Starbuck in the series Battlestar Galactica from 1978 to 1979. One of his best known roles came as Templeton “Faceman” Peck on The A-Team from 1983 to 1987. He had a cameo in the 2010 movie version of The A-Team. Benedict appeared in episodes of Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Baywatch, The Commish, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Murder, She Wrote. He survived prostate cancer in the 1970s and credited a macrobiotic diet. Dirk married actress Toni Hudson in 1986 and the couple divorced in 1995. He had two songs with Hudson and discovered he had another son who had been given up for adoption in 1998.