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st. louis , missouri , u.s. 150px tim dunigan 2 august 1955 tim dunigan
 timothy p. dunigan
tim dunigan

timothy p. dunigan -lrb- born august 2 , 1955 -rrb- is an american actor who is best known for having played the lead role of captain jonathan power in `` captain power and the soldiers of the future '' .
he also played con-man 1st lt. templeton `` the face-man '' peck in the pilot for the 1980s hit `` the a-team , '' but was replaced by dirk benedict for the series .
the reason given for him being replaced was it was felt that he was too young for the role , though series creators frank lupo and stephen j. cannell had wanted benedict from the start , but were overridden by the network executives .
dunigan was born in st. louis , missouri to the late robert s. dunigan and his romanian-american wife olga dunigan argint .
according to the actor himself , `` i look even younger on camera than i am .
so it was difficult to accept me as a veteran of the vietnam war , which ended when i was a sophomore in high school . ''
he played the role of the titular frontiersman as a young man in the wonderful world of disney 's 1988 miniseries `` davy crockett : rainbow in the thunder '' .
he had guest-starring television roles on several hit series : `` cheers ; '' `` murder , she wrote ; '' `` empty nest ; '' `` beverly hills , 90210 ; '' and `` jag '' .
during a phone interview for g4 's `` attack of the show ! ''
program , it was revealed that dunigan quit acting and became a mortgage broker following his role in `` jag '' in 2002 .
dunigan was the nephew of the late sports announcer harry caray .
his uncle on his mother 's side , nicholas argint , was a veteran of world war ii , member of american legion post 111 in missouri .
