1920-01-08 ( 105 years old ) in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Movies
Mark, I Love You
1980-12-10
Move
1970-07-31
Impasse
1969-05-07
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
I'll Give My Life
1960-02-03
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958-07-31
Josette of New Orleans
1958-01-01
Beginning of the End
1957-06-28
The Midnight Story
1957-06-04
Spring Reunion
1957-03-01
The Man Is Armed
1956-10-19
Wiretapper
1955-08-10
Spy Chasers
1955-07-31
The Shrike
1955-06-16
Act of Love
1953-12-17
Murder Without Tears
1953-06-14
Run for the Hills
1953-06-01
The Juggler
1953-05-11
Jalopy
1953-02-15
Woman in the Dark
1952-11-15
Breakdown
1952-07-16
Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15
Okinawa
1952-02-28
Let's Go Navy!
1951-07-29
Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951-05-18
Triple Trouble
1950-08-13
State Penitentiary
1950-06-08
Angels in Disguise
1949-09-25
Post Office Investigator
1949-09-01
Scene of the Crime
1949-07-28
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
1949-06-09
The Window
1949-05-10
Streets of San Francisco
1949-04-15
City Across the River
1949-04-07
Homicide
1949-04-02
Shockproof
1949-01-25
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948-10-09
Race Street
1948-09-11
The Arizona Ranger
1948-05-14
Crossfire
1947-08-15
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947-03-06
Backlash
1947-03-01
Till the End of Time
1946-07-23
Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12
O.S.S.
1946-05-26
A Walk in the Sun
1945-12-25
See My Lawyer
1945-03-09
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