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Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

Actor · Born 1922-01-21 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

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Biography

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American film and television actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). His other movie credits include The Young Savages (1961), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Scalphunters (1968), supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), Inside Out (1975) and Escape to Athena (1979).

Movies & TV Shows

  1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
  2. The Dirty Dozen (1967) — Archer Maggott
  3. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Erich Streator
  4. Kelly's Heroes (1970) — Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
  5. The Muppet Movie (1979) — El Sleazo Tough
  6. Cape Fear (1962) — Private Detective Charles Sievers
  7. Capricorn One (1977) — Albain
  8. Bonanza (1959) — Charles Augustus Hackett
  9. Cannonball Run II (1984) — Hymie
  10. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) — Feto Gomez
  11. Horror Express (1972) — Captain Kazan
  12. Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Sgt. Guffy
  13. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Pontius Pilate
  14. Mackenna's Gold (1969) — Sergeant Tibbs
  15. The Love Boat (1977) — Dr. Fabian Cain
  16. Lisa and the Devil (1973) — Leandro
  17. Kojak (1973) — Theo Kojak
  18. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) — Captain Stefan Svevo
  19. The Untouchables (1959) — Leo Stazak
  20. Escape to Athena (1979) — Zeno
  21. The Scalphunters (1968) — Jim Howie
  22. Combat! (1962) — Colonel Kapsalis
  23. Violent City (1970) — Al Weber
  24. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  25. The Assassination Bureau (1969) — Lord Bostwick
  26. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Philadelphia Harry
  27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Count Valeriano De Fanzini
  28. A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) — Major Ward
  29. The Carol Burnett Show (1967) — Self - Guest / Various Characters
  30. The Equalizer (1985) — Brother Joseph Heiden
  31. Faceless (1988) — Terry Hallen
  32. The Fugitive (1963) — Steve Keller
  33. Alice (1976)
  34. Genghis Khan (1965) — Shan
  35. The Slender Thread (1965) — Dr. Joe Coburn
  36. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) — Maj. Wright
  37. Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021) — Self - Actor (archive footage)
  38. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Joe Brisson
  39. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) — Captain Sam Surcher
  40. Top of the Pops (1964) — Self

Directed

  1. Kojak (1973) — Director
  2. Beyond Reason (1982) — Director