Telly Savalas
Acting

Telly Savalas

Born 21 January 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA · Died 22 January 1994

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).

Known for

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Dirty Dozen
The Twilight Zone
Kelly's Heroes
The Muppet Movie
Cape Fear
Capricorn One
Bonanza
Birdman of Alcatraz
Cannonball Run II
Horror Express
Battle of the Bulge
Backfire!
Mind Twister
Rose Against the Odds
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: It's Always Something
The Hollywood Detective
Kojak: Ariana
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Faceless
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Kojak: The Price of Justice
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Kojak: The Belarus File
Cannonball Run II
The Cartier Affair
Afghanistan For What?
Beyond Reason
Fake-Out
Silent Rebellion
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth
Hellinger's Law
The Border
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Escape to Athena
The Muppet Movie
Capricorn One
Black Aphrodite
Killer Force
Inside Out
Lisa and the Devil
Redneck
She Cried Murder
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Horror Express
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Pancho Villa
Crime Boss
The Killer Is on the Phone
Sonny and Jed
Visions...
A Town Called Bastard
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Mongo's Back in Town
Clay Pigeon
Kelly's Heroes
Violent City
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Land Raiders
Mackenna's Gold
The Assassination Bureau
Crooks and Coronets
The Scalphunters
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Sol Madrid
The Dirty Dozen
The Karate Killers
Beau Geste
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Genghis Khan
Battle of the Bulge
The Slender Thread
The New Interns
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Johnny Cool
Love is a Ball
The Man from the Diners' Club
Birdman of Alcatraz
Cape Fear
The Interns
Mad Dog Coll
The Young Savages
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