George Peppard

Peppard died on May 8, 1994, at the age of 66 in Los Angeles due to complications in the treatment of the cancer he was suffering from.
. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. A keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast, Rhames is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people. The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. The talented actor then contributed attention grabbing performances in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), reprised his Luther Stickell role for Mission: Impossible II (2000), contributed his deep bass voice for the character of Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch (2002), and played a burly cop fighting cannibal zombie hordes in Dawn of the Dead (2004). Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers". Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames said it was "...one of the sweetest moments I've ever known in my life." The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames.

Before the A-Team, Peppard had the leading role in the TV series Banacek (1972 - 1974), (part of the NBC Mystery Movie series of the 1970s), and played in Doctor's Hospital, in 1975, and in several other television films, which became in the later part of his career his major dedication. At the ceremony Rhames gave his award to Jack Lemmon saying "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for best actor in a TV miniseries for his performance in HBO's "Don King: Only in America". He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. With solid performances in both these highly popular productions, his face was now well known to movie goers, and the work offers began rolling in more frequently. Peppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. Not long after, Rhames was cast alongside Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker, Luther Stickell in Brian de Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996).

John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public in Pulp Fiction as Marsellus Wallace (1994). He starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), although he is probaby more famous among younger viewers for his role as Col. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He first appeared on Broadway in the play "The Winter Boys" in 1984.
George Peppard. He studied at the Julliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater.

The Strange One (1957). A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. Pork Chop Hill (1959). He was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Harlem, Manhattan. Home from the Hill (1960). Irving "Ving" Rhames (born 1959) is an American actor. The Subterraneans (1960).

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). How the West Was Won (1962). The Victors (1963). The Carpetbaggers (1964).

Operation Crossbow (1965). The Third Day (1965). The Blue Max (1966). Tobruk (1967).

Rough Night in Jericho (1967). P.J. (1968). What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968). House of Cards (1968).

Pendulum (1969). The Executioner (1970). Cannon for Cordoba (1970). One More Train to Rob (1971).

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). Newman's Law (1974). Damnation Alley (1977). Five Days from Home (1979).

From Hell to Victory (1979). Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981). Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981).

Hit Man (1982). Ultra Warrior (1990). The Tigress (1992).