Richard Benedict
Birthday
1920/01/08
Day of death
1984/04/25 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1951) Ace in the Hole
as Leo Minosa
(1952) Hoodlum Empire
as Silky Tanner
(1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Bob Finelli
(1947) Crossfire
as Bill
(1945) A Walk in the Sun
as Pvt. Tranella
(1949) City Across the River
as Gaggsy Steens
(1947) Backlash
as Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
(1947) The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Joe Burton
(1949) Scene of the Crime
as Turk Kingby
(1948) Smart Girls Don't Talk
as Cliff Saunders
(1957) Beginning of the End
as Cpl. Mathias
(1949) Homicide
as Nick Foster
(1953) Murder Without Tears
as Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
(1956) The Man Is Armed
as Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
(1948) Race Street
as Sam
(1951) Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as ---
(1949) Streets of San Francisco
as Henry Walker
(1952) Woman in the Dark
as Gino Morello
(1953) Jalopy
as Tony, the driver
(1951) Let's Go Navy!
as Red
(1957) The Midnight Story
as Pool Player (uncredited)
(1949) Post Office Investigator
as Louis Reese
(1980) Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Powell
(1969) Impasse
as ---
(1950) Triple Trouble
as Skeets O'Neil
(1953) Act of Love
as Pete
(1955) The Shrike
as Gregory
(1957) Spring Reunion
as Jim (uncredited)
(1946) O.S.S.
as Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
(1950) State Penitentiary
as Mike Gavin
(1946) Somewhere in the Night
as Marine Desk Sergeant
(1948) The Arizona Ranger
as Ranger Gills
(1946) Till the End of Time
as Soldier with "the shakes"
(1955) Spy Chasers
as Boris
(1949) Angels in Disguise
as Henchman Miami
(1949) The Window
as Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
(1949) Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
as Mate Richards
(1953) Run for the Hills
as Horace 'Happy' Day
(1949) Shockproof
as 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
(1958) Josette of New Orleans
as Vic
(1960) Ocean's Eleven
as "Curly" Steffans
(1952) Breakdown
as Harry 'Punchy' Adams
(1945) See My Lawyer
as Joe Wilson
(1970) Move
as Prescott
(1960) I'll Give My Life
as ---
(1955) Wiretapper
as Romato
(1952) Okinawa
as Delgado
(1953) The Juggler
as Police Officer Kogan
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Sol the Bartender
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1951) Dragnet
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Steve Daniels
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1958) Man with a Camera
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Highway Patrol
as ---
(1953) I Led Three Lives
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Al
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ace
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1951) Racket Squad
as ---
(1954) The Whistler
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1972) Ghost Story
as Mr. Parker
(1961) Miami Undercover
as ---
(1961) Tallahassee 7000
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Libero
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mike
(1959) The Untouchables
as Fur Sammons
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Briscoe
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as Keeger
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as Eddie Coyle
(1960) Surfside 6
as Harry Noonan
(1954) The Lone Wolf
as Babe Janno
(1957) Harbor Command
as Arnold Freeman