George Peppard
George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. 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. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. BiographyPeppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. 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. Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers". The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. 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. Filmography
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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 the author of a play "The Aspen Papers" and four books:. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. He died in a Denham nursing home from Parkinson's disease in 1985, aged 77. The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. He is the father of the actor Corin Redgrave and the actresses Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave, and the grandfather of the actresses Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. 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 married to the actress Rachel Kempson for fifty years from 1935 until his death. 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. Redgrave was knighted in 1959. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. In the early 1950s, he starred in The Browning Version, The Importance of Being Earnest and 1984. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Redgrave moved to Hollywood after a successful career in the British theatre. His first major American role was opposite Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Peppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. His first major film role was in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where
he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. Born in Bristol, the son of the Australian silent film star Roy Redgrave and the actress
Margaret Scudamore, he graduated from Cambridge University
and was briefly a schoolmaster before becoming an actor in 1934. 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. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (March 20, 1908 - March 21, 1985) was an
English actor. George Peppard (October 1, 1928 -
May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. In My Mind's Eye. The Strange One (1957). Mask or Face. Pork Chop Hill (1959). The Actor's Ways and Means. Home from the Hill (1960). 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). |