George Peppard

Born: 1928-10-1

Birthplace: Detroit, southeast of Michigan

Height: 6' (1.83 m)

Profession: Actor, director, producer

Nationality: America

Graduate School: Carnegie Technical School

Representative Works: Breakfast at Tiffany's, the fifth day away from home, The A-Team

George Peppard (George Peppard, October 1, 1928-May 8, 1994) ^[1] , was born in Detroit, southeast Michigan, an American actor, director, and producer. His main works include " Breakfast at "Tiffany's ", "Fifth Day Away From Home", " The A-Team ", " Night of the Fox " and so on.

Early Experience

George Peppard was born in Detroit, southeast Michigan. He graduated from Andrew Carnegie Technical School and worked as an operetta singer. After being trained by the New York Actor Training Institute, inAnd TV shows.

Performing Experience

In 1957, he entered the film industry. In 1961, he received attention and praise for his "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (also translated as "Pearl of Light") . In 1978, he directed and starred in "The Fifth Day Away From Home"; in the 1980s, he starred in the TV series " The A-Team ", which received high ratings and praise. Died of pneumonia in May 1994.

George Peppard, partnered with Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film " Breakfast at Tiffany's ", played a man who wanted to be a writer. And to better understand the younger generation of "special forces" inseparable from cigars, tough guy commander actor TV.

He lived in Los Angeles at the age of 65 and died at the UCLA Medical Center. The cause was pneumonia, said Cheryl J. Kagan, his reporter representative. He was admitted to the hospital last Thursday because of breathing difficulties . In 1992, a cancerous tumor was removed from Mr. Peppard’s right lung, Ms. Kagan said.

In the 1970s, Mr. Peppard starred in a savvy Polish and American detective "Banacek," who ran on NBC from 1972 to 1974, and Jack Goodwin, a neurosurgeon, at the "Doctor" Hospital " NBC The medical drama in the 1975-76 season. The person in charge of "The A-Team"

But he is perhaps best known for his role in "The A-Team" at NBC John (Hannibal) Smith, a former army colonel leading a team of traitor Vietnam veterans who became mercenaries. The show, running on NBC from 1983-87, was a rated blockbuster, but some critics, who described it as a violent demolition derby caused a fire.

"The character may be the best part of my career," Mr. Peppard once told an interviewer. "This is a good script. It's hard to find a good script."

Mr. Peppard was born in Detroit, George Peppard elder, a construction contractor, and the only son of Vernelle Basil Peppard, an operetta singer and vocal teacher.

Although his major in the Purdue University System in the United States is civil engineering, he is an early participant in the core of Purdue. After continuing, he moved to the Andrew Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1955.

After moving to New York, he entered the actor's studio, where he learned the method with Listersberg. In 1956, he made his debut in "Summer Girl," by N. Richard Nash at the Longacre Theatre, with Pat Hinge, Arthur Storch and Shelley Winters production.

Later, his film debut "Strange One" (1957), adapted from Calderon Linghan's novel, about the brutal Southern Military Academy, Mr. Peppard returned in "His Company For Joy" (1958). After supporting roles in "Pork Chop Mountain" (1959) and "Home from the Mountain" (1960), Mr. Peppard won his first leading role, as opposed to Leslie Cullen in Jack Kerouac's novel The adaptation of the movie "Subterraneans." But that was not the case until he hit a writer "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and he received recognition as a box office draw to be kept by a rich woman.

His role as a playboy like Howard Hughes "Carpetbaggers" (1964) is to admire some critics, who praised his ability to play a powerful and lacking educated role.

Over 25 films that Peppard has starred in include "Operation Crossbow" (1965), "Blue Max" (1965), "House Card", (1969) and "The Executioner" (1970). He visited the country "Dad", a solo exhibition about Hemingway, and in "Winter Lion", by James Goldman. Recently, he set the TV series "Matlock" on March 3, which is a pilot series in which Mr. Peppard hopes to play a co-star with a private detective.

Personal Life

George Peppard was married twice, Elizabeth Ashley, who co-starred in "Carpetbaggers." Both parties ended in divorce. His second wife was Helen Davis, Sherry Boucher, Alexis Adams and Laura Taylor.

Two sons, Brad and Christian, and three granddaughters, throughout the Los Angeles area, except for Laura Taylor Peppard, he has a daughter, Julie survived.

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