Telly Savalas

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

Died: 1994-01-22

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).

Filmography

• The Love Boat (1977)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
• Bonanza (1959)
• The Twilight Zone (1959)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Combat! (1962)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• The F.B.I. (1965)
• Run for Your Life (1965)
• Ben Casey (1961)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• The Commish (1991)
• Kojak (1973)
• Kojak (1973)
• The Detectives (1959)
• Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1990)
• The Aquanauts (1960)
• Cimarron Strip (1967)
• Garrison's Gorillas (1967)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
• Kelly's Heroes (1970)
• Cannonball Run II (1984)
• Capricorn One (1977)
• Battle of the Bulge (1965)
• Mackenna's Gold (1969)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• Johnny Cool (1963)