George Peppard
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
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The A-Team
1983
Matinee Theater
1955
Matlock
1986
Studio One
1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Oscars
1953
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
The A-Team
as John 'Hannibal' Smith · 1983
Matinee Theater
· 1955
Matlock
as Max Morgan · 1986
Studio One
as Kenny Chance · 1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Buddy Wren · 1963
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self · 1975
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sergeant Guedo · 1979
Kraft Television Theatre
· 1947
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Evan Wallace · 1955
Miss USA
as Self - Judge · 1963
CHiPs
as George Peppard (uncredited) · 1977
Startime
as Pat Lawrence · 1959
Banacek
as Thomas Banacek · 1972
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Paul Varjak · 1961
How the West Was Won
as Zeb Rawlings · 1962
Doctors' Hospital
as Dr. Jake Goodwin · 1975
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
as Self (archive footage) · 2026
The Alcoa Hour
as Eddie Pierce · 1955
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Cowboy · 1980
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self · 1989
Damnation Alley
as Maj. Eugene Denton · 1977
The Blue Max
as Lt. Bruno Stachel · 1966
Operation Crossbow
as Lt. John Curtis · 1965
Pork Chop Hill
as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson · 1959
Hollywood '84
as Self · 1984
Home from the Hill
as Rafe Copley · 1960
Rough Night in Jericho
as Dolan · 1967
Tobruk
as Captain Kurt Bergman · 1967
The Executioner
as John Shay · 1970
One More Train to Rob
as Harker Fleet · 1971
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Theo Brown · 1981
Night of the Fox
as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel · 1990
Cannon for Cordoba
as Rod · 1970
From Hell to Victory
as Brett Rosson · 1979
Crisis in Mid-Air
as Nick Culver · 1979
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
as Jim Daley · 1981
The Carpetbaggers
as Jonas Cord Junior · 1964
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Pete · 1968
Silence Like Glass
as Mr. Martin · 1989
House of Cards
as Reno Davis · 1968
Sad?
as (archive footage) · 1996
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Self (uncredited) · 1979
Pendulum
as Capt. Frank Matthews · 1969
Bang the Drum Slowly
as Piney Woods · 1956
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
· 1985
P.J.
as P.J. Detweiler · 1968
One of Our Own
as Dr. Jake Goodwin · 1975
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self (uncredited) · 1986
The Victors
as Cpl. Chase · 1963
The Tigress
as Sid Slaughter · 1992
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self · 1993
The Groundstar Conspiracy
as Tuxan · 1972
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
as Frank Doakey · 1989
Target Eagle
as McFadden · 1982
The Subterraneans
as Leo Percepied · 1960
Five Days from Home
as TM Pryor · 1978
The Bravos
as Major John David Harkness · 1972
The Strange One
as Robert Marquales · 1957
The Third Day
as Steve Mallory · 1965
Man Against the Mob
as Frank Doakey · 1988
Newman's Law
as Vince Newman · 1974
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
as Dr. Samuel Sheppard · 1975
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self · 1968
Torn Between Two Lovers
as Paul Rasmussen · 1979
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
Little Moon of Alban
as Dennis Walsh · 1958
Twilight Theatre
· 1982
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage) · 2015