From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work.
I learned a long time ago that if I was going to predicate my feelings on other people's opinions, I'd have no life at all.
I love to entertain an audience.
If they'll have me and the show does well, I could do this another two or three years.
It's fun playing a king, and the fun of playing this king in particular is the fun he has dominating and manipulating the people around him.
It's not that I'm knocking the movie and television work.
Some people do better on their own. I don't.
The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me.
There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.
You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.
In 1965, Peppard was nominated (and won third place) for a Laurel Award for Dramatic Performance, Male for his appearance in 1964's The Carpetbaggers.
In 1960, Peppard won an NBR award for Best Supporting Actor in his role in Home From The Hill.
Peppard made his film debut in 1957's The Strange One.
George's Star on the Walk of Fame for his contributions to the Motion Picture industry is located at 6675 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
In 1960, George won the Golden Laurel for Top Male New Personality.
In 1967, George was nominated for the Golden Laurel for Best Male Dramatic Performance for The Blue Max (1966). He received 5th place.
George had two children with ex-wife Helen Davies. A son named Brad, and a daughter named Julie.
George was married to Laura Taylor from 1992, until his death on May 8th, 1994.
George was married to actress Sherry Boucher from 1975 until their divorce in 1979.
George was married to Helen Davies from 1954 until their divorce in 1964.
George's mother was an opera singer before she married his father.
George's widow, Laura Taylor, was a banker in West Palm Beach, Florida when they met.
George studied at Purdue, and at Carnegie Tech.
Before becoming an actor, George took over fathers construction for a time. He also worked as a taxi driver, a fencing teacher, and as a DJ.
George was 6' (1.83 m) tall.
George was a passionate Democrat, and championed health care reform before his death.
George was in the running to replace Pete Duel as "Hannibal Heyes" in Alias Smith and Jones (1971).
George graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan.
George told the media how relieved he was shortly after The A-Team (1983) ended in 1986 because he likened the mega-hit show to "an out-of-control freight train that would never stop!"
In 1978, George conquered a serious drinking problem.
George was in the Marines.
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