

1958 · Vic

Harbor Command

1957 · Arnold Freeman

The Walter Winchell File

1957 · Keeger

Perry Mason

1957 · Steve Daniels

Beginning of the End

1957 · Cpl. Mathias

The Midnight Story

1957 · Pool Player (uncredited)

Spring Reunion

1957 · Jim (uncredited)

The Man Is Armed

1956 · Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

Highway Patrol

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Mike

Navy Log

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955 · Briscoe

Wiretapper

1955 · Romato

Spy Chasers

1955 · Boris

The Shrike

1955 · Gregory

Superman's Peril

1954 · Cappy

The Whistler

1954

The Lone Wolf

1954 · Babe Janno

Act of Love

1953 · Pete

Murder Without Tears

1953 · Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola

Run for the Hills

1953 · Horace 'Happy' Day

The Juggler

1953 · Police Officer Kogan

Jalopy

1953 · Tony, the driver

General Electric Theater

1953

I Led Three Lives

1953

Woman in the Dark

1952 · Gino Morello

Cavalcade of America

1952

Adventures of Superman

1952 · Tony Gambini

Breakdown

1952 · Harry 'Punchy' Adams

Hoodlum Empire

1952 · Silky Tanner

Okinawa

1952 · Delgado

Dragnet

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · Ace

Let's Go Navy!

1951 · Red

Ace in the Hole

1951 · Leo Minosa

Racket Squad

1951

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Al, Libero

Rookie Fireman

1950 · Al Greco

Triple Trouble

1950 · Skeets O'Neil

State Penitentiary

1950 · Mike Gavin

Angels in Disguise

1949 · Henchman Miami

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Bert Ronson

Post Office Investigator

1949 · Louis Reese

Scene of the Crime

1949 · Turk Kingby

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God

1949 · Mate Richards

The Window

1949 · Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)

Streets of San Francisco

Streets of San Francisco

1949 · Henry Walker

City Across the River

1949 · Gaggsy Steens

Homicide

1949 · Nick Foster

Shockproof

1949 · 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)

Smart Girls Don't Talk

1948 · Cliff Saunders

Race Street

1948 · Sam

The Arizona Ranger

1948 · Ranger Gills

Crossfire

1947 · Bill

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947 · Joe Burton

Backlash

1947 · Detective Sergeant Tom Carey

Till the End of Time

1946 · Soldier with "the shakes"

Somewhere in the Night

1946 · Marine Desk Sergeant

O.S.S.

1946 · Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi

A Walk in the Sun

1945 · Pvt. Tranella

See My Lawyer

1945 · Joe Wilson

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