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George Peppard

George Peppard

Acting
Born: Oct 01, 1928 — Died: May 08, 1994
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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

Title Character Year Rating
The Tigress Sid Slaughter 1992 4.333
Night of the Fox Col. Harry Martineau / Max … 1990 6.286
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders Frank Doakey 1989 7.0
Twilight Theatre 1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr Theo Brown 1981 5.882
Battle Beyond the Stars Cowboy 1980 5.4
An Almost Perfect Affair Self (uncredited) 1979 5.0
From Hell to Victory Brett Rosson 1979 6.35
Damnation Alley Maj. Eugene Denton 1977 5.125
Newman's Law Vince Newman 1974 6.556
The Groundstar Conspiracy Tuxan 1972 6.273
The Bravos Major John David Harkness 1972 6.5
One More Train to Rob Harker Fleet 1971 5.447
Cannon for Cordoba Rod 1970 5.63
The Executioner John Shay 1970 5.885
House of Cards Reno Davis 1968 4.933
P.J. P.J. Detweiler 1968 5.5
Tobruk Captain Kurt Bergman 1967 6.492
Rough Night in Jericho Dolan 1967 6.681
The Blue Max Lt. Bruno Stachel 1966 6.761
Operation Crossbow Lt. John Curtis 1965 6.724
The Third Day Steve Mallory 1965 5.563
The Carpetbaggers Jonas Cord Junior 1964 5.859
The Victors Cpl. Chase 1963 6.389
How the West Was Won Zeb Rawlings 1962 6.991
Breakfast at Tiffany's Paul Varjak 1961 7.624
Home from the Hill Rafe Copley 1960 6.836
The Subterraneans Leo Percepied 1960 5.111
Pork Chop Hill Cpl. Chuck Fedderson 1959 6.663
The Strange One Robert Marquales 1957 6.5
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1928
FromDetroit, Michigan, USA