GEORGE PEPPARD - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1970 - HFSID 44931

GEORGE PEPPARD
Shown in a still from 1971's The Executioner
Inscribed Photograph signed: "For Joe/George Peppard". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 7½x8¾ (one surface). Publicity still for the 1970 film, The Executioner, which starred Peppard as British spy John Shay. ©1970, Columbia Pictures. Captioned at lower margin. In 1970, Peppard also starred in another feature film, Cannon for Cordoba. Stage, screen and television actor George Peppard (1928-1994) made his television debut in 1956 on The United States Steel Hour, and he would go on to appear on the small screen in a long list of series, including his best known roles, Polish American detective Thomas Banacek on Banacek (1972-1974) and Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith on The A-Team (1983-1987). Peppard also had a regular role as Dr. Jake Goodwin on Doctors' Hospital (1975-1976), and he appeared as a guest star on several TV series and was in a number of made-for-TV movies. A handsome and suave leading man, Peppard made his film debut in 1957's The Strange One, and he starred in such features as Pork Chop Hill (1959), Home from the Hill (1960), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), How the West Was Won (1962), The Victors (1963), The Carpetbaggers (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), The Blue Max (1966), Tobruk (1967), What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), The Executioner (1970) and Ultra Warrior (1990). Peppard's second wife (1966-1972) was actress Elizabeth Ashley, with whom he had a son, writer Christian Peppard. Lightly creased at blank margins and corners. Minor surface creases and impressions (most not evident head on), one crease at ear. Fine condition.