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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-10-01 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

George Peppard

Biography:

George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his role as struggling writer Paul Varjak in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's, and for playing commando leader Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the 1980s television series The A-Team.

Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964). On television, he played the title role of millionaire insurance investigator and sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s mystery series Banacek. He played Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squad in the hit 1980s action show The A-Team.

Known For

Acting

2006

1996

Sad? as (archive footage)

1993

1992

The Tigress as Sid Slaughter

1990

Night of the Fox as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel

1989

Silence Like Glass as Mr. Martin

1988

Man Against the Mob as Frank Doakey

1986

Matlock as Max Morgan

1983

The A-Team as John 'Hannibal' Smith

1982

Target Eagle as McFadden

1981

1980

1979

An Almost Perfect Affair as Self (uncredited)
From Hell to Victory as Brett Rosson
Crisis in Mid-Air as Nick Culver
Torn Between Two Lovers as Paul Rasmussen
Tales of the Unexpected as Sergeant Guedo

1978

1977

Damnation Alley as Maj. Eugene Denton
CHiPs as George Peppard (uncredited)

1975

One of Our Own as Dr. Jake Goodwin
Doctors' Hospital as Dr. Jake Goodwin

1974

Newman's Law as Vince Newman

1972

The Bravos as Major John David Harkness
Banacek as Thomas Banacek

1971

One More Train to Rob as Harker Fleet

1970

The Executioner as John Shay

1969

Pendulum as Capt. Frank Matthews

1968

House of Cards as Reno Davis
P.J. as P.J. Detweiler
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Tobruk as Captain Kurt Bergman

1966

The Blue Max as Lt. Bruno Stachel

1965

Operation Crossbow as Lt. John Curtis
The Third Day as Steve Mallory

1964

The Carpetbaggers as Jonas Cord Junior

1963

The Victors as Cpl. Chase
Miss USA as Judge

1962

How the West Was Won as Zeb Rawlings

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's as Paul Varjak

1960

Home from the Hill as Rafe Copley
The Subterraneans as Leo Percepied

1959

Pork Chop Hill as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
Startime as Pat Lawrence

1958

Little Moon of Alban as Dennis Walsh

1957

The Strange One as Robert Marquales

1956

Bang the Drum Slowly as Piney Woods

1955

The Alcoa Hour as Eddie Pierce

1953

The Oscars as Self

1948

Studio One as Kenny Chance

1947

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Directing

1978

Production

1978