# What happened to Mr T's character on the A-Team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902 "2004-06-06T03:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/1 "2004-06-06T03:03:46Z")
I see from the IMDB entry for 'The A-Team" that show ran from 1983-1987, but Mr. T was only on from 1983-1984. How did they write the character out of the show? > **[The A-Team (TV Series 1983–1987) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/reference)** > > The A-Team (TV Series 1983–1987) Reference View ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/2 "2004-06-06T03:16:52Z")
IMDB is wrong. He was there for the whole series. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/3 "2004-06-06T03:17:24Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I see from the IMDB entry for 'The A-Team" that show ran from 1983-1987, but Mr. T was only on from 1983-1984. How did they write the character out of the show? > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/combined](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/combined) That’s wrong. The A-Team ran for five seasons, and Mr. T was still part of the cast at the beginning of that last season (1986-87) when the whole crew stood trial. I don’t recall that he was ever written out of the show, unless it happened in the last few episodes of that abbreviated final season. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/4 "2004-06-06T03:21:23Z")
If you read the Trivia section, IMDB is contradicting themselves. While the cast list says that Mr T was only on the show for 1983-1984, the trivia section mentions him being convinced not to quit in the 1985-1986 season. My memory jives more with the Trivia section. I can’t remember if he appeared in any of the same episodes as the latino guy they added at the end, but I remember him being in more than 1 season. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/5 "2004-06-06T03:57:02Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > If you read the Trivia section, IMDB is contradicting themselves. While the cast list says that Mr T was only on the show for 1983-1984, the trivia section mentions him being convinced not to quit in the 1985-1986 season. > > My memory jives more with the Trivia section. I can’t remember if he appeared in any of the same episodes as the latino guy they added at the end, but I remember him being in more than 1 season. Mr. T was getting involved wit hprofessional wrestling, which may be why he reportedly considered leaving. His tag-team partner Hulk Hogan was a guest star on several episodes in season four. As I said before, I know that Mr. T was on the show for at least the first few epsiodes of the final season, where the A-Team faced a court martial. The story line was that they were pardoned, and thus they stopped running from the government and started working for them. This ludicrous plot twist (plus the addition of Robert Vaughn) effectively killed thw show. [The Epguides listing](http://epguides.com/ATeam/) shows that only 13 episodes aired that season, and the air dates suggest the show was cancelled in December 86 (although two more episodes would air over the next 4 months). There was no formal series finale. So maybe Mr. T missed one (or all) of the final 10 epsiodes, but he definitely didn’t leave during the first 88. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/6 "2004-06-06T04:59:05Z")
Mr. T was on the A-Team all the way to the last episode. I do recall, however, that George Peppard is minimally present (never written out entirely, but it seems as if effort was made to give him a light schedule) in a few episodes of the last season; perhaps his health was failing even then. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/7 "2004-06-06T06:02:41Z")
After _The A-Team_, Mr. T grew a beard and a pair of breasts and joined the [circus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109838/). Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/8 "2004-06-06T07:28:48Z")
> [@Beauty Personified](#): > > After _The A-Team_, Mr. T grew a beard and a pair of breasts and joined the [circus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109838/). First one to post a link to a photo of Mr. T with the promised breasts wins a donkey! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/9 "2004-06-06T14:06:44Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > IMDB is wrong. He was there for the whole series. Yeah, I kinda thought he was, but since I didn’t watch the show much I figured I was wrong. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/10 "2004-06-07T06:24:29Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > First one to post a link to a photo of Mr. T with the promised breasts wins a donkey! This is the only [picture](http://www.alexwinterfansite.com/images/threat8a.jpg) I could find of Mr. T as “The Bearded Lady” in the movie [_Freaked_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109838/) (1993). And while the photo identifies one Karen Sercelj [sic] as “Sockhead” (the IMDb lists Karyn Malchus), that character was voiced by the infamous Bobcat Goldthwait. And the film was co-written/directed by Keanu Reeves’ better half from the “[Bill & Ted](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/)” films - Alex Winter. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/11 "2004-06-07T16:03:12Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > First one to post a link to a photo of Mr. T with the promised breasts wins a donkey! Can’t see the breasts too well with the baggy clothes, but [here he is](http://gravyboat.tripod.com/pics/especial/freaked.jpg) with beard and makeup promoting the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/12 "2004-06-07T16:05:17Z")
> [@Beauty Personified](#): > > After _The A-Team_, Mr. T grew a beard and a pair of breasts and joined the [circus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109838/). And dressed in drag for a Mother’s Day 1-800-COLLECT commercial. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/13 "2004-06-08T01:02:03Z")
**anson2995** , I couldn’t get your link to work. If you _really_ want the donkey, you’ll have to fight for it. **Beauty Personified** , you get major donkey points for posting a link to Mr. T as the bearded lady, but you lose points if you already knew of the existence of an Alex Winter fansite (but get double points if you found it through diligent research!). ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/14 "2004-06-08T01:54:00Z")
do I get any points for owning _ **Freaked** _ on Laserdisc? ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/15 "2004-06-08T14:33:08Z")
> [@dangergene](#): > > do I get any points for owning _ **Freaked** _ on Laserdisc? Two points for the courage to admit it in a public forum, but minus one if you’ve watched it more than once. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/16 "2004-06-08T15:34:13Z")
Don’t know…don’t care. But Mr. T was signing autographs at Randhurst Mall in Mt. Prospect, IL and I took my son there to meet him. He hugged and kissed my boy and I got a picture of them. It was actually very sweet. Then he cut down all the trees at his mansion and ended up on everyone’s shit list. But I saw him be a big ol’ softy. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/17 "2004-06-08T17:40:29Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Don’t know…don’t care. But Mr. T was signing autographs at Randhurst Mall in Mt. Prospect, IL and I took my son there to meet him. He hugged and kissed my boy and I got a picture of them. It was actually very sweet. "Just like the time I could have met Mr. T at the mall. The entire day, I kept saying, ‘I’ll go a little later, I’ll go a little later.’ And when I got there, they told me he just left. And when I asked the mall guy if he’ll ever come back again, he said he didn’t know. _sob_ Well, I’m never going to let something like that happen again!" ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/18 "2004-06-08T17:48:22Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > "Just like the time I could have met Mr. T at the mall. The entire day, I kept saying, ‘I’ll go a little later, I’ll go a little later.’ > > And when I got there, they told me he just left. And when I asked the mall guy if he’ll ever come back again, he said he didn’t know. _sob_ Well, I’m never going to let something like that happen again!" I pity the fool who waits til the last minute to see Mr. T. I pity the fool… ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/19 "2004-06-09T09:57:23Z")
> [@anson2995](#): > > Two points for the courage to admit it in a public forum, but minus one if you’ve watched it more than once. 😉 Jeepers! Well, you’ve got to admit the bit with the plane arriving is pretty damn funny! …We see the plane landing and then crashing, bursting into flames, all is very uncool, but then the camera pulls back and we see our two protagonists standing there. The guy from _Blossom_ says something like, ‘gee, I’m glad that wasn’t our plane. Hey man, are you ready yet?’ Besides, it’s got Mr T in it! Dammit, how could you NOT buy that if you saw it? ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902/20 "2004-06-09T09:58:54Z")
…what does the ‘T’ stand for anyways? I recall read it years back in the interview he did with _The Onion_ but I don’t recall. Isn’t that interview included in _Tenacity of the Cockroach_? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mr-ts-character-on-the-a-team/248902.md?page=2)