George Peppard
Born: 1928-10-01 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 1994-05-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Discovering Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Sad? as (archive footage)
1993
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
1992
- The Tigress as Sid Slaughter
1990
- Night of the Fox as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
1989
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- Silence Like Glass as Mr. Martin
- Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders as Frank Doakey
1988
- Man Against the Mob as Frank Doakey
1986
- Matlock as Max Morgan
- All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self
1984
- Hollywood '84 as Self
1983
- The A-Team as John 'Hannibal' Smith
1982
- Twilight Theatre
- Target Eagle as McFadden
1981
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr as Theo Brown
- Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Jim Daley
1980
- Battle Beyond the Stars as Cowboy
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Sergeant Guedo
- 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
1978
- Five Days from Home as TM Pryor
1977
- CHiPs as George Peppard (uncredited)
- Damnation Alley as Maj. Eugene Denton
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Doctors' Hospital as Dr. Jake Goodwin
- One of Our Own as Dr. Jake Goodwin
- Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case as Dr. Samuel Sheppard
1974
- Newman's Law as Vince Newman
1972
- Banacek as Thomas Banacek
- The Groundstar Conspiracy as Tuxan
- The Bravos as Major John David Harkness
1971
- One More Train to Rob as Harker Fleet
1970
- Cannon for Cordoba as Rod
- The Executioner as John Shay
1969
- Pendulum as Capt. Frank Matthews
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Pete
- House of Cards as Reno Davis
- P.J. as P.J. Detweiler
- Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
1967
- Tobruk as Captain Kurt Bergman
- Rough Night in Jericho as Dolan
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
- Miss USA as Self - Judge
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Buddy Wren
- The Victors as Cpl. Chase
1962
- How the West Was Won as Zeb Rawlings
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Breakfast at Tiffany's as Paul Varjak
1960
- Home from the Hill as Rafe Copley
- The Subterraneans as Leo Percepied
1959
- Startime as Pat Lawrence
- Pork Chop Hill as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
1958
- Little Moon of Alban as Dennis Walsh
1957
- The Strange One as Robert Marquales
1956
- Bang the Drum Slowly as Piney Woods
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Evan Wallace
- The Alcoa Hour as Eddie Pierce
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1948
- Studio One as Kenny Chance
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter