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).
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self - Guest Host
- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self
- The Fugitive (1963) as Steve Keller
- The Fugitive (1963) as Victor Leonetti
- The Fugitive (1963) as Dan Polichek
- The Love Boat (1977) as Dr. Fabian Cain
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Guest
- Bonanza (1959) as Charles Augustus Hackett
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Istvan Zabor
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Philadelphia Harry
- The Virginian (1962) as 'Colonel' Bliss
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Joe Brisson
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Erich Streator
- Alice (1976)
- The Equalizer (1985) as Brother Joseph Heiden
- Burke's Law (1963) as Fakir George O'Shea
- Burke's Law (1963) as Balakirov aka Richard Goldtooth
- Burke's Law (1963) as Charlie Prince
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Mueller
- The Untouchables (1959) as Leo Stazak
- The Untouchables (1959) as Wally Baltzer