Dick DeBenedictis

Richard “Dick” DeBenedictis (born January 23, 1937^[1]) is an American composer noted for composing music for television shows including Perry Mason and its movies from 1985 until 1993, Police Story, Columbo, The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, and Dean Hargrove's Matlock, and its spin offs Jake and the Fatman, and Diagnosis: Murder. DeBenedictis has been nominated ten times for an Emmy Award, most recently in 1996, for his compositions.

He is the father of musicians Dean DeBenedictis, Brian DeBenedictis, Lara DeBenedictis and Brent DeBenedictis.

Notes

1. ^ IMDb

External links

• Richard DeBenedictis at the Internet Movie Database

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