Hannibal Smith was the cigar chomping leader of the A-Team. The character of John Hannibal Smith was played by George Peppard. To the millions of fans of the A-Team, George Peppard was more commonly known as Hannibal Smith.

The Hannibal Smith character was named after the Carthaginian general who almost destroyed the Roman Empire 2200 years ago. Like that leader, John Hannibal Smith always had a master plan, one that rarely worked the way he planned it. Somehow at the end of every episode, all did work out for Hannibal Smith and his infamous A-Team! The leader of the A-Team was forever picking fights with the head honcho of the bad guys. George Peppard has a significant fan basis that remembers this legend of the 80's.