Dirk Benedict another son, John Talbert (born 1968), from an earlier relationship, who had been given up for adoption. With the help of his adoptive parents, Talbert discovered and contacted his birth parents. Dirk Benedict 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". Benedict was born
J. Eddie Peck J. Eddie Peck John Edward Peck (born October 10, 1958) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles include Cole Howard on "The Young and the Restless" and Jake Martin on "All My Children". He lived in Joplin, Missouri during the 1970s and graduated in 1976 from Joplin Parkwood High School, where he was a member of the varsity tennis team. He attended Missouri Southern State University, where he earned a BA in marketing . Early in his career, Peck guest-starred on a number of popular television series, including "", "Highway to Heaven", "Cheers", "Murder, She Wrote" and