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Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American film and television actor and singer whose career spanned four decades.
Top of the Pops
1964
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).
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 21, 1922
Died
January 22, 1994
Birthplace
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Also Known As
The Dirty Dozen
1967
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Sol Madrid
1968
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Capricorn One
1977
The Scalphunters
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
Land Raiders
1969
Cape Fear
1962
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Cannonball Run II
1984
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Lisa and the Devil
1973
Escape to Athena
1979
Johnny Cool
1963
The Muppet Movie
1979
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
+ 70 more movies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Top of the Pops
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Bonanza
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Love Boat
1977
Alice
1976
Combat!
1962
Combat!
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Ben Casey
1961
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
The Detectives
1959
+ 49 more TV shows
