Richard Benedict
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1920
Died: April 25, 1984
Place of birth: 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. 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.
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Filmography
54 movies · 68 TV shows, newest first
4.3
Disconnected
1984
8.0
Mark, I Love You
1980NR
Doctors' Private Lives
1979
6.4
Man from Atlantis
1977
5.7
The Oregon Trail
1977
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
8.0
Code R
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
NR
Flannery and Quilt
1976
7.8
Matt Helm
1975
7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
6.4
Police Woman
1974
7.0
Born Free
1974
NR
Big John Morrison
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
7.4
Ghost Story
1972
6.9
The Rookies
19726.5
The Partners
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
5.5
Move
1970
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
4.8
Impasse
1969
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.0
The Outsider
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
6.6
N.Y.P.D.
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
8.0
Hawk
1966
5.8
Winter A-Go-Go
1965
8.0
Get Smart
1965
6.4
Laredo
1965
6.5
I Spy
1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
7.9
Combat!
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
8.5
Tallahassee 7000
1961
6.3
Miami Undercover
1961
NR
The Roaring 20's
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
6.4
Ocean's Eleven
1960
8.0
I'll Give My Life
1960
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.5
Man with a Camera
1958
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
5.8
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
NR
Josette of New Orleans
1958
4.0
Harbor Command
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
4.0
Beginning of the End
1957
6.1
The Midnight Story
1957
6.2
Spring Reunion
1957
5.2
The Man Is Armed
1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
5.2
Navy Log
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
5.5
Wiretapper
1955
7.5
Spy Chasers
1955
8.0
The Shrike
1955
NR
Superman's Peril
1954
NR
The Whistler
1954
8.0
The Lone Wolf
1954
6.9
Act of Love
1953
5.8
Murder Without Tears
1953
6.0
Run for the Hills
1953
6.8
The Juggler
1953
5.3
Jalopy
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
8.0
I Led Three Lives
1953
9.0
Woman in the Dark
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
7.5
Breakdown
1952
6.5
Hoodlum Empire
1952
5.6
Okinawa
1952
6.5
Dragnet
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
8.0
Let's Go Navy!
1951
7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
6.6
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
7.5
Rookie Fireman
1950
7.0
Triple Trouble
1950
7.3
State Penitentiary
1950
6.0
Angels in Disguise
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
7.0
Post Office Investigator
1949
6.1
Scene of the Crime
1949
4.5
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949
7.0
The Window
19499.0
Streets of San Francisco
1949
6.0
City Across the River
1949
5.7
Homicide
1949
6.3
Shockproof
1949
5.7
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.7
The Arizona Ranger
1948
6.7
Crossfire
1947
5.8
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
4.8
Backlash
1947
6.4
Till the End of Time
1946
6.7
Somewhere in the Night
1946
6.9
O.S.S.
1946
5.9
A Walk in the Sun
1945
7.3
See My Lawyer
1945