
George Peppard
Department: Acting
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

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961

The Victors
1963

House of Cards
1968

How the West Was Won
1962

Tobruk
1967

Damnation Alley
1977

An Almost Perfect Affair
1979

Operation Crossbow
1965

Battle Beyond the Stars
1980

The Carpetbaggers
1964

Pork Chop Hill
1959

Rough Night in Jericho
1967

The Strange One
1957

The Blue Max
1966

The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972

Night of the Fox
1990

From Hell to Victory
1979

Cannon for Cordoba
1970

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981

Home from the Hill
1960

Newman's Law
1974

One More Train to Rob
1971

The Third Day
1965

Twilight Theatre
1982

P.J.
1968

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989

The Bravos
1972

The Executioner
1970

The Subterraneans
1960

The Tigress
1992

Target Eagle
1982

Five Days from Home
1978

Pendulum
1969

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968

Crisis in Mid-Air
1979

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

Silence Like Glass
1989

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993

Sad?
1996

Bang the Drum Slowly
1956

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975

Torn Between Two Lovers
1979

Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968

Man Against the Mob
1988

Little Moon of Alban
1958

One of Our Own
1975

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986

Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015

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

Matlock
1986

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Studio One
1948

Doctors' Hospital
1975

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Matinee Theater
1955

The Oscars
1953

Startime
1959

The A-Team
1983

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

The Alcoa Hour
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Banacek
1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

CHiPs
1977

Miss USA
1963

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Hollywood '84
1984

Clive James' Postcard from
1989