George Peppard Net Worth

George Peppard's Quotes

• "Mine isn't a string of victories. It's no golden past. I'm no George Peppard fan" - to New York Post columnist Cindy Adams.
• "I turned into my own worst enemy" - Peppard said about his drinking after ex-wife Elizabeth Ashley wrote about it in her 1978 autobiography.
• Some people do better on their own. I don't. It sounds stupid to say, but it's true. I like women. I like them when they're little tiny babies, and I like them when they're old ladies, and I like them all in between. They please me.
• [on being fired from Dynasty (1981) after disagreements with the producers] Everyone thought I was crazed because of my career being in the dumps at the moment. I'm so glad I wasn't drinking. I bet a lot of people thought when I did certain things, I'd been drinking, and now they found out it wasn't the booze at all, it was me.

Interesting Facts about George Peppard

1. Born to George Peppard Sr., a building contractor, and his wife, Vernelle Rohrer, an opera singer. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at age 17 after graduating from Dearborn High School (Dearborn, Michigan). He later attended Purdue and Carnegie Mellon universities. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Purdue.
2. Father, with Elizabeth Ashley, of son Christian Peppard, who is a writer.
3. Had a cancerous tumor removed from lung, so he quit smoking after many years (1992).
4. Born at 8:29 pm EST.
5. In 1978, he conquered a serious drinking problem. He would spend much of his latter years helping alcoholics and working for various charitable organizations.
6. Studied at the famed Actors' Studio, with renowned acting coach, Lee Strasberg. One of his classmates was Rip Torn.
7. Told the media how relieved he was shortly after The A-Team (1983) ended in 1986 because he likened the megahit series to "an out-of-control freight train that would never stop!".
8. Was originally chosen to play Blake Carrington on the television series Dynasty (1981), but was fired from the role after disagreements with the series' producers.
9. He was in the running to replace Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes in Alias Smith and Jones (1971).
10. He was the original choice for Steve McQueen's role in The Magnificent Seven (1960).
11. Was a passionate Democrat, and championed health care reform before his death.
12. While attending Drama School at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, George had a weekend job at WLOA Radio in nearby Braddock. WLOA is where his famous "flow snurries" story came from - a story that he told hundreds of times over the years on various TV talk shows.
13. Made an infamous appearance on Password Plus (1979), expressing dissatisfaction with NBC executives watching them "as if you're some sort of crook" (1979).
14. Buried in Northview Cemetery in Dearborn, Michigan.
15. Father of Brad Peppard, Julie Peppard and Christian Peppard.
16. Peppard's widow, Laura Taylor Peppard, a former Palm Beach banker, is a licensed Mental Health Counselor who maintains a practice in Lake Worth, Florida.
17. Was originally cast as Blake Carrington on Dynasty (1981). During the shooting of the pilot episode, he reportedly clashed with the producers over the characterization of Blake Carrington. Peppard argued that the character was too similar to J.R. Ewing of Dallas (1978). Peppard was fired after three weeks of shooting. The role was recast with John Forsythe and all the scenes with Peppard were reshot.
18. It was announced that he was to star in MGM's "Merrily We Roll Along", based on the Broadway stage hit and due to film on June 1965, with George Seaton as the director.
19. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 17, 1985.
20. George's last acting role was as Max Morgan on a March 1994 episode of Matlock (1986). This whodunnit pilot episode for a proposed spin-off series co-starred Tracy Nelson as his one-time estranged daughter Jesse, with "Matlock" star Andy Griffith appearing only briefly in the beginning of the episode. Sadly, George died of pneumonia that May, less than two months later, before the planned series could start filming.