7 of John Hannibal Smith's best disguises from The A-Team
Howling Mad Murdock was the pilot of The A-Team, B.A. Baracus was the muscle, and Faceman Peck the conman. John Hannibal Smith is the clear-cut leader of The A-Team. He comes up with plans (he loves it when those come together), tells the team who is doing what, and even gets his hands dirty from time to time, throwing away the nickname Hannibal for a wild disguise.
Hannibal has morphed into plenty of disguises to evade, sneak past, or, at times, make fun of the enemy.
Here are just seven of the wildest disguises only Hannibal Smith of The A-Team could pull off.
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Howling Mad's mother
When B.A.’s mother is being harassed in her Chicago home, the A-Team flies out, at the recommendation of B.A., to help. Part of the plan includes Hannibal portraying an elderly woman who is also Murdock's mother! Yes, when Hannibal is wheeled in to confront an adversary, he claims to be "Mrs. Murdock," the mother of "H.M." and head of an apartment tenant’s committee. With a list of complaints in hand, Mrs. Murdock is about to be thrown out of the office when things get a little heated with gunfire.
Police officer
This time, Hannibal screens his and The A-Team's next client by pulling him over as one of LA's finest. Officer Hannibal pulls over the driver for failing to come to a complete stop at an earlier intersection. When Hannibal offers to make the ticket go away with a bribe, the driver declines, saying, "I'd rather take the ticket." Instead of a ticket, Hannibal hands a note through the window saying, "You have just found The A-Team." Officer Hannibal likes an "honest" man, one who doesn't give out bribes!
Hot dog vendor
This is the second step of a verification process Hannibal uses in "When You Comin' Back, Range Rider" part one. He sells a cold hot dog to a potential client and puts further information on a napkin. A previous disguise sends the client to the park to find a dog at 11:00 a.m. According to Hannibal, he has "a contract with the city" and will be the only vendor in the whole park!
Robot
A technology convention, featuring new computers, software, and other electronics, is the meeting place for The A-Team's next client. Enter "Rocky the Robot," who follows the client into an elevator, taking her to the convention center's basement. The rest of The A-Team is waiting, and Hannibal's "elaborate ruse" comes to an end.
B-movie actor
This is a disguise, an unintentional one, but a disguise nonetheless! By day, Hannibal is trying to make it as an actor. In this B-movie, Hannibal plays a woman who is about to be attacked by some sort of creature. When Col. Lynch shows up looking for Hannibal, who is ironically using the alias "Lynch", he assumes Hannibal is behind the creature costume. While Lynch and his crew pull the mask off the creature, Hannibal escapes the movie set via motorcycle, wearing this costume.
Golf caddie
Fore! Look out for John Hannibal Smith on the back nine! Hannibal doesn't just use disguises when screening clients. He uses them to take down targets, too! Disguised here as a golf caddie, The A-Team's target has no idea he's about to be captured by Hannibal. With some help from Faceman and Howling Mad, who are holding up the game on the putting green, Hannibal removes his disguise and fires a warning shot to let the target know he bogeyed this hole.
Rock idol Johnny B
Johnny B is at a used-car lot, talking to Faceman (now a used-car salesman) about buying 12 stretch limos for his upcoming rock concert. The lavish Johnny B offers to put $50,000 as a down payment to a corrupt dealership owner. This disguise convinces the dealership owner, Johnny B, that he has several sold-out shows and a number of backstage passes waiting for him. After leaving the lot, Hannibal even says to his bodyguard, "You know, B.A., your gold looks really good on me." To which Baracus responds, "No, it don't!"