H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock

"''Hang on, everybody - I wanna try something I saw in a cartoon once!" ''- Murdock.

H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock  (Portrayed by  Dwight Schultz)  was the best chopper pilot of the Vietnam War who is either mentally unstable or  exceptionally good at pretending to be so. Although he was their pilot on the Hanoi bank raid, he was not officially part of the A-Team and so not tried by the military. Though interned at a psychiatric hospital, he routinely escapes to accompany the A-Team on their missions. The symptoms of his "insanity" varies from time to time, but generally includes self-identification with fictional characters, hallucinations, belief in the "intelligence" of inanimate objects, among others. He frequently refers to his invisible dog, "Billy". Unlike B.A., the initials "H.M." were never explained in terms of Murdock's actual name, and the nickname "Howlin' Mad" is simply attributed to him. He was permanently discharged from the hospital.