Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

Birth : 1920-01-08, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Death : 1984-04-25

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Richard Benedict

Movies

Staging Christmas
Ben
Lori stages homes for a living and her busiest season is Christmas! Though she normally only stages homes that are for sale, she’s intrigued when a wealthy widower named Elliot asks her to stage his home for the holidays to cheer up his daughter, Maddie. As Lori spends more and more time with Elliot and Maddie, she starts to feel like part of the family.
My Christmas Inn
Henry
With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson, she's surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for.
Mark, I Love You
Mr. Powell
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.
Big John Morrison
Director
Detectives Calabrese and Jameson become emotionally involved in a robbery/homicide/rape crime spree when a friend becomes a victim.
Move
Prescott
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.
Impasse
Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.
Impasse
Director
Adventurers search for World War II gold in the Philippines.
Winter A-Go-Go
Director
Teenagers work, play, and dance to rock 'n' roll at the Lake Tahoe ski lodge.
Ocean's Eleven
Producer's Assistant
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Ocean's Eleven
"Curly" Steffans
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
I'll Give My Life
This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his son a partner in his engineering firm for many years. However, Jim has decided to enter the ministry.
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Bob Finelli
In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth...
Josette of New Orleans
Vic
Josette of New Orleans
Beginning of the End
Cpl. Mathias
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
The Man Is Armed
Lew 'Mitch' Mitchell
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.
Wiretapper
Romato
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.
Spy Chasers
Boris
Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).
The Shrike
Gregory
Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.
Act of Love
Pete
An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.
Murder Without Tears
Joe 'Candy Markwell' Martola
A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.
Run for the Hills
Horace 'Happy' Day
Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.
The Juggler
Police Officer Kogan
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
Jalopy
Tony Lango
Those wacky Bowery Boys invent a superfast fuel, which will help them win an auto race (isn't this cheating?). However, the fuel is stolen by the bad guys just before the big race...
Woman in the Dark
Gino Morello
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.
Breakdown
Harry 'Punchy' Adams
A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father and a ward boss framed him.
Hoodlum Empire
Silky Tanner
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. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
Okinawa
Delgado
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. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
Let's Go Navy!
Red
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
Ace in the Hole
Leo Minosa
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Triple Trouble
Skeets O'Neil
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.
State Penitentiary
Mike Gavin
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.
Angels in Disguise
Henchman Miami
Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.
Post Office Investigator
Louis Reese
A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
Scene of the Crime
Turk Kingby
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Mate Richards
The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
The Window
Murdered Seaman (Uncredited)
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
Streets of San Francisco
Henry Walker
A police detective (Robert Armstrong) and his wife (Mae Clarke) adopt the wayward son (Gary Gray) of a slain gangster.
City Across the River
Gaggsy Steens
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. Despite the efforts of Franks's parents, he and pal Benny get involved in a serious crime. Can Stan Albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming full-time crooks?
Homicide
Nick Foster
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. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
Shockproof
'Kid', Knife Wielder (Uncredited)
Jenny Marsh is a hard-luck dame who's just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. Jenny's not exactly the murdering type -- she did the deed while defending her jailbird lover, Harry, which is probably one reason she's attracted the attention of her parole officer, Griff Marat. In fact, Griff is so taken with Jenny that he gets her a job caring for his ailing mother, but although Jenny tries to fly right, she's not yet over Harry.
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Cliff Saunders
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
Race Street
Sam
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
The Arizona Ranger
Ranger Gills
A disgraced veteran wanders the West alone until he decides to help a battered woman.
Crossfire
Bill
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Joe Burton
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
Backlash
Detective Sergeant Tom Carey
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
Till the End of Time
Soldier with "the shakes"
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
O.S.S.
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
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. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives. Martine and Duprez then get reassigned to assist fellow spy Frank Schmidt aka Parker (Richard Webb) embedded in the German army so he can relay important Nazi troop movements. Then she is discovered by an old foe, Col. Paul Meister (John Hoyt) but Martine must radio the vital information and misses her.
A Walk in the Sun
Pvt. Tranella
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.
See My Lawyer
Joe Wilson
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.