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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.
Most Popular Richard Benedict Trailers
Total trailers found: 54
28 October 1965
Teenagers work, play, and dance to rock 'n' roll at the Lake Tahoe ski lodge.
01 March 1947
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer.
29 July 1951
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
01 January 1958
Josette of New Orleans
15 February 1953
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.
15 November 1952
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.
14 June 1953
A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.
14 May 1948
A disgraced veteran wanders the West alone until he decides to help a battered woman.
25 September 1949
Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.
13 August 1950
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.
10 August 1955
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.
01 March 1957
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
23 July 1946
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs.
25 December 1945
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.
10 August 1960
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
11 September 1948
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
16 July 1952
A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father and a ward boss framed him.
10 December 1980
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.
15 April 1952
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.
19 October 1956
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.
29 June 1951
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
09 March 1945
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job.
31 July 1958
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
09 October 1948
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
15 April 1949
A police detective (Robert Armstrong) and his wife (Mae Clarke) adopt the wayward son (Gary Gray) of a slain gangster.
28 February 1952
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.
15 August 1947
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
01 September 1949
A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
03 February 1960
This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering.
08 June 1950
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.
18 May 1951
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
01 November 1954
Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vulture"), #44 ("The Semi-Private Eye"), and #32 ("The Defeat of Superman").
09 June 1949
The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
23 October 1973
Detectives Calabrese and Jameson become emotionally involved in a robbery/homicide/rape crime spree when a friend becomes a victim.
28 June 1957
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables.
31 July 1970
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.
07 May 1969
Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.
25 January 1949
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.
12 June 1946
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
01 June 1953
Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.
31 July 1955
Slip and the gang foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania.
10 May 1949
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him.
07 April 1949
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.
01 February 1976
An abrasive, two-fisted longshoreman and a quiet calligrapher attempt to share an apartment.
26 May 1946
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.
06 March 1947
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
04 June 1957
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.
02 April 1949
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.
16 June 1955
Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.
11 May 1953
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
28 July 1949
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
17 December 1953
An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.
01 July 1984
Lovely young Alicia starts receiving bizarre and disturbing phone calls after breaking up with her boyfriend Mike who she suspects is cheating on her with her twin sister Barbara Ann.
08 September 1950
Merchant seaman Joe Blake, in love with Peggy Walters, takes the job of a rookie fireman in a big city department.
