Ens. Rita J. Benson — Don't Give Up the Ship Character Profile

About Ens. Rita J. Benson

A Naval Intelligence operative partnered with Steckler to locate the missing ship. She uses memory therapy to help him recall the events of the Kornblatt's disappearance and develops a personal attraction to him during their investigation.

Character Facts

Played by

Dina Merrill

Appears in

Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)

Role

Supporting

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• John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII (Jerry Lewis)
• Prudence Trabert Steckler (Diana Spencer)
• Stan Wychinski (Mickey Shaughnessy)
• Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde (Robert Middleton)
• Congressman Mandeville (Gale Gordon)
• Lt. Cmdr. Farber (Claude Akins)
• Mrs. Trabert (Mabel Albertson)
• Cmdr. Cross (Richard Shannon)
• Adm. Rogers (Hugh Sanders)
• Cmdr. Craig (Chuck Wassil)
• Lt. Ward (Pamela Duncan)
• Dugan (Karl Lukas)