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Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

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).

On screen

  • The Commish
  • Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
  • J.J. Starbuck
  • The Equalizer
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • American Playhouse
  • Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
  • Tales of the Unexpected
  • The French Atlantic Affair
  • The Love Boat
  • Alice
  • Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Am laufenden Band
  • Dinah!
  • Kojak
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
  • Musikladen
  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre
  • Garrison's Gorillas
  • Cimarron Strip
  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • The F.B.I.
  • Run for Your Life
  • The Rogues
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Burke's Law
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre
  • Arrest and Trial
  • The Fugitive
  • The Dakotas
  • Combat!
  • The Virginian
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  • Cain's Hundred
  • Ben Casey
  • The New Breed
  • The Aquanauts
  • The Twilight Zone
  • The Detectives
  • Bonanza
  • The Untouchables
  • Naked City
  • 77 Sunset Strip
  • Armstrong Circle Theatre

Behind the camera

  • Kojak

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