Richard Benedict
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy — Jan 08 1920• Died Apr 25 1984
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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 commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movi…
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Richard Benedict's Credits
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The Fugitive
Directing
Perry Mason
Steve Daniels
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Briscoe
Mission: Impossible
Directing
Ironside
Mannix
Directing
Charlie's Angels
Directing
Get Smart
Directing
Quincy, M.E.
Directing
Hawaii Five-O
Sol the Bartender
Combat!
Directing
The Virginian
Directing
Dragnet
Medical Center
Directing
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Directing
The High Chaparral
Directing
Police Woman
Directing
Hawaiian Eye
Eddie Coyle
Lawman
Directing
The Rookies
The Invaders
Directing
Night Gallery
Directing
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mike
The Lone Ranger
Bert Ronson
Peter Gunn
Run for Your Life
Directing
Adventures of Superman
Tony Gambini
Surfside 6
Bronco
Directing
Laredo
Directing
Alias Smith and Jones
Directing
12 O'Clock High
Directing
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Directing
Police Story
Directing
Highway Patrol
Cavalcade of America
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Fur Sammons
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Directing
Ghost Story
Mr. Parker
Matt Helm
Directing
I Spy
Directing
Navy Log
Lux Video Theatre
Al
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Roaring 20's
The Outsider
Directing
Dan August
Directing
Code R
Directing
S.W.A.T.
Directing
Racket Squad
N.Y.P.D.
Directing
The Lone Wolf
Babe Janno
The Whistler
The Partners
Directing
Man from Atlantis
Directing
Joe Forrester
Directing
The Walter Winchell File
Keeger
Man with a Camera
The Oregon Trail
Directing
I Led Three Lives
Harbor Command
Arnold Freeman
Ocean's Eleven
"Curly" Steffans
Hawk
Directing
Miami Undercover
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ace
General Electric Theater
Ace in the Hole
Leo Minosa
Born Free
Directing
Tallahassee 7000
O.S.S.
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
See My Lawyer
Joe Wilson
Backlash
Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
Homicide
Nick Foster
The Juggler
Police Officer Kogan
Till the End of Time
Soldier with "the shakes"
Jalopy
Tony, the driver
The Window
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
Crossfire
Bill
The Man Is Armed
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
Beginning of the End
Cpl. Mathias
Murder Without Tears
Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
The Midnight Story
Pool Player (uncredited)
Shockproof
'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Move
Prescott
Somewhere in the Night
Marine Desk Sergeant
Let's Go Navy!
Red
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Joe Burton
Race Street
Sam
State Penitentiary
Mike Gavin
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Bob Finelli
Scene of the Crime
Turk Kingby
A Walk in the Sun
Pvt. Tranella
Mark, I Love You
Mr. Powell
Hoodlum Empire
Silky Tanner
Spy Chasers
Boris
I'll Give My Life
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Cliff Saunders
Triple Trouble
Skeets O'Neil
The Arizona Ranger
Ranger Gills
Woman in the Dark
Gino Morello
Okinawa
Delgado
Spring Reunion
Jim (uncredited)
The Shrike
Gregory
Big John Morrison
Directing
Doctors' Private Lives
Directing
Wiretapper
Romato
Angels in Disguise
Henchman Miami
Impasse
City Across the River
Gaggsy Steens
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Mate Richards
Act of Love
Pete
Run for the Hills
Horace 'Happy' Day
Streets of San Francisco
Henry Walker
Flannery and Quilt
Milt Lesser
Breakdown
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
Post Office Investigator
Louis Reese
Superman's Peril
Cappy
Winter A-Go-Go
Directing
Josette of New Orleans
Vic
Rookie Fireman
Al Greco