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George Peppard

George Peppard
George Peppard
Born: Oct 01, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan
Died: May 08, 1994 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '60s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Blue Max, Home from the Hill
First Major Screen Credit: The Strange One (1957)
18 Videos for George Peppard
Die Tigerin (1992) The A-Team: Season 02 (1983) The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
Zwei Frauen (1990) Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) The Blue Max (1966)
Night of the Fox (1989) Da Dunkerque alla Vittoria (1979) Tobruk (1966)
The A-Team: Season 04 (1985) Newman's Law (1974) How the West Was Won (1962)
The A-Team: Season 03 (1984) Banacek: Season 02 (1973) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The A-Team: Season 01 (1983) Banacek: Season 01 (1972) Pork Chop Hill (1959)
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Biography:

Though actor George Peppard could have succeeded on his looks alone, he underwent extensive training before making his first TV and Broadway appearances. The son of a building contractor and a singer, Peppard studied acting at Carnegie Tech and the Actor's Studio. His early TV credits include the original 1956 production of Bang the Drum Slowly, in which he sang the title song.

He made his film debut in 1957, repeating his Broadway role in Calder Willingham's {+End As a Man}, retitled The Strange One for the screen. His star continued to ascend in such films as Home From the Hill (1960) with George Hamilton, and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) as the boyfriend/chronicler of carefree Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn).

He was also effective as James Stewart's son in How the West Was Won (1962), a characterization that required him to age 30 years, and as the Howard Hughes counterpart in The Carpetbaggers (1963), in which he co-starred with the second of his five wives, Elizabeth Ashley.

In 1978 he made a respectable directorial debut with Five Days From Home, but never followed up on this. A familiar television presence, he starred on the TV series Banacek (1972-1973), Doctors Hospital (1975), and The A-Team (1983-1987), and delivered a powerhouse performance as the title character in the 1974 TV-movie Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Case.

Forced to retire because of illness, George Peppard died of cancer in the spring of 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.