Personal Info
Richard Benedict
Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Disconnected
as Store Customer (Uncredited)
Mark, I Love You
as Mr. Powell
Flannery and Quilt
as Milt Lesser
Move
as Prescott
Impasse
Ocean's Eleven
as "Curly" Steffans
I'll Give My Life
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Bob Finelli
Josette of New Orleans
as Vic
Beginning of the End
as Cpl. Mathias
TV Shows
The Rookies
1 ep.
Ghost Story
as Mr. Parker · 1 ep.
Hawaii Five-O
as Sol the Bartender · 1 ep.
Ironside
1 ep.
Miami Undercover
2 ep.
Tallahassee 7000
1 ep.
Surfside 6
as Harry Noonan · 1 ep.
The Roaring 20's
1 ep.
Hawaiian Eye
as Mike Armin · 1 ep.
Peter Gunn
1 ep.