George Peppard

American screen actor who appeared in a total of 25 films, most famously Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Carpetbaggers (1964), along with the TV series Bancek (1972-1974), Doctor's Hospital (1975-1976) and the one which brought him the most notoriety, The A-Team (1983-1987).

He was a two-pack-a-day smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and successfully went into remission following surgery. Peppard had formerly dried out from booze in 1979.

Dark blond and ruggedly handsome, he was married in 1975 and had three children. Peppard made another marriage on 10 September 1992 to banker Laura Taylor. He racked up a total of four divorces, two from actress Elizabeth Ashley. Known as difficult in his professional and personal life, the versatile actor suffered long periods of unemployment. When not acting, Peppard lived on a ranch in Northern California with his family.

George Peppard died of pneumonia on 8 May 1994 at age 65 in Los Angeles, while still battling lung cancer.