George Peppard

George Peppard
Peppard in 1964
Born(1928-10-01)October 1, 1928
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMay 8, 1994(1994-05-08) (aged 65)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationPurdue University
Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1994
Spouses
  • Helen Davies
    (m. 1954; div. 1964)
  • (m. 1966; div. 1972)
  • (m. 1975; div. 1979)
  • Alexis Adams
    (m. 1984; div. 1986)
Children3
Linda Evans and Peppard in TV's Banacek (1974)

George Peppard (/pəˈpɑːrd/; October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak 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 1980s action television series The A-Team.[1]

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