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 was interred in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, in the Churchyard section. He was the father of three children, including actor Nick Benedict.
Fotos
Películas (54)
Disconnected
1984 · Store Customer (Uncredited)
Mark, I Love You
1980 · Mr. Powell
Flannery and Quilt
1976 · Milt Lesser
Big John Morrison
1973 · Director
Move
1970 · Prescott
Impasse
1969 · Director
Winter A-Go-Go
1965 · Director
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · "Curly" Steffans, Producer's Assistant
I'll Give My Life
1960
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Bob Finelli
Josette of New Orleans
1958 · Vic
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
Wiretapper
1955 · Romato
Spy Chasers
1955 · Boris
The Shrike
1955 · Gregory
Superman's Peril
1954 · Cappy
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
Woman in the Dark
1952 · Gino Morello
Breakdown
1952 · Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Hoodlum Empire
1952 · Silky Tanner
Okinawa
1952 · Delgado
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Red
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Leo Minosa
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
Rookie Fireman
1950 · Al Greco
Triple Trouble
1950 · Skeets O'Neil
State Penitentiary
1950 · Mike Gavin
Angels in Disguise
1949 · Henchman Miami
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
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
Series (68)
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
Matt Helm
1975 · Director
Joe Forrester
1975 · Director
S.W.A.T.
1975 · Director
Police Woman
1974 · Director
Born Free
1974 · 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
Medical Center
1969 · Director
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Director
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 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
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
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Eddie Coyle, Mike Armin, Doctor Kellogg, Director
Man with a Camera
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Fur Sammons
Lawman
1958 · Director
Bronco
1958 · Director
Peter Gunn
1958
Harbor Command
1957 · Arnold Freeman
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Keeger
Perry Mason
1957 · Steve Daniels
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
The Whistler
1954
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Babe Janno
General Electric Theater
1953
I Led Three Lives
1953
Cavalcade of America
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Tony Gambini
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Ace
Racket Squad
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Al, Libero
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Bert Ronson