Richard Benedict
Acting
Born January 8, 1920 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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. Ben…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
Hawaii Five-O
Dragnet
Peter Gunn
Ironside
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Adventures of Superman
Highway Patrol
The Lone Ranger
Surfside 6
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hawaiian Eye
The Rookies
Ghost Story
Navy Log
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Racket Squad
The Whistler
I Led Three Lives
Lux Video Theatre
Cavalcade of America
Harbor Command
The Roaring 20's
Miami Undercover
The Walter Winchell File
The Lone Wolf
Man with a Camera
Ocean's Eleven
General Electric Theater
Beginning of the End
Tallahassee 7000
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mark, I Love You
Ace in the Hole
Spring Reunion
A Walk in the Sun
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Act of Love
Impasse