Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

Birthday: 1920-01-08

Deathday: 1984-04-25

Place of birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0070807

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Ace in the Hole

Score: 7.9

Spy Chasers

Score: 7.0

Let's Go Navy!

Score: 7.0

The Window

Score: 6.9

Till the End of Time

Score: 6.7

Somewhere in the Night

Score: 6.7

Act of Love

Score: 6.7

Crossfire

Score: 6.6

The Juggler

Score: 6.5

State Penitentiary

Score: 6.5

O.S.S.

Score: 6.4

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Score: 6.4

Ocean's Eleven

Score: 6.4

Shockproof

Score: 6.4

Scene of the Crime

Score: 6.3

Triple Trouble

Score: 6.2

The Midnight Story

Score: 6.2

Hoodlum Empire

Score: 6.1

I'll Give My Life

Score: 6.0

See My Lawyer

Score: 6.0

Breakdown

Score: 6.0

The Arizona Ranger

Score: 6.0

The Shrike

Score: 6.0

Post Office Investigator

Score: 6.0

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

Score: 5.9

Spring Reunion

Score: 5.8

Race Street

Score: 5.8

A Walk in the Sun

Score: 5.8

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Score: 5.7

Smart Girls Don't Talk

Score: 5.5

City Across the River

Score: 5.5

Angels in Disguise

Score: 5.3

Homicide

Score: 5.3

Murder Without Tears

Score: 5.2

Wiretapper

Score: 5.1

Backlash

Score: 4.9

Okinawa

Score: 4.8

The Man Is Armed

Score: 4.8

Impasse

Score: 4.7

Move

Score: 4.6

Jalopy

Score: 4.6

Beginning of the End

Score: 3.8

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God

Score: 3.7

Superman's Peril

Score: 0.0

Josette of New Orleans

Score: 0.0

Run for the Hills

Score: 0.0

Mark, I Love You

Score: 0.0

Woman in the Dark

Score: 0.0

Streets of San Francisco

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Ghost Story

Score: 7.1

The Lone Wolf

Score: 7.0

Ironside

Score: 6.8

The Rookies

Score: 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.7

Peter Gunn

Score: 6.5

Dragnet

Score: 6.4

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Miami Undercover

Score: 6.0

Racket Squad

Score: 6.0

Highway Patrol

Score: 5.8

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Surfside 6

Score: 5.0

The Walter Winchell File

Score: 5.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Score: 5.0

Surfside 6

Score: 5.0

Man with a Camera

Score: 4.6

Navy Log

Score: 4.5

Harbor Command

Score: 4.0

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Tallahassee 7000

Score: 0.0

The Roaring 20's

Score: 0.0

The Whistler

Score: 0.0

I Led Three Lives

Score: 0.0