Who Is George Peppard’s Wife?

George’s last acting role was as Max Morgan on a March 1994 episode of Matlock (1986). This whodunnit pilot episode for a proposed spin-off series co-starred Tracy Nelson as his one-time estranged daughter Jesse, with “Matlock” star Andy Griffith appearing only briefly in the beginning of the episode. Sadly, George died of pneumonia that May, less than two months later, before the planned series could start filming.

Had a cancerous tumor removed from lung, so he quit smoking after many years (1992).

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 17, 1985.

Told the media how relieved he was shortly after The A-Team (1983) ended in 1986 because he likened the megahit series to “an out-of-control freight train that would never stop!”.

Was originally chosen to play Blake Carrington on the television series Dynasty (1981), but was fired from the role after disagreements with the series’ producers.

In the mid-1980s, he again obtained success on television as Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of The A-Team (1983).

Made an infamous appearance on Password Plus (1979), expressing dissatisfaction with NBC executives watching them “as if you’re some sort of crook” (1979).

With his film roles becoming increasingly uninteresting, he acted in, directed and produced the drama Five Days from Home (1978), but the result was rather disappointing.

He was in the running to replace Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes in Alias Smith and Jones (1971).

In the early 1970s, his declining popularity was temporarily boosted thanks to the television series Banacek (1972).

He reached the peak of his popularity in another such lavish production, The Blue Max (1966), in which he effectively played an obsessively competitive German flying officer during World War I.

It was announced that he was to star in MGM’s “Merrily We Roll Along”, based on the Broadway stage hit and due to film on June 1965, with George Seaton as the director.

Appeared in one film nominated for Best Picture Oscar: How the West Was Won (1962).

He then established himself as a leading man, giving arguably his most memorable film performance as Audrey Hepburn’s love interest in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961).

He started getting noticed when he played Robert Mitchum’s illegitimate son in the popular melodrama Home from the Hill (1960).

Seen by the studios as a promising young star, Peppard was subsequently cast in some of the major blockbusters of the early/mid-1960s: How the West Was Won (1962), The Victors (1963), The Carpetbaggers (1964) and Operation Crossbow (1965).

However, by the late 1960s, he seemed to settle as a tough lead in more average, often hokum, adventures, including House of Cards (1968), Cannon for Cordoba (1970) and The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972).

Handsome and elegant George Peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, but was too often cast in undemanding action roles. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957).