ACTOR

George Peppard

1928 - 1994

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George Peppard (; October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964). On television, he played the title role of millionaire insurance investigator and sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s mystery series Banacek. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Peppard has received more than 6,679,125 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). George Peppard is the 364th most popular actor (down from 287th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from United States (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 178th most popular American Actor.

George Peppard was an American actor who is most famous for his role as Major Frank Burns in the movie M*A*S*H.

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  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.98

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Peppard ranks 364 out of 13,578. Before him are Mithun Chakraborty, Alec Baldwin, Helena Bonham Carter, Marie Laforêt, Curd Jürgens, and Kate Winslet. After him are Diana Rigg, Bill Bixby, Juliette Gréco, Fanny Ardant, John Cleese, and Mylène Demongeot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, George Peppard ranks 38. Before him are Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Martin Landau, Alberto Korda, Domenico Modugno, Peyo, and Hans Küng. After him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Manfred Gerlach, Vera Rubin, Federico Bahamontes, Herbert Kroemer, and Carlos Fuentes. Among people deceased in 1994, George Peppard ranks 31. Before him are Dorothy Hodgkin, Guy Debord, Paul Delvaux, Telly Savalas, Domenico Modugno, and Robert Doisneau. After him are André Michel Lwoff, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Henry Mancini, Sergei Bondarchuk, Gian Maria Volonté, and Marija Gimbutas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Peppard ranks 662 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Graham (1918), Joe Louis (1914), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Michael Crichton (1942), James Rainwater (1917), and Dolly Parton (1946). After him are Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Bill Bixby (1934), David Copperfield (1956), Laura Branigan (1952), Colin Powell (1937), and Harper Lee (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Peppard ranks 178. Before him are Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Richard Kiel (1939), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gene Wilder (1933), Jeff Goldblum (1952), and Alec Baldwin (1958). After him are Bill Bixby (1934), Frances Farmer (1913), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Jane Russell (1921), Lana Turner (1921), and George Kennedy (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Paul Varjak
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Oct 6o 19617.671 / 10
The A-Team
John 'Hannibal' Smith
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
7.461 / 10
The Blue Max
Lt. Bruno Stachel
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Jun 21o 19666.8 / 10