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George Peppard

Born 1928-10-01

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

Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 · 7.5 How the West Was Won 1962 · 7.1 Battle Beyond the Stars 1980 · 5.5 Pork Chop Hill 1959 · 7.0 Home from the Hill 1960 · 7.4 Tobruk 1967 · 6.4 The Carpetbaggers 1964 · 6.5 Rough Night in Jericho 1967 · 6.4 The Strange One 1957 · 6.9 The Groundstar Conspiracy 1972 · 6.0 House of Cards 1968 · 6.0 Cannon for Cordoba 1970 · 5.7 One More Train to Rob 1971 · 5.7 What's So Bad About Feeling Good? 1968 · 6.5