Yves Montand

In 2004, his stepdaughter Catherine (Simone Signoret's daughter from her first marriage) published a book titled "World Upside Down" where she revealed that Montand had abused her sexually since she was five years old. 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 is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. In his later years, he maintained a home in Provence until his death. The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. His only child, Valentin Montand, the son of his assistant Carole Amiel, was born in 1988. Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers".

He was nominated for a Cesar Award for "Best Actor" in 1980 for the film "I comme Icare" and again in 1984 for "Garçon !". 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. During his career he acted in a number of American motion pictures as well as on Broadway. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. The following year, a 65-year-old Montand gave one of his most memorable performances as the scheming uncle in the two-part film: Jean de Florette co-starring Gerard Depardieu and Manon des Sources co-starring Emmanuelle Béart. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. In 1951 Montand married the actress Simone Signoret, co-starring several times with her until her death in 1985. Peppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor.

He would go on to international recognition, starring in numerous films. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. In 1944 he was discovered by Edith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act, becoming his mentor and lover. 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. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. (Later, when they applied for French citizenship, his father pretended that they did so in order to escape Mussolini's regime, in fact they emigrated in 1921, whereas Mussolini didn't came to power before 1922.) Montand came to grow up in Marseille, where as a young man he worked in his sister's barber shop, and later on the docks.
George Peppard.

Shortly after his birth, Montand's family left Italy for France. The Strange One (1957). Yves Montand (October 13, 1921 - November 9, 1991) was a French/Italian actor, born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Alto, Italy. Pork Chop Hill (1959). Les Portes de la Nuit (1946). Home from the Hill (1960). Le Salaire de la Peur (1953). The Subterraneans (1960).

La Grande Strada Azzurra (1957). Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Compartiment tueurs (1965). How the West Was Won (1962). La Guerre est finie (1966). The Victors (1963). Grand Prix (1966). The Carpetbaggers (1964).

Vivre pour Vivre (1967). Operation Crossbow (1965). Z (1968). The Third Day (1965). L'Aveu (1969). The Blue Max (1966). Le Cercle Rouge (1970). Tobruk (1967).

L'Aveu (1970). Rough Night in Jericho (1967). Tout va Bien (1972). P.J. (1968). César et Rosalie (1972). What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968). État de Siège (1973). House of Cards (1968).

Vincent, François, Paul...Et les Autres (1974). Pendulum (1969). Le Fond de L'air Est Rouge (1977). The Executioner (1970). I comme Icare (1979). Cannon for Cordoba (1970). Garçon ! (1983). One More Train to Rob (1971).

Manon des Sources (1986). The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). Jean de Florette (1986). Newman's Law (1974). IP5 (1991). 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).