Richard Benedict
Actor
Born January 8, 1920 in 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.
Filmography
Disconnected
Store Customer (Uncredited)
Mark, I Love You
Mr. Powell
Man from Atlantis
The Oregon Trail
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Code R
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Flannery and Quilt
Milt Lesser
Matt Helm
Joe Forrester
S.W.A.T.
Police Woman
Born Free
Big John Morrison
Police Story
Ghost Story
Mr. Parker
The Rookies
Alias Smith and Jones
Night Gallery
Dan August
Move
Prescott
Medical Center
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Impasse
Hawaii Five-O
Sol the Bartender
The Outsider
Mannix
The High Chaparral
N.Y.P.D.
Ironside
The Invaders
Mission: Impossible
Hawk
Winter A-Go-Go
Get Smart
Laredo
I Spy
Run for Your Life
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
12 O'Clock High
The Fugitive
Combat!
The Virginian
Tallahassee 7000
Miami Undercover
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
Ocean's Eleven
"Curly" Steffans
I'll Give My Life
Hawaiian Eye
Eddie Coyle
Man with a Camera
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Fur Sammons
Lawman
Bronco
Peter Gunn
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Bob Finelli
Josette of New Orleans
Vic
Harbor Command
Arnold Freeman
The Walter Winchell File
Keeger
Perry Mason
Steve Daniels
Beginning of the End
Cpl. Mathias
The Midnight Story
Pool Player (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Jim (uncredited)
The Man Is Armed
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Highway Patrol
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mike
Navy Log
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Briscoe
Wiretapper
Romato
Spy Chasers
Boris
The Shrike
Gregory
Superman's Peril
Cappy
The Whistler
The Lone Wolf
Babe Janno
Act of Love
Pete
Murder Without Tears
Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
Run for the Hills
Horace 'Happy' Day
The Juggler
Police Officer Kogan
Jalopy
Tony, the driver
General Electric Theater
I Led Three Lives
Woman in the Dark
Gino Morello
Cavalcade of America
Adventures of Superman
Tony Gambini
Breakdown
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Hoodlum Empire
Silky Tanner
Okinawa
Delgado
Dragnet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ace
Let's Go Navy!
Red
Ace in the Hole
Leo Minosa
Racket Squad
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Rookie Fireman
Al Greco
Triple Trouble
Skeets O'Neil
State Penitentiary
Mike Gavin
Angels in Disguise
Henchman Miami
The Lone Ranger
Bert Ronson
Post Office Investigator
Louis Reese
Scene of the Crime
Turk Kingby
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Mate Richards
The Window
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
City Across the River
Gaggsy Steens
Homicide
Nick Foster
Shockproof
'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Cliff Saunders
Race Street
Sam
The Arizona Ranger
Ranger Gills
Crossfire
Bill
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Joe Burton
Backlash
Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
Till the End of Time
Soldier with "the shakes"
Somewhere in the Night
Marine Desk Sergeant
O.S.S.
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
A Walk in the Sun
Pvt. Tranella
See My Lawyer
Joe Wilson