Bang the Drum Slowly
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Bang the Drum Slowly is a novel by Mark Harris, first published in 1956 by Knopf. The novel is the second in a series of four novels written by Harris that chronicles the career of baseball player Hen
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George Peppard
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George Peppard was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and later portrayed a character based
Bang the Drum Slowly
…and was broadcast live on the U.S. Steel Hour on September 24, 1956. It featured Paul Newman as Wiggen and Albert Salmi as catcher Bruce Pearson. George Peppard appeared as Piney Woods, the country-boy ballplayer who sings the ballad from which the novel's title is derived. The TV adaptation was faithful to the…
Peppard in 1964
Linda Evans and Peppard in TV's Banacek (1974)
Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)