Richard Benedict

Known for ActingBorn 1920-01-08Died 1984-04-25Palermo, 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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Woman in the Dark

Streets of San Francisco

Tallahassee 7000

Mark, I Love You

Code R

Hawk

I'll Give My Life

Matt Helm

The Shrike

Spy Chasers

Get Smart

The Lone Wolf

I Led Three Lives

Let's Go Navy!

Night Gallery

Combat!

Ace in the Hole

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

Quincy, M.E.

Mission: Impossible

Ghost Story

The Walter Winchell File

Breakdown

Rookie Fireman

The Fugitive

12 O'Clock High

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Dan August

Hawaii Five-O

S.W.A.T.

Run for Your Life

See My Lawyer

State Penitentiary

Joe Forrester

Born Free

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Police Story

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Alias Smith and Jones

The Rookies

Act of Love

Ironside

Triple Trouble

Post Office Investigator

The Invaders

Charlie's Angels

Mannix