caption death_date death_place children birth_place name birth_date alma_mater spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
peppard in 1964 8 may 1994 los angeles , california , u.s. bradford peppard , julie peppard , christian peppard detroit , michigan , u.s. george peppard 1 october 1928 pittsburgh playhouse carnegie mellon helen boucher 1975 1979 alexis adams 1984 1986 laura taylor 1992 davies 1994 -lrb- his death -rrb- 1954 1964 elizabeth ashley 1966 1972 sherry george peppard -lrb- 1964 -rrb- . jpg george peppard
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george peppard

george peppard , jr. -lrb- ; october 1 , 1928 -- may 8 , 1994 -rrb- was an american film and television actor .
peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside audrey hepburn in `` breakfast at tiffany 's '' -lrb- 1961 -rrb- , and later portrayed a character based on howard hughes in `` the carpetbaggers '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- .
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 '' .
