Richard Benedict
Acting
Born 1920-01-08
Died 1984-04-25
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
122 credits
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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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Filmography
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Perry Mason
Ironside
Dragnet
Hawaii Five-O
The Fugitive
The Virginian
Get Smart
Quincy, M.E.
Mannix
Charlie's Angels
Mission: Impossible
Peter Gunn
Combat!
Lawman
Medical Center
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Adventures of Superman
Police Woman
The Invaders
Run for Your Life
Highway Patrol
The High Chaparral
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Night Gallery
Navy Log
Surfside 6
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Lone Ranger
The Rookies
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Hawaiian Eye
Police Story
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alias Smith and Jones
Bronco
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
12 O'Clock High
Laredo
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Ghost Story
Racket Squad
Cavalcade of America
I Spy
Lux Video Theatre
Man from Atlantis
Ocean's Eleven
Dan August
The Roaring 20's
I Led Three Lives
Matt Helm
The Lone Wolf
The Outsider
S.W.A.T.
Joe Forrester
Miami Undercover
The Partners
Code R
The Walter Winchell File
The Whistler
N.Y.P.D.
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