Cast & creator
George Peppard
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Golden Globe Awards, The Dick Cavett Show
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.
Also known as: جورج پپارد
53
film credits
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television credits
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1944–2026 · acting roles
6.6
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (74)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The A-Team
John 'Hannibal' Smith
1983
Matinee Theater
1955
Matlock
Max Morgan
1986Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Buddy Wren
1963
Studio One
Kenny Chance
1948
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Tales of the Unexpected
Sergeant Guedo
1979
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Oscars
Self
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Evan Wallace
1955
Miss USA
Self - Judge
1963
CHiPs
George Peppard (uncredited)
1977
Startime
Pat Lawrence
1959
Banacek
Thomas Banacek
1972
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Paul Varjak
1961
How the West Was Won
Zeb Rawlings
1962
Doctors' Hospital
Dr. Jake Goodwin
1975
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Alcoa Hour
Eddie Pierce
1955
Battle Beyond the Stars
Cowboy
1980Hollywood '84
Self
1984
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989
Damnation Alley
Maj. Eugene Denton
1977
Operation Crossbow
Lt. John Curtis
1965
Home from the Hill
Rafe Copley
1960
The Blue Max
Lt. Bruno Stachel
1966
Pork Chop Hill
Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
1959
Rough Night in Jericho
Dolan
1967
One More Train to Rob
Harker Fleet
1971
Tobruk
Captain Kurt Bergman
1967
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Pete
1968
The Executioner
John Shay
1970
Silence Like Glass
Mr. Martin
1989
Cannon for Cordoba
Rod
1970
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Theo Brown
1981
From Hell to Victory
Brett Rosson
1979
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Crisis in Mid-Air
Nick Culver
1979
The Carpetbaggers
Jonas Cord Junior
1964
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Jim Daley
1981
An Almost Perfect Affair
Self (uncredited)
1979
Night of the Fox
Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
1990
House of Cards
Reno Davis
1968
One of Our Own
Dr. Jake Goodwin
1975
P.J.
P.J. Detweiler
1968
Pendulum
Capt. Frank Matthews
1969All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
1986
The Victors
Cpl. Chase
1963
Newman's Law
Vince Newman
1974
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993Sad?
(archive footage)
1996
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Frank Doakey
1989
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Tuxan
1972
Bang the Drum Slowly
Piney Woods
1956
The Tigress
Sid Slaughter
1992
Target Eagle
McFadden
1982
The Subterraneans
Leo Percepied
1960
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Dr. Samuel Sheppard
1975
Man Against the Mob
Frank Doakey
1988
The Strange One
Robert Marquales
1957
Little Moon of Alban
Dennis Walsh
1958
Five Days from Home
TM Pryor
1978Five Days from Home
Director
1978Five Days from Home
Producer
1978
Torn Between Two Lovers
Paul Rasmussen
1979
The Bravos
Major John David Harkness
1972
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Third Day
Steve Mallory
1965
Twilight Theatre
1982
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2015