Richard Benedict

Richard "Pepe" Benedict (lahir Riccardo Benedetto, 8 Januari 1920 – 29 April 1984) adalah seorang aktor dan sutradara televisi dan film Italia-Amerika. Ia lahir di Palermo, Italia. Dia muncul di lusinan program televisi dan film dari tahun 1940an hingga 1960an, terutama Ace in the Hole (1951), disutradarai oleh Billy Wilder. Benedict muncul bersama Frank Sinatra dan Rat Pack di film Ocean's 11 tahun 1960 sebagai salah satu dari 11 pria yang merampok lima kasino Las Vegas pada malam yang sama. Dia juga berperan sebagai komandan kapal penyelamat Mars di film fiksi ilmiah B tahun 1958 It! Teror dari Luar Angkasa. Penampilan Benedict di televisi termasuk Adventures of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Zorro, Dragnet, Peter Gunn dan Hawaii Five-O. Penghargaan penyutradaraannya termasuk Impasse, sebuah film petualangan yang dibintangi Burt Reynolds. Dia meninggal karena serangan jantung di Studio City, Los Angeles, pada tanggal 29 April 1984, dan dimakamkan di Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, di bagian Churchyard. Dia adalah ayah dari tiga anak, termasuk aktor Nick Benedict.

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.