Telly Savalas
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1922-01-21 – 1994-01-22
Place of birth: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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).
Known for
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962Feto Gomez
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Dirty Dozen
1967Archer Maggott
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965Pontius Pilate
Mad Dog Coll
1961Lt. Dawson
Genghis Khan
1965Shan
The New Interns
1964Dr. Dominic Riccio
Lisa and the Devil
1973Leandro
Cape Fear
1962Private Detective Charles Sievers
Land Raiders
1969Vince Carden
Kelly's Heroes
1970Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
The Karate Killers
1967Count De Fanzini
Capricorn One
1977Albain
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979Captain Stefan Svevo
Cannonball Run II
1984Hymie
Violent City
1970Al Weber
The Scalphunters
1968Jim Howie
Horror Express
1972Captain Kazan
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968Walter Braddock