Telly Savalas
Acting
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).
Born: January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Filmography (106)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Backfire!
1995
Mind Twister
1994
The Commish
1991
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
1990
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
Faceless
1988
J.J. Starbuck
1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Equalizer
1985
The Cartier Affair
1984
Cannonball Run II
1984
Fake-Out
1982
The Border
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
The Muppet Movie
1979
Escape to Athena
1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Capricorn One
1977
The Love Boat
1977
Black Aphrodite
1977
Alice
1976
Killer Force
1976
Inside Out
1975
The House of Exorcism
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi Première
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
Dinah!
1974
Am laufenden Band
1974
Kojak
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Lisa and the Devil
1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Redneck
1973
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
Musikladen
1972
Pancho Villa
1972
The Killer Is on the Phone
1972
Horror Express
1972
Sonny and Jed
1972
A Town Called Bastard
1971
Clay Pigeon
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
Disco
1971
Violent City
1970
Kelly's Heroes
1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Land Raiders
1969
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
The Scalphunters
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Dirty Dozen
1967
The Karate Killers
1967
Beau Geste
1966
Battle of the Bulge
1965
The Slender Thread
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
Genghis Khan
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Rogues
1964
Top of the Pops
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Johnny Cool
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
Love is a Ball
1963
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
The Dakotas
1963
Combat!
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Interns
1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
Cape Fear
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The New Breed
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Young Savages
1961
Mad Dog Coll
1961
The Aquanauts
1960
The Detectives
1959
The Untouchables
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Bonanza
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Naked City
1958
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Bambi
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944