Telly Savalas
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Feto Gomez
1962
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1969
The Dirty Dozen
as Archer Maggott
1967
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Pontius Pilate
1965
Mad Dog Coll
as Lt. Dawson
1961
Genghis Khan
as Shan
1965
Lisa and the Devil
as Leandro
1973
The New Interns
as Dr. Dominic Riccio
1964
Cape Fear
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
1962
Land Raiders
as Vince Carden
1969
Kelly's Heroes
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
1970
The Karate Killers
as Count De Fanzini
1967
Capricorn One
as Albain
1977
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Captain Stefan Svevo
1979
Cannonball Run II
as Hymie
1984
Violent City
as Al Weber
1970
The Scalphunters
as Jim Howie
1968
Horror Express
as Captain Kazan
1972
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Walter Braddock
1968
Battle of the Bulge
as Sgt. Guffy
1965
TV Appearances
Alice
1976
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Burke's Law
as Fakir George O'Shea
1963
Cain's Hundred
as Frank Meehan
1961
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Beret
1963
The F.B.I.
as Ed Clementi
1965
Tales of the Unexpected
as Joe Brisson
1979
Okay
as Self
1979
Naked City
as Gabriel Hody
1958
Kojak
as Theo Kojak
1973
Arrest and Trial
as Frank Santo
1963