Richard Benedict
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 8, 1920
Day of Death: April 25, 1984 (64 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Gaggsy Steens
City Across the River
Actor Turk Kingby
Scene of the Crime
Actor Nick Foster
Homicide
Actor Henry Walker
Streets of San Francisco
Actor Louis Reese
Post Office Investigator
Actor Henchman Miami
Angels in Disguise
Actor Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
The Window
Actor Mate Richards
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Actor 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Shockproof
