Richard Benedict

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-01-08 (64 years old)

Deathday

1984-04-25

Place of Birth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Richard Benedict

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. Benedict's television appearances included Adventures...

Acting

1951

Ace in the Hole

as Leo Minosa

1952

Hoodlum Empire

as Silky Tanner

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

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

1949

1952

Woman in the Dark

as Gino Morello

1953

Jalopy

as Tony, the driver

1951

1957

The Midnight Story

as Pool Player (uncredited)

1949

1980

Mark, I Love You

as Mr. Powell

1950

Triple Trouble

as Skeets O'Neil

1953

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)

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as "Curly" Steffans

1952

Breakdown

as Harry 'Punchy' Adams

1945

See My Lawyer

as Joe Wilson

1970

Move

as Prescott

1955

Wiretapper

as Romato

1952

Okinawa

as Delgado

1953

The Juggler

as Police Officer Kogan

Production

1969

Impasse

as Director

1965

Winter A-Go-Go

as Director

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as Producer's Assistant

1973

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