Richard Benedict
Acting
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.
Mark, I Love You
Mr. Powell
Flannery and Quilt
Milt Lesser
Move
Prescott
Impasse
Ocean's Eleven
"Curly" Steffans
I'll Give My Life
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Bob Finelli
Josette of New Orleans
Vic
Beginning of the End
Cpl. Mathias
The Midnight Story
Pool Player (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Jim (uncredited)
The Man Is Armed
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
Wiretapper
Romato
Spy Chasers
Boris
The Shrike
Gregory
Superman's Peril
Cappy
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
Woman in the Dark
Gino Morello
Breakdown
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Hoodlum Empire
Silky Tanner
Okinawa
Delgado
Let's Go Navy!
Red
Ace in the Hole
Leo Minosa
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Rookie Fireman
Al Greco
Triple Trouble
Skeets O'Neil
State Penitentiary
Mike Gavin
Angels in Disguise
Henchman Miami
Post Office Investigator
Louis Reese
Scene of the Crime
Turk Kingby
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Mate Richards
The Window
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
Streets of San Francisco
Henry Walker
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