About: | Handsome and elegant, George Peppard displayed considerable talent through his career but was too often cast in undemanding roles. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957). He started getting noticed when he played Robert Mitchum's illegitimate son in the popular melodrama Home from the Hill (1960). 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). Seen by the studios as a promising young star, Peppard was subsequently cast in some of the major blockbusters of the early/mid-'60s. By the late 1960s, however, he seemed to settle as a tough lead in more average adventures, which continued throughout the 70s until, in the mid-'80s, he again obtained success on television as the leader of "The A-Team". |
