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Dirk Benedict and Judith Chapman in Galactica 1980 (1980)

Dirk Benedict and Rex Cutter in Galactica 1980 (1980)

George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, Walter Olkewicz, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)

Boy George and Dirk Benedict in The A-Team (1983)

George Peppard, Mr. T, and Dirk Benedict in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)

George Peppard and Dirk Benedict in The A-Team (1983)

Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies-Urich in Sssssss (1973)

Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies-Urich in Sssssss (1973)

Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Maren Jensen, Anne Lockhart, Laurette Spang, and Tony Swartz in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict and Markie Post in The A-Team (1983)

Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, and Dwight Schultz in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict and Michel Voletti in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict and Mindi Iden in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict and Edy Roberts in The A-Team (1983)

Deborah Shelton and Dirk Benedict in The A-Team (1983)

Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Anne Lockhart, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict and Herbert Jefferson Jr. in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

"Battlestar Galactica" Richard Hatch & Herb Jefferson Jr.

"Battlestar Galactica" Dirk Benedict & Herb Jefferson Jr.

Dirk Benedict in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, and Richard Hatch in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Dirk Benedict was born in Montana on March 1st, 1945. He was raised in the country, far away from anything connected with movies or acting. He gathered his first experiences in acting (on a dare) in a college production of "Showboat" where he got the main part. His father, a lawyer, died when Dirk was 18, which was hard for him to take. While working on Georgia, Georgia (1972) in Sweden, he made the first contact with a macrobiotic diet and changed his eating habits drastically. He was 26 at that time. A few years later, doctors found that he had cancer of the prostate. He refused to accept the usual treatment and moved away to a secluded cottage. Dirk managed to cure himself from cancer by following the rules of his macrobiotic diet. When he got his part as "Starbuck" in Battlestar Galactica (1978), the doctors stated that he was in good health. Dirk's main successes were "Battlestar Galactica" and The A-Team (1983) in which he played "Templeton - The Face - Peck". He was formerly married to actress Toni Hudson and has two sons (George and Roland).

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