Telly Savalas
Acting · Born 1922-01-21 · age 72 at death · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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).
Titles
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Dirty Dozen
The Twilight Zone
Kelly's Heroes
The Muppet Movie
Cape Fear
Capricorn One
Bonanza
Cannonball Run II
Birdman of Alcatraz
Horror Express
Battle of the Bulge
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Mackenna's Gold
The Love Boat
Lisa and the Devil
Kojak
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
The Untouchables
Escape to Athena
The Scalphunters
Combat!
Violent City
The Assassination Bureau
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
The Equalizer
Faceless
Alice
The Fugitive
Genghis Khan
Tales of the Unexpected
The Slender Thread
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Pretty Maids All in a Row
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
The Young Savages
Alice in Wonderland
The Virginian
The House of Exorcism
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Pancho Villa
The Commish
77 Sunset Strip
The F.B.I.
A Town Called Bastard
Johnny Cool
The Karate Killers
Killer Force
The Red Skelton Show
Sonny and Jed
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Mad Dog Coll
Ben Casey
Redneck
Inside Out
The Killer Is on the Phone
Naked City
Cimarron Strip