Telly Savalas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 21, 1922 In Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the series Acapulco 1961-02-27
- Latest Project:
- Movie La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président 2022-01-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-07 |
| Movie | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-29 |
| Movie | Paul Williams Still Alive | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-11 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | Self (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Operation Dirty Dozen | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Backfire! | Most Evil Man | 1995-01-20 |
| Movie | Mind Twister | Richard Howland | 1994-03-16 |
| Movie | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1990-01-04 |
| Movie | Kojak: None So Blind | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1990-04-07 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Detective | Harry Bell | 1989-10-25 |
| Movie | Kojak: Ariana | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1989-11-02 |
| Movie | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1989-11-30 |
| Movie | Faceless | Terry Hallen | 1988-06-22 |
| Movie | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Maj. Wright | 1988-11-10 |
| Movie | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1987-02-21 |
| Movie | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Maj. Wright | 1987-03-01 |
| Movie | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Brother Joseph Heiden | 1987-09-23 |
| Movie | Beyond Reason | Dr. Nicholas Mati | 1985-09-26 |
| Movie | Kojak: The Belarus File | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1985-02-16 |
| Series | Alice in Wonderland | The Cheshire Cat | 1985-12-09 |
| Movie | Cannonball Run II | Hymie | 1984-06-29 |
| Movie | The Cartier Affair | Phil Drexler | 1984-11-03 |
| Movie | Silent Rebellion | Pete | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Fake-Out | Lt. Thurston | 1982-11-18 |
| Movie | Hellinger's Law | Nick Hellinger | 1981-03-10 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Cretzer | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | The Border | Frank Cooper | 1980-08-06 |
| Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Cretzer | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Stefan Svevo | 1979-05-18 |
| Movie | Escape to Athena | Zeno | 1979-05-21 |
| Series | The French Atlantic Affair | Fr. Craig Dunleavy | 1979-11-15 |
| Movie | The Muppet Movie | El Sleazo Tough | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Albain | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Killer Force | Webb | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | Joys | Self | 1976-03-05 |
| Movie | The House of Exorcism | Leandro (archive footage) | 1975-04-02 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Harry Morgan | 1975-10-19 |
| Movie | Lisa and the Devil | Leandro | 1973-05-08 |
| Movie | Redneck | Memphis | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Lt. Theo Kojak | 1973-03-08 |
| Series | Kojak | Theo Kojak | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | She Cried Murder | Inspector Joe Brody | 1973-09-25 |
| Movie | Sonny and Jed | Sheriff Franciscus | 1972-08-11 |
| Movie | Crime Boss | Don Vincenzo | 1972-08-08 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Captain Kazan | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | The Killer Is on the Phone | Ranko Drasovic | 1972-10-06 |
| Movie | A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Major Ward | 1972-12-27 |
| Movie | Pancho Villa | Pancho Villa | 1972-10-31 |
| Movie | Visions... | Lt. Phil Keegan | 1972-10-10 |
| Movie | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Captain Sam Surcher | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | Clay Pigeon | Redford | 1971-08-01 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Don Carlos | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | Mongo's Back in Town | Lieutenant Pete Tolstad | 1971-12-10 |
| Movie | Kelly's Heroes | Master Sergeant "Big Joe" | 1970-06-22 |
| Movie | Violent City | Al Weber | 1970-09-17 |
| Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Lord Bostwick | 1969-03-09 |
| Movie | Mackenna's Gold | Sergeant Tibbs | 1969-03-18 |
| Movie | Land Raiders | Vince Carden | 1969-07-27 |
| Movie | Crooks and Coronets | Herbie Haseler | 1969-04-02 |
| Movie | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1969-12-18 |
| Movie | Sol Madrid | Emil Dietrich | 1968-02-07 |
| Movie | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Walter Braddock | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | The Scalphunters | Jim Howie | 1968-02-29 |
| Movie | The Karate Killers | Count De Fanzini | 1967-04-07 |
| Movie | The Dirty Dozen | Archer Maggott | 1967-06-15 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Sgt. Maj. Dagineau | 1966-09-02 |
| Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Macmuid (uncredited) | 1965-03-24 |
| Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Pontius Pilate | 1965-04-09 |
| Movie | Battle of the Bulge | Sgt. Guffy | 1965-12-16 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Dr. Joe Coburn | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | Genghis Khan | Shan | 1965-04-15 |
| Movie | The New Interns | Dr. Dominic Riccio | 1964-06-01 |
| Movie | The Man from the Diners' Club | Mr. Martindale | 1963-04-17 |
| Movie | Love Is a Ball | Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle) | 1963-04-24 |
| Movie | Johnny Cool | Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo | 1963-10-02 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Private Detective Charles Sievers | 1962-04-12 |
| Movie | Birdman of Alcatraz | Feto Gomez | 1962-07-04 |
| Movie | The Interns | Dr. Dominic Riccio | 1962-08-08 |
| Series | Acapulco | Mr. Carver | 1961-02-27 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Lt. Dawson | 1961-05-12 |
| Movie | The Young Savages | Detective Lt. Gunderson | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | The Sin of Jesus | Felix | 1961-12-10 |