Telly Savalas

16 titles·Since 1965

January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

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).

Frequently works with

Diana Rigg

2 titles together

Sydney Pollack

2 titles together

Filmography (16)

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

1988 · Maj. Wright

Faceless

1988 · Terry Hallen

Escape to Athena

1979 · Zeno

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979 · Captain Stefan Svevo

Kojak

1973 · Theo Kojak

Lisa and the Devil

1973 · Leandro

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

1972 · Major Ward

Horror Express

1972 · Captain Kazan

Violent City

1970 · Al Weber

Kelly's Heroes

1970 · Master Sergeant "Big Joe"

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 · Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Mackenna's Gold

1969 · Sergeant Tibbs

The Assassination Bureau

1969 · Lord Bostwick

The Scalphunters

1968 · Jim Howie

Battle of the Bulge

1965 · Sgt. Guffy

The Slender Thread

1965 · Dr. Joe Coburn

January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

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).