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.

Known For

The A-Team

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Matlock

Matinee Theater

Tales of the Unexpected

The Dick Cavett Show

Studio One

All Movies (50)

• Discovering Audrey Hepburn2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sad?1996 · as (archive footage)
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self
• The Tigress1992 · as Sid Slaughter
• Night of the Fox1990 · as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
• Silence Like Glass1989 · as Mr. Martin
• Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders1989 · as Frank Doakey
• Man Against the Mob1988 · as Frank Doakey
• All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There1985
• Target Eagle1982 · as McFadden
• Twilight Theatre1982
• Race for the Yankee Zephyr1981 · as Theo Brown
• Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid1981 · as Jim Daley
• Battle Beyond the Stars1980 · as Cowboy
• An Almost Perfect Affair1979 · as Self (uncredited)
• From Hell to Victory1979 · as Brett Rosson
• Crisis in Mid-Air1979 · as Nick Culver
• Torn Between Two Lovers1979 · as Paul Rasmussen
• Five Days from Home1978 · as TM Pryor
• Damnation Alley1977 · as Maj. Eugene Denton
• Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case1975 · as Dr. Samuel Sheppard
• One of Our Own1975 · as Dr. Jake Goodwin
• Newman's Law1974 · as Vince Newman
• The Groundstar Conspiracy1972 · as Tuxan
• The Bravos1972 · as Major John David Harkness
• One More Train to Rob1971 · as Harker Fleet
• Cannon for Cordoba1970 · as Rod
• The Executioner1970 · as John Shay
• Pendulum1969 · as Capt. Frank Matthews
• House of Cards1968 · as Reno Davis
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good?1968 · as Pete
• P.J.1968 · as P.J. Detweiler
• Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968 · as Self
• Rough Night in Jericho1967 · as Dolan
• Tobruk1967 · as Captain Kurt Bergman
• The Blue Max1966 · as Lt. Bruno Stachel
• The Third Day1965 · as Steve Mallory
• Operation Crossbow1965 · as Lt. John Curtis
• The Carpetbaggers1964 · as Jonas Cord Junior
• The Victors1963 · as Cpl. Chase
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Zeb Rawlings
• Breakfast at Tiffany's1961 · as Paul Varjak
• The Subterraneans1960 · as Leo Percepied
• Home from the Hill1960 · as Rafe Copley
• Pork Chop Hill1959 · as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
• Little Moon of Alban1958 · as Dennis Walsh
• The Strange One1957 · as Robert Marquales
• Bang the Drum Slowly1956 · as Piney Woods

All TV Shows (21)

• Clive James' Postcard from1989 · as Self
• Matlock1986 · as Max Morgan
• Hollywood '841984 · as Self
• The A-Team1983 · as John 'Hannibal' Smith
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Sergeant Guedo
• CHiPs1977 · as George Peppard (uncredited)
• Doctors' Hospital1975 · as Dr. Jake Goodwin
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Banacek1972 · as Thomas Banacek
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Buddy Wren
• Miss USA1963 · as Self - Judge
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Startime1959 · as Pat Lawrence
• Matinee Theater1955
• The Alcoa Hour1955 · as Eddie Pierce
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Evan Wallace
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Studio One1948 · as Kenny Chance
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter