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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 probably more famous among younger viewers for his role
as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television
show The A-Team, where he is the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade
commando squadron.
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Biography
Peppard 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 (where he was
studying Civil Engineering) and Carnegie Mellon University.
George Peppard also attended The Actor's Studio, where
one of his classmates was Rip Torn.
Peppard also served in the United States Marine Corps.
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.
He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years
trying to help others in the same situation.
After being diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, he had
part of a lung removed. He died of pneumonia on May 8, 1994, at the
age of 66 in Los Angeles, due to complications in the treatment of
the cancer.
Filmography
The Tigress (1992)
Ultra Warrior (1990)
The A-Team (1983-1987)
Hit Man (1982)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
From Hell to Victory (1979)
Five Days from Home (1979)
Damnation Alley (1977)
Newman's Law (1974)
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
One More Train to Rob (1971)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
The Executioner (1970)
Pendulum (1969)
House of Cards (1968)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
P.J. (1968)
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
Tobruk (1967)
The Blue Max (1966)
The Third Day (1965)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
The Victors (1963)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Subterraneans (1960)
Home from the Hill (1960)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
The Strange One (1957)
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