George Peppard

George Peppard

Known for
Acting
Born
October 1, 1928
Died
May 8, 1994 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA

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

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Filmography

2026
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool poster

Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Discovering Audrey Hepburn poster

Discovering Audrey Hepburn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic poster

Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
Sad?

Sad?

Movie · as (archive footage)

1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered poster

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Movie · as Self

1992
The Tigress poster

The Tigress

Movie · as Sid Slaughter

1990
Night of the Fox poster

Night of the Fox

Movie · as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel

1989
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders poster

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders

Movie · as Frank Doakey

1989
Silence Like Glass poster

Silence Like Glass

Movie · as Mr. Martin

1989
Clive James' Postcard from poster

Clive James' Postcard from

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Man Against the Mob poster

Man Against the Mob

Movie · as Frank Doakey

1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1986
To Kill a Stranger poster

To Kill a Stranger

Movie

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Max Morgan · 1 ep

1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There poster

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

Movie

1984
Hollywood '84

Hollywood '84

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as John 'Hannibal' Smith · 94 eps

1982
Twilight Theatre poster

Twilight Theatre

Movie

1982
Target Eagle poster

Target Eagle

Movie · as McFadden

1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr poster

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

Movie · as Theo Brown

1981
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid poster

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Movie · as Jim Daley

1980
Battle Beyond the Stars poster

Battle Beyond the Stars

Movie · as Cowboy

1979
An Almost Perfect Affair poster

An Almost Perfect Affair

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1979
From Hell to Victory poster

From Hell to Victory

Movie · as Brett Rosson

1979
Crisis in Mid-Air poster

Crisis in Mid-Air

Movie · as Nick Culver

1979
Torn Between Two Lovers poster

Torn Between Two Lovers

Movie · as Paul Rasmussen

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Sergeant Guedo · 1 ep

1978
Five Days from Home poster

Five Days from Home

Movie · as TM Pryor

1977
Damnation Alley poster

Damnation Alley

Movie · as Maj. Eugene Denton

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as George Peppard (uncredited) · 2 eps

1975
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case poster

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

Movie · as Dr. Samuel Sheppard

1975
One of Our Own poster

One of Our Own

Movie · as Dr. Jake Goodwin

1975
Doctors' Hospital poster

Doctors' Hospital

TV · as Dr. Jake Goodwin · 13 eps

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Newman's Law poster

Newman's Law

Movie · as Vince Newman

1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy poster

The Groundstar Conspiracy

Movie · as Tuxan

1972
The Bravos poster

The Bravos

Movie · as Major John David Harkness

1972
Banacek poster

Banacek

TV · as Thomas Banacek · 16 eps

1971
One More Train to Rob poster

One More Train to Rob

Movie · as Harker Fleet

1970
Cannon for Cordoba poster

Cannon for Cordoba

Movie · as Rod

1970
The Executioner poster

The Executioner

Movie · as John Shay

1969
Pendulum poster

Pendulum

Movie · as Capt. Frank Matthews

1968
House of Cards poster

House of Cards

Movie · as Reno Davis

1968
P.J. poster

P.J.

Movie · as P.J. Detweiler

1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? poster

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Movie · as Pete

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
Tobruk poster

Tobruk

Movie · as Captain Kurt Bergman

1967
Rough Night in Jericho poster

Rough Night in Jericho

Movie · as Dolan

1966
The Blue Max poster

The Blue Max

Movie · as Lt. Bruno Stachel

1965
Operation Crossbow poster

Operation Crossbow

Movie · as Lt. John Curtis

1965
The Third Day poster

The Third Day

Movie · as Steve Mallory

1964
The Carpetbaggers poster

The Carpetbaggers

Movie · as Jonas Cord Junior

1963
The Victors poster

The Victors

Movie · as Cpl. Chase

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Buddy Wren · 1 ep

1963
Miss USA poster

Miss USA

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Zeb Rawlings

1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's poster

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Movie · as Paul Varjak

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
Home from the Hill poster

Home from the Hill

Movie · as Rafe Copley

1960
The Subterraneans poster

The Subterraneans

Movie · as Leo Percepied

1959
Pork Chop Hill poster

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson

1959
Startime poster

Startime

TV · as Pat Lawrence · 1 ep

1958
Little Moon of Alban poster

Little Moon of Alban

Movie · as Dennis Walsh

1957
The Strange One poster

The Strange One

Movie · as Robert Marquales

1956
Bang the Drum Slowly poster

Bang the Drum Slowly

Movie · as Piney Woods

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 1 ep

1955
The Alcoa Hour poster

The Alcoa Hour

TV · as Eddie Pierce · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Evan Wallace · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Kenny Chance · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 2 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep