Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 1, 1928
Place of Birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Sad? | (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self |
| 1992 | The Tigress | Sid Slaughter |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel |
| 1989 | Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders | Frank Doakey |
| 1989 | Silence Like Glass | Mr. Martin |
| 1988 | Man Against the Mob | Frank Doakey |
| 1982 | Twilight Theatre | |
| 1982 | Target Eagle | McFadden |
| 1981 | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | Theo Brown |
| 1981 | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid | Jim Daley |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars | Cowboy |
| 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affair | Self (uncredited) |
| 1979 | From Hell to Victory | Brett Rosson |
| 1979 | Crisis in Mid-Air | Nick Culver |
| 1979 | Torn Between Two Lovers | Paul Rasmussen |
| 1978 | Five Days from Home | TM Pryor |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley | Maj. Eugene Denton |
| 1975 | Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case | Dr. Samuel Sheppard |
| 1975 | One of Our Own | Dr. Jake Goodwin |
| 1974 | Newman's Law | Vince Newman |
| 1972 | The Groundstar Conspiracy | Tuxan |
| 1972 | The Bravos | Major John David Harkness |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob | Harker Fleet |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba | Rod |
| 1970 | The Executioner | John Shay |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Capt. Frank Matthews |
| 1968 | House of Cards | Reno Davis |
| 1968 | P.J. | P.J. Detweiler |
| 1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Pete |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self |
| 1967 | Tobruk | Captain Kurt Bergman |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Dolan |
| 1966 | The Blue Max | Lt. Bruno Stachel |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Lt. John Curtis |
| 1965 | The Third Day | Steve Mallory |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Jonas Cord Junior |
| 1963 | The Victors | Cpl. Chase |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Zeb Rawlings |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Paul Varjak |
| 1960 | Home from the Hill | Rafe Copley |
| 1960 | The Subterraneans | Leo Percepied |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Cpl. Chuck Fedderson |
| 1958 | Little Moon of Alban | Dennis Walsh |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Robert Marquales |
| 1956 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Piney Woods |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Matlock | Max Morgan |
| 1983 | The A-Team | John 'Hannibal' Smith |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sergeant Guedo |
| 1977 | CHiPs | George Peppard (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Doctors' Hospital | Dr. Jake Goodwin |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1972 | Banacek | Thomas Banacek |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Buddy Wren |
| 1963 | Miss USA | Self - Judge |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | Startime | Pat Lawrence |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Eddie Pierce |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Evan Wallace |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Kenny Chance |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |