Richard Benedict
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.
83 acting credits · 46 directing credits
Acting · 83
Perry Mason
1957
Ironside
1967
Dragnet
1951
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Rookies
1972
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Lone Ranger
1949
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Peter Gunn
1958
Surfside 6
1960
Highway Patrol
1955
Adventures of Superman
1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Navy Log
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
Ghost Story
1972
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Racket Squad
1951
The Roaring 20's
1960
Man with a Camera
1958
The Whistler
1954
I Led Three Lives
1953
The Lone Wolf
1954
Harbor Command
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Miami Undercover
1961
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tallahassee 7000
1961
Ace in the Hole
1951
Somewhere in the Night
1946
A Walk in the Sun
1945
Crossfire
1947
Shockproof
1949
The Man Is Armed
1956
The Window
1949
Till the End of Time
1946
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
The Midnight Story
1957
Backlash
1947
Homicide
1949
State Penitentiary
1950
Race Street
1948
Triple Trouble
1950
Impasse
1969
Okinawa
1952
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Beginning of the End
1957
O.S.S.
1946
Post Office Investigator
1949
Mark, I Love You
1980
Scene of the Crime
1949
The Juggler
1953
See My Lawyer
1945
Spring Reunion
1957
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Act of Love
1953
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
Move
1970
I'll Give My Life
1960
The Shrike
1955
Wiretapper
1955
Let's Go Navy!
1951
City Across the River
1949
Woman in the Dark
1952
Superman's Peril
1954
The Arizona Ranger
1948
Angels in Disguise
1949
Spy Chasers
1955
Disconnected
1984
Run for the Hills
1953
Jalopy
1953
Streets of San Francisco
1949
Murder Without Tears
1953
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949
Breakdown
1952
Rookie Fireman
1950
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948
Flannery and Quilt
1976
Josette of New Orleans
1958
Directing · 46
Mannix
1967
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
1976
Mission: Impossible
1966
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Get Smart
1965
The Virginian
1962
Combat!
1962
Medical Center
1969
Lawman
1958
Run for Your Life
1965
Police Woman
1974
The Rookies
1972
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Night Gallery
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Invaders
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
Surfside 6
1960
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Laredo
1965
Police Story
1973
Bronco
1958
12 O'Clock High
1964
I Spy
1965
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Outsider
1968
Man from Atlantis
1977
S.W.A.T.
1975
Matt Helm
1975
N.Y.P.D.
1967
Dan August
1970
Code R
1977
The Partners
1971
The Oregon Trail
1977
Joe Forrester
1975
Hawk
1966
Born Free
1974
Impasse
1969
Doctors' Private Lives
1979
Big John Morrison
1973
Winter A-Go-Go
1965