"Mexican Slayride" is the feature-length pilot episode of the action adventure television series The A-Team. The pilot aired in its complete form originally, airing in North America on January 23, 1983. In syndication the pilot has been cut up into two parts, creating two episodes.
Mexican Slayride
Files on (clockwise from top): John "Hannibal" Smith, Bosco "B.A." Baracus, Col. Lynch and Templeton "Faceman" Peck.
Hannibal in his Aquamaniac suit.
Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists of the 1980s action-adventure television series The A-Team, played by George Peppard. The producers originally had James Coburn in mind to play the part of Hannibal, but it eventually went to Peppard.
John "Hannibal" Smith as he appears in the first and second season opening credits
Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith in the 2010 The A-Team film.