Telly Savalas
Known for: Actor
Born: 21 January 1922, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Died: 22 January 1994
Credits: 60+ titles
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
Backfire!
Mind Twister
Halloween Monster Bash
Rose Against the Odds
The Commish
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: It's Always Something
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
Kojak: Ariana
The Hollywood Detective
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Faceless
Return to the Titanic... Live!
J.J. Starbuck
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Kojak: The Price of Justice
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Alice in Wonderland
The Equalizer
Kojak: The Belarus File
The Cartier Affair
Cannonball Run II
Afghanistan For What?
Fake-Out
Silent Rebellion
American Playhouse
Beyond Reason
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen
Hellinger's Law
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
The Border
The French Atlantic Affair
The Muppet Movie
Escape to Athena
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Tales of the Unexpected
Capricorn One
The Love Boat
Black Aphrodite
Alice
Killer Force
Inside Out
The House of Exorcism
Lisa and the Devil
Kojak
She Cried Murder
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Redneck
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Pancho Villa
Visions...
The Killer Is on the Phone
Horror Express