Telly Savalas
Acting
Born: 1922-01-21 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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).
Known For
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Dirty Dozen
Archer Maggott
The Twilight Zone
Erich Streator
Kelly's Heroes
Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
The Muppet Movie
El Sleazo Tough
Cape Fear
Private Detective Charles Sievers
Capricorn One
Albain
Bonanza
Charles Augustus Hackett
Cannonball Run II
Hymie
Birdman of Alcatraz
Feto Gomez
Horror Express
Captain Kazan
Battle of the Bulge
Sgt. Guffy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Pontius Pilate
Mackenna's Gold
Sergeant Tibbs
The Love Boat
Dr. Fabian Cain
Lisa and the Devil
Leandro
Kojak
Theo Kojak
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Captain Stefan Svevo
The Untouchables
Leo Stazak
The Untouchables
Wally Baltzer
Escape to Athena
Zeno
The Scalphunters
Jim Howie
Combat!
Colonel Kapsalis
Combat!
Jon
Violent City
Al Weber
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
The Assassination Bureau
Lord Bostwick
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Philadelphia Harry
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Count Valeriano De Fanzini
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Major Ward
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Equalizer
Brother Joseph Heiden
Faceless
Terry Hallen
Alice
The Fugitive
Steve Keller
The Fugitive
Victor Leonetti
The Fugitive
Dan Polichek
Genghis Khan
Shan
Tales of the Unexpected
Joe Brisson