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Richard Benedict

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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.

08-01-1920

Birthday

Capricorn

Zodiac Sign

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Total Films

Also known as (male)

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

48 Works

producer

1 Works

director

4 Works

writer

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Mark, I Love You

Mark, I Love You

A distraught widower is caught in a bitter custody battle with his late wife's parents over his 10-year-old son, following his plans to remarry and move off to California with the boy.
0.0

Year:

1980

Move

Move

A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
4.6

Year:

1970

Impasse

Impasse

Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.
4.7

Year:

1969

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
6.4

Year:

1960

I'll Give My Life

I'll Give My Life

This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his son a partner in his engineering firm for many years. However, Jim has decided to enter the ministry.
6.0

Year:

1960

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
5.9

Year:

1958

Josette of New Orleans

Josette of New Orleans

Josette of New Orleans
0.0

Year:

1958

Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
3.8

Year:

1957

The Midnight Story

The Midnight Story

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
5.6

Year:

1957

Spring Reunion

Spring Reunion

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
5.8

Year:

1957

The Man Is Armed

The Man Is Armed

Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a result, things don't go as smoothly as planned.
4.8

Year:

1956

Wiretapper

Wiretapper

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.
5.1

Year:

1955

Spy Chasers

Spy Chasers

Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).
7.0

Year:

1955

The Shrike

The Shrike

Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.
6.0

Year:

1955

Act of Love

Act of Love

An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.
6.7

Year:

1953

Murder Without Tears

Murder Without Tears

A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.
5.2

Year:

1953

Run for the Hills

Run for the Hills

Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.
0.0

Year:

1953

The Juggler

The Juggler

A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
6.5

Year:

1953

Jalopy

Jalopy

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this and tries to get the formula for himself.
4.6

Year:

1953

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark

A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) brother take part in a jewel heist.
0.0

Year:

1952

Breakdown

Breakdown

A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father and a ward boss framed him.
6.0

Year:

1952

Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
6.1

Year:

1952

Okinawa

Okinawa

On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
4.8

Year:

1952

Let's Go Navy!

Let's Go Navy!

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
7.0

Year:

1951

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
7.8

Year:

1951

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
6.4

Year:

1951

Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble

Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.
6.2

Year:

1950

State Penitentiary

State Penitentiary

A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
6.5

Year:

1950

Angels in Disguise

Angels in Disguise

Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.
5.8

Year:

1949

Post Office Investigator

Post Office Investigator

A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
6.0

Year:

1949

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
6.3

Year:

1949

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God

The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
5.0

Year:

1949

The Window

The Window

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
6.9

Year:

1949

Streets of San Francisco

Streets of San Francisco

A police detective (Robert Armstrong) and his wife (Mae Clarke) adopt the wayward son (Gary Gray) of a slain gangster.
0.0

Year:

1949

City Across the River

City Across the River

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite the efforts of Franks's parents, he and pal Benny get involved in a serious crime. Can Stan Albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming full-time crooks?
5.5

Year:

1949

Homicide

Homicide

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
5.3

Year:

1949

Shockproof

Shockproof

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
6.4

Year:

1949

Smart Girls Don't Talk

Smart Girls Don't Talk

A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
5.5

Year:

1948

Race Street

Race Street

A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
5.8

Year:

1948

The Arizona Ranger

The Arizona Ranger

A disgraced veteran wanders the West alone until he decides to help a battered woman.
6.0

Year:

1948

Crossfire

Crossfire

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
6.6

Year:

1947

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
5.6

Year:

1947

Backlash

Backlash

In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
4.9

Year:

1947

Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
6.7

Year:

1946

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
6.7

Year:

1946

O.S.S.

O.S.S.

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
6.4

Year:

1946

A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
5.7

Year:

1945

See My Lawyer

See My Lawyer

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.
6.0

Year:

1945