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Richard Benedict (1920-1984)

Birthplace:
Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Born:
January 8, 1920

Died:
April 25, 1984

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1965  Winter A-Go-Go
1969  Impasse
1973  Big John Morrison

Producer's Assistant:
1960  Ocean's Eleven
1965  Winter A-Go-Go
1969  Impasse
1973  Big John Morrison

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
1958  Bronco
1958  Lawman
1959  Hawaiian Eye
1960  Surfside 6
1960  The Roaring 20's
1962  Combat!
1962  The Virginian
1963  The Fugitive
1964  12 O'Clock High
1964  The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1965  Get Smart
1965  I Spy
1965  Laredo
1965  Run for Your Life
1966  Hawk
1966  Mission: Impossible
1967  Ironside
1967  Mannix
1967  N.Y.P.D.
1967  The High Chaparral
1967  The Invaders
1968  Hawaii Five-O
1968  The Outsider
1969  Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969  Medical Center
1970  Dan August
1970  Night Gallery
1971  Alias Smith and Jones
1971  The Partners
1972  The Rookies
1973  Police Story
1974  Born Free
1974  Police Woman
1975  Joe Forrester
1975  Matt Helm
1975  S.W.A.T.
1976  Charlie's Angels
1976  Quincy, M.E.
1977  Code R
1977  Man from Atlantis
1977  The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977  The Oregon Trail
1979  Doctors' Private Lives

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