BANACHECK
2007-03-10 07:25:02 · 9 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
George Peppard
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"Banacek" (1972)
TV-Series 1972-1974 Directed by
Lou Antonio
Daryl Duke
Writing credits
Morton S. Fine
Theodore J. Flicker (writer)
Release Date:13 September 1972 (USA) more
Genre:Drama / Mystery more
Plot Outline:The adventures of proud Polish-American detective Thomas Banacek. Seasons:1 | 2 more
(Series Cast Summary - 3 of 12)
George Peppard ... Thomas Banacek (16 episodes, 1972-1974)
Ralph Manza ... Jay Drury (16 episodes, 1972-1974)
Murray Matheson ... Felix Mulholland (16 episodes, 1972-1974)
running time:90 min (16 episodes)
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:Mono
Filming Locations:Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA
Trivia:The cigars Banacek smoked were actually George Peppard's private stock of panatelas from Club 21 in New York (they were the same cigars he smoked as Hannibal Smith in "The A-Team" (1983)). more
Quotes:Thomas Banacek: Only someone with nothing to be sorry about smiles back at the rear end of an elephant.
"I make a good living at it," he says, referring to this terrible wave of crime lapping at the door of his headquarters in Boston, where insurance companies pay him a sizeable fee each time.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account", is his progenitor, also Harry Houdini, the magician who could make elephants disappear before a crowd of witnesses."
2007-03-10 07:27:38 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Handsome and elegant George Peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, but was too often cast in undemanding action roles. Following Broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in The Strange One (1957). He started getting noticed when he played Robert Mitchum's illegitimate son in the popular melodrama Home from the Hill (1960). He then established himself as a leading man, giving arguably his most memorable film performance as Audrey Hepburn's love interest in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Seen by the studios as a promising young star, Peppard was subsequently cast in some of the major blockbusters of the early/mid-'60s: How the West Was Won (1962), The Victors (1963), The Carpetbaggers (1964) and Operation Crossbow (1965). He reached the peak of his popularity in another such lavish production, The Blue Max (1966), in which he effectively played an obsessively competitive German flying officer during WWI. By the late 1960s, however, he seemed to settle as a tough lead in more average, often hokum, adventures, including House of Cards (1968), Cannon for Cordoba (1970) and The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). In the early 1970s his declining popularity was temporarily boosted thanks to the TV series "Banacek" (1972). With his film roles becoming increasingly uninteresting, he acted in, directed and produced the drama Five Days from Home (1979), but the result was rather disappointing. In the mid-'80s he again obtained success on television as the leader of "The A-Team" (1983).
2007-03-10 07:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Peppard
Banacek (one of the rotating NBC Mystery Movie series) was a short-lived, light-hearted detective TV series on NBC from 1972 to 1974. George Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a Boston-based freelance investigator who worked mostly for finder's fees offered by insurance companies by solving seemingly impossible theft cases. The show had a mixture of humor combined with rather intricate plots that never generated the ratings needed to keep it on the air. Despite the mediocre ratings, however, the show was well received by critics, and had been picked up for a third season. Alas, before the third season could start production, Peppard quit the show in order to prevent his ex-wife Elizabeth Ashley from receiving a larger percentage of his earnings as part of their divorce settlement.
2007-03-10 07:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by friendofb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Peppard in the TV series
2007-03-10 08:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Peppard. He also played Hannibal Smith.
2007-03-10 11:33:12 · answer #5 · answered by Valerie W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darren Mcgaven
2007-03-10 07:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex, Who is Georeg Peppard?
2007-03-10 07:30:48 · answer #7 · answered by Conductor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beethoven
2007-03-10 07:27:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh Oh Oh
I know this one!!!!
It was ..........................................................
OMG I can't remember!!!
I'm thinking to long - you're bound to have the answer by now!!!!
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added - george peppard of course!!!!! thanks to all for reminding me that was driving me mad!!!
2007-03-10 07:39:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