Cast
Richard Benedict
Acting
Cast
Richard Benedict
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-01-08
From
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died
1984-04-25
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.
★6.4
MOVIE1960
Ocean's Eleven
as "Curly" Steffans
★6.2
MOVIE1957
Spring Reunion
as Jim (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1951
Ace in the Hole
as Leo Minosa
★5.3
MOVIE1953
Jalopy
as Tony, the driver
★5.6
MOVIE1952
Okinawa
as Delgado
★6.9
MOVIE1953
Act of Love
as Pete
★4.8
MOVIE1969
Impasse
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Somewhere in the Night
as Marine Desk Sergeant
★5.7
MOVIE1948
Smart Girls Don't Talk
as Cliff Saunders
★5.8
MOVIE1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Bob Finelli
★8.0
MOVIE1951
Let's Go Navy!
as Red
★7.0
MOVIE1950
Triple Trouble
as Skeets O'Neil
★6.4
MOVIE1946
Till the End of Time
as Soldier with "the shakes"
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Post Office Investigator
as Louis Reese
★7.5
MOVIE1950
Rookie Fireman
as Al Greco
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Crossfire
as Bill
★6.3
MOVIE1949
Shockproof
as 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1957
The Midnight Story
as Pool Player (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1980
Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Powell
★5.9
MOVIE1945
A Walk in the Sun
as Pvt. Tranella
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Run for the Hills
as Horace 'Happy' Day
★4.0
MOVIE1957
Beginning of the End
as Cpl. Mathias
★5.8
MOVIE1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Joe Burton
★7.0
MOVIE1949
The Window
as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1949
Homicide
as Nick Foster
★6.8
MOVIE1953
The Juggler
as Police Officer Kogan
★6.9
MOVIE1946
O.S.S.
as Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
★5.5
MOVIE1955
Wiretapper
as Romato
★8.0
MOVIE1955
The Shrike
as Gregory
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Scene of the Crime
as Turk Kingby
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Woman in the Dark
as Gino Morello
★7.3
MOVIE1945
See My Lawyer
as Joe Wilson
★6.0
MOVIE1949
City Across the River
as Gaggsy Steens
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Race Street
as Sam
★8.0
MOVIE1960
I'll Give My Life
★6.6
MOVIE1951
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
★7.5
MOVIE1952
Breakdown
as Harry 'Punchy' Adams
MOVIE1976
Flannery and Quilt
as Milt Lesser
★9.0
MOVIE1949
Streets of San Francisco
as Henry Walker
★5.8
MOVIE1953
Murder Without Tears
as Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
★5.2
MOVIE1956
The Man Is Armed
as Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
★4.5
MOVIE1949
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
as Mate Richards
★7.3
MOVIE1950
State Penitentiary
as Mike Gavin
★4.4
MOVIE1984
Disconnected
as Store Customer (Uncredited)
MOVIE1954
Superman's Peril
as Cappy
★5.5
MOVIE1970
Move
as Prescott
★6.5
MOVIE1952
Hoodlum Empire
as Silky Tanner
★4.8
MOVIE1947
Backlash
as Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
★6.7
MOVIE1948
The Arizona Ranger
as Ranger Gills
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Angels in Disguise
as Henchman Miami
MOVIE1958
Josette of New Orleans
as Vic
★8.0
MOVIE1955
Spy Chasers
as Boris