Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict (* 8. January 1920 in Palermo , Sicily , maiden name dispute either Joseph Sciurba or Ricardo Benedetto ; † 25. April 1984 in Studio City , California ) was an Italian - American actor , television and film director and screenwriter .
life and career
Born in Sicily, Richard Benedict came to the United States with his family at the age of seven. In his youth he tried quite successfully as a prize boxer before joining the army. Eventually he came to Hollywood with relatively little acting experience, where he made his film debut in the war film Winged Victory in the small role of a drunken sailor. In the following years he was often seen in the second leading role, but he also sometimes played grim henchmen or villains because of his distinctive stature. His portrayal of Leo Minosa trapped in a cave , whose attempted liberation is exploited to his sensation, became known in Billy Wilder's classic film Reporter des Satans (1951). In 1960, he played alongside Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Sammy Davis junior in the crime comedy Frankie and his cronies, one of the eleven "cronies" who rob five casinos in Las Vegas.
From the beginning of the 1960s, Benedict worked mainly as a director and occasionally as a screenwriter, but as an actor he only appeared occasionally in front of the camera. Until 1982 he directed episodes of a total of over 50 television series, including such well-known series classics as The People of Shiloh Ranch , Solo for ONCEL , Hawaii Five-Zero , Charlie's Angels and Quincy . Benedict has directed a number of television and feature films, the best known of which is probably the adventure film On the Hunt for Lost Gold (1969) starring Burt Reynolds and Anne Francis .
Richard Benedict died of a heart attack in April 1984 at the age of 64. He was married to Paula Lindenbaum until his death and they had three children, including the actor Nick Benedict (* 1947), who became famous through the soap opera Zeit der Sehnsucht .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1944: Winged Victory
- 1945: Landing in Salerno (A Walk in the Sun)
- 1946: Somewhere in the Night (Somewhere in the Night)
- 1946: The sky is blue (Blue Skies)
- 1946: Till the End of Time
- 1947: In the Crossfire (Crossfire)
- 1949: Scene of the Crime
- 1949: The Window (The Window)
- 1949: The Brood of Satan (City Across the River)
- 1951: Reporter of Satan (Ace in the Hole)
- 1953: The Juggler
- 1953: An act of love (Un acte d'amour)
- 1955: All These Nights (The Shrike)
- 1955: A Case for Johnny Denton (The Big Tip Off)
- 1957: Devil in the Neck (Monkey on My Back)
- 1957: Beginning of the End
- 1958: It! The Terror from Beyond Space
- 1960: Frankie and his cronies (Ocean's Eleven)
- 1961: Ada Dallas (Ada)
- 1961–1963: Hawaiian Eye (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1968: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1969: The Boss ( Ironside ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1980: Trapper John, MD (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1984: Disconnected
As a director
- 1961–1963: Hawaiian Eye (5 episodes)
- 1962: Bronco (1 episode)
- 1964: Mike and the Mermaid (movie)
- 1965: The totally crazy ski hotel ( Winter A-Go-Go ; movie)
- 1965–1967: Race with Death ( Run for Your Life ; 15 episodes)
- 1965–1970: The People of Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian ; 3 episodes)
- 1967: Solo for ONCEL ( The Man from UNCLE ; 1 episode)
- 1967: On the Run ( The Fugitive ; 1 episode)
- 1967-1969: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible ; 3 episodes)
- 1968–1978: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O ; 11 episodes)
- 1969: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1 episode)
- 1969: On the hunt for lost gold ( Impasse ; movie)
- 1969: Mini-Max ( Get Smart ; 2 episodes)
- 1969–1970: The Boss ( Ironside ; 3 episodes)
- 1970/1971: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (2 episodes)
- 1971–1972: Alias Smith and Jones (3 episodes)
- 1974–1978: Make-Up and Pistols ( Police Woman ; 4 episodes)
- 1976: Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angeles ; 2 episodes)
- 1977: The Man from Atlantis ( Man from Atlantis ; 1 episode)
- 1980/1982: Quincy (2 episodes)
- 1981: Fantasy Island (2 episodes)
- 1982: The American Adventure (movie)
Web links
- Richard Benedict in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Benedict (IMDb). Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
- ^ Adrian Room: Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2 ( google.de [accessed January 27, 2019]).
- ^ Richard Benedict | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved January 27, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Richard Benedict | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved January 27, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Nick Benedict. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benedict, Richard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sciurba, Joseph; Benedetto, Ricardo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-American actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo , Sicily , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1984 |
Place of death | Studio City , California , United States |