🎬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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Move (1970)	Prescott	-	-
2	Ocean's Eleven (1960)	"Curly" Steffans		7.2
3	It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)	Bob Finelli		6.5
4	Beginning of the End (1957)	Cpl. Mathias		3
5	The Midnight Story (1957)	Pool Player (uncredited)		5
6	The Man Is Armed (1956)	Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell		4
7	Jalopy (1953)	Tony, the driver	-	-
8	Hoodlum Empire (1952)	Silky Tanner		4
9	Ace in the Hole (1951)	Leo Minosa		7.3
10	The Window (1949)	Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)		8
11	City Across the River (1949)	Gaggsy Steens		3
12	Shockproof (1949)	'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)		7
13	Scene of the Crime (1949)	Turk Kingby		7
14	Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)	Cliff Saunders		8
15	Race Street (1948)	Sam		6
16	Crossfire (1947)	Bill		5.5
17	Backlash (1947)	Detective Sergeant Tom Carey		6
18	Somewhere in the Night (1946)	Marine Desk Sergeant		6
19	Till the End of Time (1946)	Soldier with "the shakes"	-	-
20	A Walk in the Sun (1945)	Pvt. Tranella		6