George Peppard
George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), although he is probaby more famous among younger viewers for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. BiographyPeppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. Before the A-Team, Peppard had the leading role in the TV series Banacek (1972 - 1974), (part of the NBC Mystery Movie series of the 1970s), and played in Doctor's Hospital, in 1975, and in several other television films, which became in the later part of his career his major dedication. Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers". The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. Peppard died on May 8, 1994, at the age of 66 in Los Angeles due to complications in the treatment of the cancer he was suffering from. Filmography
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Peppard died on May 8, 1994, at the age of 66 in Los Angeles due to complications in the treatment of the cancer he was suffering from. There are two Max Reinhardts:. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. Max Reinhardt (publisher). The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. Max Reinhardt (theatre director). Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers". Before the A-Team, Peppard had the leading role in the TV series Banacek (1972 - 1974), (part of the NBC Mystery Movie series of the 1970s), and played in Doctor's Hospital, in 1975, and in several other television films, which became in the later part of his career his major dedication. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Peppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where
he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. He starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast
at Tiffany's (1961), although he is probaby more famous among younger viewers for
his role as Col. George Peppard (October 1, 1928 -
May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. The Strange One (1957). Pork Chop Hill (1959). Home from the Hill (1960). The Subterraneans (1960). Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). How the West Was Won (1962). The Victors (1963). The Carpetbaggers (1964). Operation Crossbow (1965). The Third Day (1965). The Blue Max (1966). Tobruk (1967). Rough Night in Jericho (1967). P.J. (1968). What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968). House of Cards (1968). Pendulum (1969). The Executioner (1970). Cannon for Cordoba (1970). One More Train to Rob (1971). The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). Newman's Law (1974). Damnation Alley (1977). Five Days from Home (1979). From Hell to Victory (1979). Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981). Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981). Hit Man (1982). Ultra Warrior (1990). The Tigress (1992). |