The A-Team: Cowboy George


1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Sunday, February 22 on Legend (41)

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About this Broadcast

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Cowboy George
Season 4, Episode 16

Culture Club frontman Boy George guest stars as himself in a plot that sees him mistaken for a country and western singer named Cowboy George. Action adventure, with George Peppard


General Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Mr T (Actor) .. BA Baracus
George Peppard (Actor) .. Hannibal Smith
Dirk Benedict (Actor) .. Face
Dwight Schultz (Actor) .. Howling Mad Murdock
Boy George (Actor) .. Himself
LQ Jones (Actor) .. Chuck Danford
Taylor Lacher (Actor) .. Miller
Ben Slack (Actor) .. Herm
London Donfield (Actor) .. DJ
Jon Moss (Actor) .. Culture Club
Mikey Craig (Actor) .. Culture Club
Roy Hay (Actor) .. Culture Club
Tony Mordente (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Mr T (Actor) .. BA Baracus
George Peppard (Actor) .. Hannibal Smith
Dirk Benedict (Actor) .. Face
Born: March 01, 1945 in Helena, Montana
Best Known For: Playing ladies' man 'Face' in The A-Team.
Early-life: Born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945, in Helena, Montana. Benedict initially tried out for a school play following a dare by a friend. He later won the lead role of Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat. The next three years were filled with many more musical productions. Upon graduation, Benedict began a two-year training programme under John Fernald, who had headed the Rada in London for 15 years. He then played repertory theatre in Seattle and in Ann Arbor, Michigan. An agent sent him to an audition which resulted in a co-starring role with Diana Rigg and Keith Michell in Abelard and Heloise, first on Broadway, then in Los Angeles.
Career: After further stage work, he appeared as a guest lead on Hawaii Five-O. The producers of a psycho-thriller called Sssssss saw his performance and promptly cast him as the lead in that movie. He next played the psychotic wife-beating husband of Twiggy in her American film debut, W. His career break came in 1978 when he appeared as Lieutenant Starbuck in the movie and TV series Battlestar Galactica. Four years later, Benedict gained further popularity in what is arguably his most famous role, as conman Lieutenant Templeton 'Face' Peck in 1980s action series The A-Team. He played this high-profile role from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, Benedict took the title role of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Abbey Theatre. Both his performance and the entire play were panned by critics. Since then he has worked sparingly, but won new fans with his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4 in 2007. He played King Rat in Dick Whittington in 2010 at the Milton Keynes Theatre and appeared in Peter Falk's iconic role as Lieutenant Columbo in that year's stage tour of Prescription Murder.
Quote: On the A-Team: 'I enjoyed it immensely. By nature I'm terribly serious, so as an actor I tend to want to be silly. It was a comedic show, almost like a cartoon. We just had to hang on to enough reality to make it possible for adults to watch it. The actors I worked with, especially Mr T and Dwight Schultz, were very funny people. It was pretty much four years of laughter.'
Trivia: He survived prostate cancer in the 1970s.
Dwight Schultz (Actor) .. Howling Mad Murdock
Boy George (Actor) .. Himself
Born: June 14, 1961 in Bexley, Kent
Best Known For: His stunning singing voice.
Early-life: Born George Alan O'Dowd in Eltham, Kent, on June 14, 1961. He comes from a working-class Irish background and has four brothers and a sister. George became interested in clothes and music at an early age thanks to his admiration of David Bowie. He performed his first gig as a DJ in 1979, but by then was already famous on London's club scene for his outrageous outfits and partying lifestyle. He was often seen with his friend Marilyn, who also had a brief spell as a pop star, at The Blitz, a club run by Steve Strange of Visage.
Career: George's flamboyant persona led Malcolm McLaren to employ him as co-lead singer in Bow Wow Wow, but the partnership proved short-lived. In 1982, George formed Culture Club with bass player Mikey Craig, drummer Jon Moss, and guitar and keyboards player Roy Hay. The group were a major success around the world thanks to George's image and singles such as Church of the Poisoned Mind and Karma Chameleon. The band split in 1986, but reformed in the late 1990s. The singer has enjoyed some solo success and penned two volumes of autobiography, in which he candidly discussed personal issues, including his battles with drug addiction. He also co-wrote hit musical Taboo and performs as a DJ. In 2013, he released his first solo album in 18 years called This is What I Do.
Quote: 'I think everybody wants to be famous now and they don't quite know why they want to be famous.'
Trivia: Arguably the strangest entry on George's CV is his appearance in an episode of The A-Team, in which he played himself.
LQ Jones (Actor) .. Chuck Danford
Taylor Lacher (Actor) .. Miller
Ben Slack (Actor) .. Herm
London Donfield (Actor) .. DJ
Jon Moss (Actor) .. Culture Club
Mikey Craig (Actor) .. Culture Club
Roy Hay (Actor) .. Culture Club
Tony Mordente (Director)
Stephen J Cannell (Writer)

Before / After

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The A-Team
12:00 pm
Impact
2:00 pm