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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-01-21 (103 years old)

Place of Birth

Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Telly Savalas

Biography:

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).

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Known For

Acting

2022

2021

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2020

2012

Remote Control Magic: The Movie as Self (archive footage)

2011

Paul Williams Still Alive as Self (archive footage)

2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as Self (archive footage)

2006

1995

Backfire! as Most Evil Man

1994

Mind Twister as Richard Howland

1991

Perfect Crimes as Self - Narrator
Rose Against the Odds as George Parnassus
The Commish as Tommy Colette

1990

Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Inspector Theo Kojak
Kojak: None So Blind as Inspector Theo Kojak
Kojak: It's Always Something as Inspector Theo Kojak

1989

Kojak: Ariana as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Kojak: Fatal Flaw as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

1988

Faceless as Terry Hallen

1987

Kojak: The Price of Justice as Inspector Theo Kojak
J.J. Starbuck as The Greek

1986

1985

Beyond Reason as Dr. Nicholas Mati
Kojak: The Belarus File as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
The Equalizer as Brother Joseph Heiden
Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat

1984

The Cartier Affair as Phil Drexler

1982

Fake-Out as Lt. Thurston

1981

Hellinger's Law as Nick Hellinger

1980

The Border as Frank Cooper

1979

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Captain Stefan Svevo
The Muppet Movie as El Sleazo Tough
Okay as Self
The French Atlantic Affair as Fr. Craig Dunleavy

1977

Capricorn One as Albain
The Love Boat as Dr. Fabian Cain

1976

Killer Force as Webb
Joys as Self

1975

Inside Out as Harry Morgan
The House of Exorcism as Leandro (archive footage)

1974

Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
Dinah! as Self

1973

Redneck as Memphis
She Cried Murder as Inspector Joe Brody
The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Lt. Theo Kojak
Kojak as Theo Kojak

1972

Horror Express as Captain Kazan
Pancho Villa as Pancho Villa
Crime Boss as Don Vincenzo
The Killer Is on the Phone as Ranko Drasovic
Sonny and Jed as Sheriff Franciscus
Visions... as Lt. Phil Keegan
Musikladen as Self

1971

A Town Called Hell as Don Carlos
Pretty Maids All in a Row as Captain Sam Surcher
Mongo's Back in Town as Lieutenant Pete Tolstad
Clay Pigeon as Redford
Disco as Self

1970

Kelly's Heroes as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
Violent City as Al Weber

1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Land Raiders as Vince Carden
Mackenna's Gold as Sergeant Tibbs
The Assassination Bureau as Lord Bostwick
Crooks and Coronets as Herbie Haseler

1968

The Scalphunters as Jim Howie
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Walter Braddock
Sol Madrid as Emil Dietrich

1967

The Dirty Dozen as Archer Maggott
The Karate Killers as Count De Fanzini
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1966

Beau Geste as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau

1965

Genghis Khan as Shan
Battle of the Bulge as Sgt. Guffy
The Slender Thread as Dr. Joe Coburn
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Macmuid (uncredited)
The F.B.I. as Ed Clementi
Run for Your Life as Istvan Zabor

1964

The New Interns as Dr. Dominic Riccio
Fanfare for a Death Scene as Ilchidai Khan
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Count Valeriano De Fanzini

1963

Johnny Cool as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
Love Is a Ball as Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle)
Burke's Law as Fakir George O'Shea
Arrest and Trial as Frank Santo
The Fugitive as Steve Keller
The Fugitive as Victor Leonetti
The Fugitive as Dan Polichek
Burke's Law as Balakirov aka Richard Goldtooth
Burke's Law as Charlie Prince
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Ramon Castillo / Raymond Castle

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz as Feto Gomez
Cape Fear as Private Detective Charles Sievers
The Interns as Dr. Dominic Riccio
Combat! as Colonel Kapsalis
The Virginian as 'Colonel' Bliss
Combat! as Jon
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Philadelphia Harry

1961

Mad Dog Coll as Lt. Dawson
The Young Savages as Detective Lt. Gunderson
Cain's Hundred as Frank Meehan
Acapulco as Mr. Carver
The New Breed as Dr. Buel Reed
Cain's Hundred as Harry Remick

1960

The Aquanauts as Paul Price

1959

The Twilight Zone as Erich Streator
Bonanza as Charles Augustus Hackett
The Untouchables as Leo Stazak

1958

Naked City as Gabriel Hody
77 Sunset Strip as Brother Hendricksen

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Self / Tex

1950

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Directing

1985

Beyond Reason as Director

1973

Kojak as Director

Writing

1985

Beyond Reason as Writer

Sound

1972

Pancho Villa as Songs