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
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
2006
as Self (archive footage)
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Sad?
1996
as (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self
The Tigress
1992
as Sid Slaughter
Night of the Fox
1990
as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Mr. Martin
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989
as Frank Doakey
Man Against the Mob
1988
as Frank Doakey
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Target Eagle
1982
as McFadden
Twilight Theatre
1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Theo Brown
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
as Jim Daley
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Cowboy
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Self (uncredited)
From Hell to Victory
1979
as Brett Rosson
Crisis in Mid-Air
1979
as Nick Culver
Torn Between Two Lovers
1979
as Paul Rasmussen
Five Days from Home
1978
as TM Pryor
Damnation Alley
1977
as Maj. Eugene Denton
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975
as Dr. Samuel Sheppard
One of Our Own
1975
as Dr. Jake Goodwin