Born in Detroit, Michigan, son of a building contractor and an opera singer. Attended Dearborn High School, left school to serve in Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of Sergeant. Held jobs including disc jockey, bank clerk, taxi-driver, and motor-cycle mechanic before getting a degree in civil engineering. He went to Purdue University and graduated Carnegie Mellon, also earning a degree in Fine Arts. He then went to the Actors' Studio, going into stage work in New York. His first acting was on the radio, and he made his stage debut in 1949 in the Pittsburg Playhouse. Married for the 1st time in 1954 to Helen Davies, had two children - Bradford and Julie. They were divorced in 1965. He then married Elizabeth Ashley in 1966, whom he met on the set of "The Carpetbaggers." They were divorced and remarried, finally getting divorced in 1972 after having one child, Christian. In that same year he appeared in the pilot for the TV show "Banacek," which continued for 16 episodes.In 1976, he married again to Sherry Boucher, an actress who was 20 years younger than himself. In 1978 he attempted an unusual movie, entitled "Five Days from Home," which he produced, directed, and starred in after mortgaging his home to finance it. The film wasn't a success, so he went back to more run-of-the-mill movies afterwards. Things did not go well for a while following this: he missed an opportunity to have the starring role in a show that would become "Dynasty" (he was supposed to have John Forsythe's role); he divorced from Sherry in 1979; he had been drinking heavily for almost 30 years by then. He finally started to turn around his lifestyle by taking up hunting, jogging, and other sporting activities, moving to a smaller home and giving up much of the Hollywood lifestyle he was used to. Financial troubles continued, however, and he ended up working in touring theater companies, including a production of "The Sound of Music." Then came the offer of Hannibal Smith in "The A-Team," because Cannell wanted Peppard (even though the studio didn't, given his troublesome reputation. Around the same time he met actress and painter Alexis Adams, whom he married in 1984 and divorced in 1986. His last wife was Laura Tayor, whom he married in 1992 till his death in 1994. George Peppard died of pneumonia on Sunday, May 8, 1994 at the University of Califonia, Los Angeles Medical Center.
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