
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.

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 · as Paul Varjak

How the West Was Won
1962 · as Zeb Rawlings

Silence Like Glass
1989 · as Mr. Martin

Damnation Alley
1977 · as Maj. Eugene Denton

Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · as Cowboy

The Blue Max
1966 · as Lt. Bruno Stachel

Operation Crossbow
1965 · as Lt. John Curtis

P.J.
1968 · as P.J. Detweiler

Tobruk
1967 · as Captain Kurt Bergman

Pork Chop Hill
1959 · as Cpl. Chuck Fedderson

House of Cards
1968 · as Reno Davis

The Executioner
1970 · as John Shay

Home from the Hill
1960 · as Rafe Copley

The Victors
1963 · as Cpl. Chase

Night of the Fox
1990 · as Col. Harry Martineau / Max Vogel

Sad?
1996 · as (archive footage)

From Hell to Victory
1979 · as Brett Rosson

The Carpetbaggers
1964 · as Jonas Cord Junior