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:
- 70
- First Appeared:
- In the series Acapulco 1961-02-27
- Latest Project:
- Movie Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity 2020-11-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-29 |
| 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: It's Always Something | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1990-01-31 |
| Movie | Kojak: None So Blind | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1990-04-07 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Detective | Harry Bell | 1989-10-25 |
| Movie | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1989-11-30 |
| Movie | Kojak: Ariana | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1989-11-02 |
| 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 | Kojak: The Belarus File | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1985-02-16 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Escape to Athena | Zeno | 1979-05-21 |
| Movie | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Stefan Svevo | 1979-05-18 |
| Movie | The Muppet Movie | El Sleazo Tough | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | Beyond Reason | Dr. Nicholas Mati | 1977-01-01 |
| 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 | Confeso Por Coaccion | Lt. Theo Kojack | 1973-03-08 |
| Movie | Redneck | Memphis | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | Lisa and the Devil | Leandro | 1973-05-08 |
| Movie | She Cried Murder | Inspector Joe Brody | 1973-09-25 |
| Series | Kojak | Theo Kojak | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | Crime Boss | Don Vincenzo | 1972-08-08 |
| Movie | Sonny and Jed | Sheriff Franciscus | 1972-08-11 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Captain Kazan | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Major Ward | 1972-12-27 |
| Movie | The Killer Is on the Phone | Ranko Drasovic | 1972-10-06 |
| Movie | Clay Pigeon | Redford | 1971-08-01 |
| Movie | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Captain Sam Surcher | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Don Carlos | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | Mongo's Back in Town | Lieutenant Pete Tolstad | 1971-12-10 |
| Movie | Violent City | Al Weber | 1970-09-17 |
| Movie | Mackenna's Gold | Sergeant Tibbs | 1969-03-18 |
| Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Lord Bostwick | 1969-03-09 |
| Movie | Crooks and Coronets | Herbie Haseler | 1969-04-02 |
| Movie | Land Raiders | Vince Carden | 1969-07-27 |
| Movie | Sol Madrid | Emil Dietrich | 1968-02-07 |
| Movie | The Scalphunters | Jim Howie | 1968-02-29 |
| Movie | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Walter Braddock | 1968-10-23 |
| 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 | Genghis Khan | Shan | 1965-04-15 |
| Movie | Battle of the Bulge | Sgt. Guffy | 1965-12-16 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Dr. Joe Coburn | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | The Man from the Diners' Club | Mr. Martindale | 1963-04-17 |
| Movie | Johnny Cool | Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo | 1963-10-02 |
| Movie | Love Is a Ball | Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle) | 1963-04-24 |
| Movie | Birdman of Alcatraz | Feto Gomez | 1962-07-04 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Private Detective Charles Sievers | 1962-04-12 |
| Movie | The Interns | Dr. Dominic Riccio | 1962-08-08 |
| Series | Acapulco | Mr. Carver | 1961-02-27 |
| Movie | The Young Savages | Detective Lt. Gunderson | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Lt. Dawson | 1961-05-12 |