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George Peppard (1928-1994) was an American film and television actor. Peppard had a very successful film career in the 1960s. His star wattage dimmed in the 1970s, but he roared back to fame when he appeared in the television series, The A-Team, from 1983 to 1987. His IMDb page shows over 58 acting credits from 1954 to 1994. This page will rank George Peppard movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
George Peppard Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
George Peppard Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb Trivia On George Peppard
1. George Peppard, Jr. was born October 1, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan
2. George Peppard studied at the famed Actors’ Studio, with renowned acting coach, Lee Strasberg. One of his classmates was Rip Torn.
3. George Peppard was the original choice for Steve McQueen’s role in The Magnificent Seven (1960).
4. The uncredited voice of the “terrifying man” in 1963’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s, tearing up Holly’s apartment is actually George Peppard, who years later used his voice talents as a hallmark of his master-of-disguise character on The A-Team (1983), where he always did his own alternate voices rather than having a dub double.
5. 1978’s Five Days From Home was George Peppard’s debut as a feature film director and producer. He produced the film through his independent company, Long Rifle Productions. In a 25 Jan 1979 Hollywood Reporter article, Peppard stated that he was the main investor and sold his car and other assets in order to raise money for his film project.
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Wow Bruce I thought this was an old page revived for his birthday or something. Can’t believe you too so long to do a page on Peppard. Better late than never and thanks for the share, much appreciated. 9000 views on that video, he was popular!
I’ve only seen 8 of the 28 films on the chart, less than I thought. I must have seen more as a kid, my parents were big fans of Peppard and the A-Team.
Favorites – Breakfast at Tiffanys, How the West Was Won, The Carpetbaggers, Damnation Alley, Battle Beyond the Stars, Tobruk, Operation Crossbow and my favorite (and most watched) George Peppard film – The Blue Max.
How the West Was Won was huge and that was just the domestic grosses, good to see The Blue Max was a moneymaker too.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
(jumps up and down waving arms)
🙂
Hey Stefan…..I see ya….it just took a little while to respond…..between being a teacher and a student…February and March have been crazy busy. My college is closed…and when it re-opens I will have all on-line classes. My school is closed….but we are training to teach on-line if schools do not open for awhile. Crazy times we are in right now.
Hey Steve…thanks for the thoughts on George Peppard. Tally count….9 for Flora, 8 for you and Bob and myself at 7. The reason for his delay in getting an UMR page was all his low budget 1970s movies….I did not think I had enough of his movies for the page to be called…ultimate movie rankings. I loved The A-Team. It was very popular when it first aired. Looking at your favorites…I have seen 5 of them. Damnation Alley (saw that one in theaters) and Battle Beyond The Stars are guilty pleasures. I want to see Operation Crossbow and The Carpetbaggers….and one day I will. Thanks for the vote up and the kind words.
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George Peppard was once on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (20 years ago). Alas he has fallen by the wayside. These are the actors on the current list he has appeared with.
28 TREVOR HOWARD Operation Crossbow (1965)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON How the West Was Won (1962)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Pork Chop Hill (1959)
44 JAMES MASON The Blue Max (1966)
53 JOHN SAXON Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
57 ORSON WELLES House of Cards (1968)
90 MARTIN LANDAU Pork Chop Hill (1959)
97 JEANNE MOREAU The Victors (1963)
97 JEANNE MOREAU Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
100 ELI WALLACH How the West Was Won (1962)
100 ELI WALLACH The Victors (1963)
102 RIP TORN Pork Chop Hill (1959)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Home from the Hill (1960)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Subterraneans (1960)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Third Day (1965)
111 RICHARD HARRIS Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
120 JOHN MILLS Operation Crossbow (1965)
131 ROBERT VAUGHN Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
146 MARTIN BALSAM Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
146 MARTIN BALSAM The Carpetbaggers (1964)
165 PETER FONDA The Victors (1963)
172 MICKEY ROONEY Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
175 BEN GAZZARA The Strange One (1957)
216 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL From Hell to Victory (1979)
230 JEFF COREY Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
250 JOHN VERNON One More Train to Rob (1971)
269 JOHN WAYNE How the West Was Won (1962)
297 HENRY FONDA How the West Was Won (1962)
302 GREGORY PECK How the West Was Won (1962)
302 GREGORY PECK Pork Chop Hill (1959)
325 ALBERT FINNEY The Victors (1963)
339 SOPHIA LOREN Operation Crossbow (1965)
381 FERDY MAYNE Operation Crossbow (1965)
