Acting · geboren 1920-01-08 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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.

Bekannt aus

• Reporter des Satans (1951) – Leo Minosa
• Mini-Max (1965) – Director
• Frankie und seine Spießgesellen (1960) – "Curly" Steffans
• Kobra übernehmen Sie (1966) – Director
• Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert (1955) – Mike
• Drei Engel für Charlie (1976) – Director
• Im Kreuzfeuer (1947) – Bill
• Hawaii Fünf-Null (1969) – Sol the Bartender
• Perry Mason (1957) – Steve Daniels
• Quincy (1976) – Director
• It! - Der Schrecken lauert im All (1958) – Bob Finelli
• Combat! (1962) – Director
• Night Gallery (1970) – Director
• Das unheimliche Fenster (1949) – Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
• Der Mann aus Atlantis (1977) – Director
• Irgendwo in der Nacht (1946) – Marine Desk Sergeant
• Solo für O.N.C.E.L. (1964) – Director
• Der Chef (1967)
• Die knallharten Fünf (1975) – Director
• Superman (1952) – Tony Gambini
• Landung in Salerno (1945) – Pvt. Tranella
• Auf der Flucht (1963) – Director
• Invasion von der Wega (1967) – Director
• Mannix (1967) – Director
• Unerschütterliche Liebe (1949) – 'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
• Beginning of the End (1957) – Cpl. Mathias
• Polizeibericht (1951)
• Der Lone Ranger (1949) – Bert Ronson
• Die Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch (1962) – Director
• Alias Smith und Jones (1971) – Director
• Make-Up und Pistolen (1974) – Director
• Der Tod war schneller (1957) – Pool Player (uncredited)
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977) – Director
• Disconnected (1984) – Store Customer (Uncredited)
• Tennisschläger und Kanonen (1965) – Director
• High Chaparral (1967) – Director
• Peter Gunn (1958)
• Sumpf des Verbrechens (1949) – Turk Kingby
• California Cops - Neu im Einsatz (1972)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) – Briscoe