Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1928-10-01
Day of Death
1994-05-08
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.
Filmography (50)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
2006Sad?
1996
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
The Tigress
1992
Night of the Fox
1990
Silence Like Glass
1989
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989
Man Against the Mob
1988All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Target Eagle
1982
Twilight Theatre
1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981