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Richard Benedict
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.…
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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.
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1984
Disconnected
Movie Store Customer (Uncredited)
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1980
Mark, I Love You
Movie Mr. Powell
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1979
Doctors' Private Lives
TV show Director
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1977
Man from Atlantis
TV show Director
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1977
The Oregon Trail
TV show Director
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1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV show Director
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1977
Code R
TV show Director
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show Director
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1976
Charlie's Angels
TV show Director
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1976
Flannery and Quilt
Movie Milt Lesser
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1975
Matt Helm
TV show Director
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1975
Joe Forrester
TV show Director
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1975
S.W.A.T.
TV show Director
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1974
Police Woman
TV show Director
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1974
Born Free
TV show Director
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1973
Big John Morrison
Movie Director
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1973
Police Story
TV show Director
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1972
Ghost Story
TV show Mr. Parker
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1972
The Rookies
TV show
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1971
The Partners
TV show Director
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
TV show Director
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1970
Night Gallery
TV show Director
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1970
Dan August
TV show Director
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1970
Move
Movie Prescott
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1969
Medical Center
TV show Director
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1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV show Director
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
TV show Sol the Bartender
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1969
Impasse
Movie
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1968
The Outsider
TV show Director
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1967
Mannix
TV show Director
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1967
The High Chaparral
TV show Director
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1967
N.Y.P.D.
TV show Director
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1967
Ironside
TV show
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1967
The Invaders
TV show Director
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1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show Director
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1966
Hawk
TV show Director
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1965
Winter A-Go-Go
Movie Director
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1965
Get Smart
TV show Director
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1965
Laredo
TV show Director
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1965
I Spy
TV show Director
