
George Peppard
Acting
George Peppard (October 1, 1928 β 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
2015Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2006Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1992The Tigress
Sid Slaughter
1990Night of the Fox
Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
1989Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Frank Doakey
1989Silence Like Glass
Mr. Martin
1988Man Against the Mob
Frank Doakey
1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1982Twilight Theatre
1982Target Eagle
McFadden
1981Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Theo Brown
1981Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Jim Daley
1980Battle Beyond the Stars
Cowboy
1979An Almost Perfect Affair
Self (uncredited)
1979From Hell to Victory
Brett Rosson
1979Crisis in Mid-Air
Nick Culver
1979Torn Between Two Lovers
Paul Rasmussen
1978Five Days from Home
TM Pryor
1977Damnation Alley
Maj. Eugene Denton
1975Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Dr. Samuel Sheppard
1975One of Our Own
Dr. Jake Goodwin
1974Newman's Law
Vince Newman
1972The Groundstar Conspiracy
Tuxan