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George Peppard

Actor

George Peppard

Born October 1, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USADied May 8, 199443 films

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.

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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.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's posterFirst watchBreakfast at Tiffany's19617.6as Paul VarjakHolly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens…View film

Essential films

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How the West Was Won poster7.0How the West Was Won1962The Blue Max poster6.8The Blue Max1966Operation Crossbow poster6.7Operation Crossbow1965Battle Beyond the Stars poster5.4Battle Beyond the Stars1980Pork Chop Hill poster6.7Pork Chop Hill1959Home from the Hill poster6.9Home from the Hill1960Tobruk poster6.4Tobruk1967Damnation Alley poster5.1Damnation Alley1977

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 1992The TigressSid Slaughter
  2. 1990Night of the FoxCol. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
  3. 1989Silence Like GlassMr. Martin
  4. 1989Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown MurdersFrank Doakey
  5. 1988Man Against the MobFrank Doakey
  6. 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
  7. 1982Target EagleMcFadden
  8. 1982Twilight Theatre
  9. 1981Race for the Yankee ZephyrTheo Brown
  10. 1981Your Ticket Is No Longer ValidJim Daley
  11. 1980Battle Beyond the StarsCowboy
  12. 1979From Hell to VictoryBrett Rosson
  13. 1979Crisis in Mid-AirNick Culver
  14. 1979Torn Between Two LoversPaul Rasmussen
  15. 1978Five Days from HomeTM Pryor
  16. 1977Damnation AlleyMaj. Eugene Denton
  17. 1975Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder CaseDr. Samuel Sheppard
  18. 1975One of Our OwnDr. Jake Goodwin
  19. 1974Newman's LawVince Newman
  20. 1972The Groundstar ConspiracyTuxan
  21. 1972The BravosMajor John David Harkness
  22. 1971One More Train to RobHarker Fleet
  23. 1970Cannon for CordobaRod
  24. 1970The ExecutionerJohn Shay
  25. 1969PendulumCapt. Frank Matthews
  26. 1968House of CardsReno Davis
  27. 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?Pete
  28. 1968P.J.P.J. Detweiler
  29. 1967Rough Night in JerichoDolan
  30. 1967TobrukCaptain Kurt Bergman
  31. 1966The Blue MaxLt. Bruno Stachel
  32. 1965The Third DaySteve Mallory
  33. 1965Operation CrossbowLt. John Curtis
  34. 1964The CarpetbaggersJonas Cord Junior
  35. 1963The VictorsCpl. Chase
  36. 1962How the West Was WonZeb Rawlings
  37. 1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sPaul Varjak
  38. 1960The SubterraneansLeo Percepied
  39. 1960Home from the HillRafe Copley
  40. 1959Pork Chop HillCpl. Chuck Fedderson
  41. 1958Little Moon of AlbanDennis Walsh
  42. 1957The Strange OneRobert Marquales
  43. 1956Bang the Drum SlowlyPiney Woods