381 FERDY MAYNE The Tigress (1992)
393 JAMES REMAR Silence Like Glass (1989)
393 JAMES REMAR The Tigress (1992)
409 MICHAEL LERNER Newman’s Law (1974)
410 WOODY STRODE Pork Chop Hill (1959)
422 PETER VAUGHAN The Victors (1963)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK How the West Was Won (1962)
443 SAM WANAMAKER From Hell to Victory (1979)
446 SENTA BERGER The Victors (1963)
459 ANTHONY QUAYLE Operation Crossbow (1965)
475 HORST BUCHHOLZ From Hell to Victory (1979)
504 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE P.J. (1968)
517 ELKE SOMMER The Victors (1963)
535 LESLIE CARON The Subterraneans (1960)
540 DOM DELUISE What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
563 ROBERT BROWN Hit Man (1982)
563 ROBERT BROWN Operation Crossbow (1965)
566 LILLI PALMER Operation Crossbow (1965)
580 CLIFTON JAMES The Strange One (1957)
595 SLIM PICKENS Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
610 PAT HINGLE The Strange One (1957)
619 JOHN LE MESURIER Operation Crossbow (1965)
624 LAMBERT WILSON FROM HELL TO VICTORY (1979)
629 ALLAN CUTHBERTSON OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
634 DEBBIE REYNOLDS How the West Was Won (1962)
635 GEORGE BAKER THE EXECUTIONER (1970)
658 ALEXANDRA STEWART Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
661 ANN DORAN The Carpetbaggers (1964)
665 MAURICE DENHAM Operation Crossbow (1965)
688 ROBERT WEBBER The Third Day (1965)
689 ANTON DIFFRING Operation Crossbow (1965)
689 ANTON DIFFRING The Blue Max (1966)
691 DUB TAYLOR Home from the Hill (1960)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The Third Day (1965)
715 LEE VAN CLEEF How the West Was Won (1962)
746 RICHARD JOHNSON Operation Crossbow (1965)
792 MAURICE RONET THE VICTORS (1963)
793 MARIANNE STONE The Victors (1963)
794 JOAN COLLINS The Executioner (1970)
803 BRUCE PAYNE SILENCE LIKE GLASS (1989)
805 CHARLES LANE The Carpetbaggers (1964)
805 CHARLES LANE What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
809 ALDO SAMBRELL Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
816 PAUL WINFIELD Damnation Alley (1977)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON From Hell to Victory (1979)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON Home from the Hill (1960)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON The Victors (1963)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD The Victors (1963)
866 PERCY HERBERT Tobruk (1967)
878 ROMY SCHNEIDER The Victors (1963)
909 JAMES STEWART How the West Was Won (1962)
940 SYLVIA SIMS Operation Crossbow (1965)
942 RUSS TAMBLYN How the West Was Won (1962)
955 RAF VALLONE Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
984 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
HM (830) NORMAN ROSSINGTON TOBRUK (1967)
HM (872) JACK WATSON TOBRUK (1967)
HM (972) GORDON JACKSON OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
Who knew Operation Crossbow had so many connections.
George appeared with 13 Oscar winners, Mr. T was not one of them.
AUDREY HEPBURN Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
GREGORY PECK How the West Was Won (1962)
GREGORY PECK Pork Chop Hill (1959)
HENRY FONDA How the West Was Won (1962)
JAMES STEWART How the West Was Won (1962)
JOHN MILLS Operation Crossbow (1965)
JOHN WAYNE How the West Was Won (1962)
KARL MALDEN How the West Was Won (1962)
MARTIN BALSAM Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
MARTIN BALSAM The Carpetbaggers (1964)
MARTIN LANDAU Pork Chop Hill (1959)
PATRICIA NEAL Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
SOPHIA LOREN Operation Crossbow (1965)
SPENCER TRACY How the West Was Won (1962)
WALTER BRENNAN How the West Was Won (1962)
How about The Victors, all those connections and no Oscar winners in its cast.
Now the comment is on twice.
Hey Dan….I got rid of the extra comment.
Hey Dan. Thanks for sharing this information….and sorry that it took you a few tries to get the comment on the forum. Not surprised George Peppard is not on the Oracle list anymore. He really only had about 10 years as a movie star. Looks like George Hamilton is his most frequest Oracle co-star. I agree…it is somewhat strange that Operation Crossbow connects him so much…I am not surprised I see How The West Was Won so much. Only 13 Oscar winning co-stars…and 6 come from one movie…HTWWW. I have not seen The Victors…but I want to. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 9 George Peppard movies, all of them in the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is How The West Was Won.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Victors.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Rough Night in Jericho.
Favourite George Peppard Movies:
How The West Was Won
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Pork Chop Hill
Home From the Hill
Operation Crossbow
The Blue Max
The Carpetbaggers
Other George Peppard Movies I Have Seen:
Tobruk
Rough Night in Jericho
I was a fan of A-Team when it aired.
A funny anecdote that Bob might enjoy – George Hamilton told a story about how he and George Peppard were approached by a bunch of fans one day. One woman looked at Peppard and asked him “Are You a movie star?” Peppard answered “No. I’m an actor.”
The lady then turned to George Hamilton and asked him ” Are you an actor?” Hamilton said “No. I’m a movie star.”
I love this story, because it shows just how much humour George Hamilton has about himself and his acting ability.
