caption children birth_place name birth_date spouse signature image article_title birth_name occupation
dirk benedict at lucca comics and games 2011 3 helena , montana , united states dirk benedict 1 march 1945 toni hudson -lrb- 1986 -- 1995 ; divorced -rrb- dirkbenedict.png dirk benedict - lucca comics & games 2011.jpg dirk benedict
 dirk niewoehner film and television actor
dirk benedict

dirk benedict -lrb- born dirk niewoehner on march 1 , 1945 -rrb- is an american movie , television and stage actor who played the characters lieutenant templeton `` faceman '' peck in `` the a-team '' television series and lieutenant starbuck in the original `` battlestar galactica '' film and television series .
he is the author of `` confessions of a kamikaze cowboy '' and `` and then we went fishing '' .
