George Peppard

George Peppard

Birthday: 1928-10-01

Place of Birth: 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.

Movies

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. ...

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The Victors
The Victors

Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infa...

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House of Cards
House of Cards

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to cre...

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How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the en...

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Tobruk
Tobruk

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back int...

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Damnation Alley
Damnation Alley

Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across t...

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An Almost Perfect Affair
An Almost Perfect Affair

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer a...

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Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and ...

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Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Stars

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil ty...

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The Carpetbaggers
The Carpetbaggers

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around...

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Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry...

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Rough Night in Jericho
Rough Night in Jericho

The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control b...

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The Strange One
The Strange One

A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets....

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The Blue Max
The Blue Max

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambit...

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The Groundstar Conspiracy
The Groundstar Conspiracy

A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornere...

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Night of the Fox
Night of the Fox

This classic war movie stars George Peppard and Michael York in a gripping tale of danger, intrigue,...

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From Hell to Victory
From Hell to Victory

In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot af...

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Cannon for Cordoba
Cannon for Cordoba

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to sava...

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Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Race for the Yankee Zephyr

In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2...

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Home from the Hill
Home from the Hill

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of...

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Newman's Law
Newman's Law

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when figh...

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One More Train to Rob
One More Train to Rob

Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in ...

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The Third Day
The Third Day

A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests ...

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Twilight Theatre
Twilight Theatre

Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Play...

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P.J.
P.J.

Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble...

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Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders

Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling wome...

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The Bravos
The Bravos

The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who...

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The Executioner
The Executioner

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent....

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The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district....

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The Tigress
The Tigress

It's the roaring twenties in Berlin. The Tigress, a gorgeous, wild, and very independent street walk...

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Target Eagle
Target Eagle

A Spanish police chief hires an undercover agent, Eagle, to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers. I...

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Five Days from Home
Five Days from Home

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son....

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Pendulum
Pendulum

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Fr...

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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while ...

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Crisis in Mid-Air
Crisis in Mid-Air

The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air...

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

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"....

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Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass

True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness....

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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant soph...

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Sad?
Sad?

Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that ex...

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Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly

A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying ...

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Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is grad...

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Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement ...

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Torn Between Two Lovers
Torn Between Two Lovers

Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some rel...

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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Rowan & Martin at the Movies

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV s...

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Man Against the Mob
Man Against the Mob

In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring...

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Little Moon of Alban
Little Moon of Alban

Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a n...

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One of Our Own
One of Our Own

Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin b...

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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

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Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Discovering Audrey Hepburn

Always the epitome of style, Audrey Hepburn fittingly started out as a model before being spotted by...

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Incident at a Corner
Incident at a Corner

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

The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars...

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