Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 â€"
April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and
director. He was born in Palermo, ItalyHe 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 25, 1984, and was interred in Forest Lawn â€" Hollywood Hills
Cemetery. He was the father of actor Nick Benedict.
April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and
director. He was born in Palermo, ItalyHe 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 25, 1984, and was interred in Forest Lawn â€" Hollywood Hills
Cemetery. He was the father of actor Nick Benedict.
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