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Telly Savalas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1922-01-21

Day of Death

1994-01-22

Place of Birth

Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Telly Savalas

Biography

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).

Filmography (91)

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self - Actor (archive footage)

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

2021
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Remote Control Magic: The Movie

2012
⭐ 6.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self

Operation Dirty Dozen

2006
⭐ 3.6 Role: Most Evil Man (Not Really)

Backfire!

1995
⭐ 3.8 Role: Richard Howland

Mind Twister

1994
No Image
⭐ 6.3 Role: Self - Narrator

Perfect Crimes

1991
⭐ 0 Role: Captain Kazan (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

1991
⭐ 7.0 Role: George Parnassus

Rose Against the Odds

1991
⭐ 6.3 Role: Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: None So Blind

1990
⭐ 6.7 Role: Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: It's Always Something

1990
⭐ 5.8 Role: Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

1990
⭐ 8.0 Role: Lieutenant Theo Kojak

Kojak : Error Fatal

1989
⭐ 7.5 Role: Lieutenant Theo Kojak

Kojak: Ariana

1989