George Peppard
American actor (1928-1994) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 65
George Peppard 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).
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The TigressFilm, Sid Slaughter1989
Clive James' Postcard fromSeries1984Hollywood '84Series1982
Target EagleFilm, McFadden1980
Battle Beyond the StarsFilm, Cowboy1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Sergeant Guedo1978
Five Days from HomeFilm, Director, Producer1977
CHiPsSeries, George Peppard (uncredited)1974
Newman's LawFilm, Vince Newman1972
BanacekSeries, Thomas Banacek1970
Cannon for CordobaFilm, Rod1968
House of CardsFilm, Reno Davis1966
The Blue MaxFilm, Lt. Bruno Stachel1964
The CarpetbaggersFilm, Jonas Cord Junior1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Buddy Wren1961
Breakfast at Tiffany'sFilm, Paul Varjak1959
StartimeSeries, Pat Lawrence
Pork Chop HillFilm, 1959Cpl. Chuck Fedderson1956
Bang the Drum SlowlyFilm, Piney Woods1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Evan Wallace1948
Studio OneSeries, Kenny Chance1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1928Born1 October 1928People around George
- John Guillermin Directed The Blue Max, P.J. and House of Cards
Roger Corman Directed Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)- Jack Smight Directed Damnation Alley and The Third Day
Robert Donner George produced Five Days from Home (1979)
George Hamilton Also in Home from the Hill (1960)
Sam Wanamaker Directed The Executioner (1970)
Arte Johnson Also in The Subterraneans and The Third Day
José Antonio de la Loma Directed Hit Man (1982)
Liam Neeson Duets: John "Hannibal" Smith
Gregory Peck Also in How the West Was Won and Pork Chop Hill
John Ford Directed How the West Was Won (1962)
Jeanne Moreau Also in The Victors (1963)
Eli Wallach Also in How the West Was Won and The Victors
Carlo Ponti Produced Operation Crossbow (1965)
Blake Edwards Directed Breakfast at Tiffany's (1962)
Roddy McDowall Also in The Third Day and The Subterraneans
Delbert Mann Directed Torn Between Two Lovers (1979)
Maud Adams Also in Hit Man and Target Eagle- Dana Elcar Also in Crisis in Mid-Air and Pendulum
Madeleine Sherwood Also in Silence Like Glass and Pendulum
Ferdy Mayne Also in Operation Crossbow and The Tigress- Paul Wendkos Directed Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
Robert Lewis Directed Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975)- Ranald MacDougall Directed The Subterraneans (1960)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961
How the West Was Won 1962
Home from the Hill 1960
The Blue Max 1966
Operation Crossbow 1965
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Television 21
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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.
