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.

Filmography

• 1996Sad? — (archive footage)
• 1992The Tigress — Sid Slaughter
• 1990Night of the Fox — Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel
• 1989Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders — Frank Doakey
• 1989Silence Like Glass — Mr. Martin
• 1988Man Against the Mob — Frank Doakey
• Matlock — Max Morgan
• 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
• The A-Team — John 'Hannibal' Smith
• 1982Target Eagle — McFadden
• 1982Twilight Theatre
• 1981Race for the Yankee Zephyr — Theo Brown
• 1981Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid — Jim Daley
• 1980Battle Beyond the Stars — Cowboy
• 1979Crisis in Mid-Air — Nick Culver
• 1979From Hell to Victory — Brett Rosson
• Tales of the Unexpected — Sergeant Guedo
• 1979Torn Between Two Lovers — Paul Rasmussen
• 1978Five Days from Home — TM Pryor, Director, Producer
• CHiPs — George Peppard (uncredited)
• 1977Damnation Alley — Maj. Eugene Denton
• Doctors' Hospital — Dr. Jake Goodwin
• 1975Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case — Dr. Samuel Sheppard
• 1975One of Our Own — Dr. Jake Goodwin
• 1974Newman's Law — Vince Newman
• Banacek — Thomas Banacek
• 1972The Bravos — Major John David Harkness
• 1972The Groundstar Conspiracy — Tuxan
• 1971One More Train to Rob — Harker Fleet
• 1970Cannon for Cordoba — Rod
• 1970The Executioner — John Shay
• 1969Pendulum — Capt. Frank Matthews
• 1968House of Cards — Reno Davis
• 1968P.J. — P.J. Detweiler
• 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? — Pete
• 1967Rough Night in Jericho — Dolan
• 1967Tobruk — Captain Kurt Bergman
• 1966The Blue Max — Lt. Bruno Stachel
• 1965Operation Crossbow — Lt. John Curtis
• 1965The Third Day — Steve Mallory
• 1964The Carpetbaggers — Jonas Cord Junior
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Buddy Wren
• 1963The Victors — Cpl. Chase
• 1962How the West Was Won — Zeb Rawlings
• 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's — Paul Varjak
• 1960Home from the Hill — Rafe Copley
• 1960The Subterraneans — Leo Percepied
• 1959Pork Chop Hill — Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
• Startime — Pat Lawrence
• 1958Little Moon of Alban — Dennis Walsh
• 1957The Strange One — Robert Marquales
• 1956Bang the Drum Slowly — Piney Woods
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Evan Wallace
• Matinee Theater
• The Alcoa Hour — Eddie Pierce
• Studio One — Kenny Chance
• Kraft Television Theatre

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2026Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Discovering Audrey Hepburn — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic — Self (archive footage)
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self
• Clive James' Postcard from — Self
• 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self (uncredited)
• Hollywood '84 — Self
• 1979An Almost Perfect Affair — Self (uncredited)
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• Miss USA — Self - Judge
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter