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