<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.dirkbenedictcentral.com </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage actor and author . He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series . He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing . </P> <P> Benedict was born Dirk Niewoehner in Helena, Montana, the son of Priscilla Mella (née Metzger), an accountant, and George Edward Niewoehner, a lawyer . He grew up in White Sulphur Springs, Montana . He graduated from Whitman College in 1967 . Benedict allegedly chose his stage name from a serving of Eggs Benedict he had prior to his acting career . </P>

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