Hey Flora…thanks for the thoughts on George Peppard….another Joel subject off the list. Tally count 9 for you 7 for Bob and 7 for me. I have still not seen The Carpetbaggers….but one day I will track that one down. I liked the George story. I was just re-watching Once Upon A Time In Hollywood tonight…George Peppard gets two shout outs in the movie. Number 1. George’s name is on a marque that is advertising his Pendulum….and later Leonardo tells a story of being in the running for The Great Escape if McQueen backed out….it was between Leo’s Rick Dalton and the three Georges….with Peppard being one of the three Georges. Good stuff as always.
George also-
(1) worked on the stage. Wikipedia selects for mention 5 of his plays between 1956 and 1992 and they include classics such as Sound of Music, The Pleasure of his company and The Lion in Winter
(2) was prolific on TV especially when his big screen career began to fade. I loved him as the insurance investigator Thomas Banacek in the 1972-74 series “Banacek”. However he was better known to television audiences for “The A Team” series from 1983-87; but I didn’t like him in that as his character Hannibal Smith was, for me, another of those egotistical, bombastic action heroes whom Steve and The Work Horse drool over so much.
His final acting appearance in any medium was in the year he died, a 1994 episode of the TV courtroom drama Matlock. That series starring the wonderful Andy Griffith initially ran from 1986-1995 and for the past 6 months I have been watching reruns of it; though I haven’t yet got to George’s episode [named The PI] a treat that still awaits me.
As well as liking George in Tiffany’s and Carpetbaggers I enjoyed him in The Blue Max, Rough Night in Jericho, New face in Hell/aka P J [with the marvelous Raymond Burr] and The 3rd Day. Those 4 movies attract an average rating of just 62.5% in Bruce’s tables above. But who cares? I’ve already gone into carefree holiday mode! In today’s dollars George had a net worth of $9 million when he passed away in 1994.
Hey Bob…good further information on his television and stage work. Sorry Banacek did not last very long..only 17 episodes. I was reading about his 1994 appearance on Matlock. It was an attempt to do a spin off….Andy Griffith only shows up at the end of the show…but Peppard’s health ended those hopes. Looking at both of your comments…it looks like your tally count is at least…and I would bet the house you have seen How The West Was Won…so 7 for you. My tally count is 7 as well. I actually saw Damnation Alley in theaters…I had no idea it was low budget…I loved it back then…and still vividly remember different parts of the movie…the cockroaches in Salt Lake City for example. Good stuff as always…hope your vacation goes well.
HI WH
Thanks for the detailed feedback. I appreciate you sharing the -new to me- additional Matlock information.
Andy’s loveable Matlock is a far cry from that obnoxious lout that he played years ago in Kazan’s A face in the Crowd.
Andy was also very different yet again and excellent as LBJ in all 6 episodes of Washington Behind Closed Doors TV 1977 mini series about Watergate. Though the Johnson character went under the alias of Esker Scott Anderson in the series, just as Richard Nixon was called Richard Monkton.
From my other comments overall below it will be appreciated that I warmly welcome George’s new page. George and I go back a nostalgic 60 years together now – so “Vote Up!”
I loved him in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and although Audrey got most of the [albeit well-deserved ]praise at the time, for me the film wouldn’t have been the same without George’s low-key gigolo.
That film is also a very nostalgic one for me personally as it was playing at the local cinema in an English town when as a member of Britain’s Armed Forces*** I arrived there in 1962 to take up a new post at the local military camp. In that year almost every time one turned on the radio the hunting Moon River from the film was being played
[***see: as a young man I too was an action hero Steve and I am not as big as even Laddie but they trained me to be a “mean, lean fighting machine”!!!]
I liked George too in The Carpetbaggers; and it has the historical distinction of being the last film in which Laddie ever beat anyone up [and of course he had done that many times on the screen]. So George was in Laddie’s last screen fist fight, which Alan won -he always did- near the end of the movie.
Unfortunately Ladd died reportedly the night Carpetbaggers was premiered, and he had stayed at home whilst his family went to the premier. He had passed away when they returned.
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on George Peppard and our your experience in Britiain’s Armed Forces. I can imagine Moon River being on the radio all the time…my mom loves that song and played that record all the time growing up. I agree with you about Peppard in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Good information on the Carpetbaggers. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE
Yes: in my days as a “Fighting Man” even Russell Crowe would have thought twice about crossing me. Now though even a classroom ‘softie’ like you could flatten me and – you wouldn’t have to train on those Philly steps to do it.
However age exempts one from certain things; nowadays nobody expects an elderly person who is not Arnie, Sly or Harrison Ford to outrun speeding trains and rescue ‘Fair Myrnas in Distress’!
They call me a dreamer and maybe I am;
But that’s how it’s just got to be.
I’m going to Egypt and maybe Siam,
‘Cause those faraway places with strange-sounding names
Keep calling, keep calling to me.
Interesting that your mom too was taken with Moon River. Not only does it bring back for me memories of my early days in the Armed Forces and travelling around England, but the song has stayed with me down the years as a beautiful piece of music in its own right. Certainly conjuring up as it does images of happy “faraway places” it is an appropriate piece to hum when one is going off on holiday!!
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way.
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waiting’ ’round the bend,
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me