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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.
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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.
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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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 8, 1920
Died
April 25, 1984
Birthplace
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Somewhere in the Night
1946
Move
1970
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Scene of the Crime
1949
Crossfire
1947
Race Street
1948
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Spy Chasers
1955
The Window
1949
Act of Love
1953
The Arizona Ranger
1948
Jalopy
1953
Shockproof
1949
O.S.S.
1946
Wiretapper
1955
Spring Reunion
1957
Triple Trouble
1950
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Ace in the Hole
1951
Impasse
1969
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Ironside
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Hawaii Five-O
1968
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Highway Patrol
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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The Lone Ranger
1949
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Adventures of Superman
1952
Peter Gunn
1958
The Rookies
1972
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Surfside 6
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Navy Log
1955
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Ghost Story
1972
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