Telly Savalas
Actor
- Born
- January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
- Died
- January 22, 1994 (age 72)
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
December 18, 1969
The Dirty Dozen
June 15, 1967
Kelly's Heroes
June 22, 1970
The Muppet Movie
June 22, 1979
Cape Fear
April 12, 1962
Capricorn One
December 10, 1977
Cannonball Run II
June 29, 1984
Birdman of Alcatraz
July 4, 1962
Horror Express
September 30, 1972
Battle of the Bulge
December 16, 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
April 9, 1965
Mackenna's Gold
March 18, 1969
Acting91
- 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2012Remote Control Magic: The Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
- 1995Backfire! as Most Evil Man (Not Really)
- 1994Mind Twister as Richard Howland
- 1991Perfect Crimes as Self - Narrator
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash as Captain Kazan (archive footage)