Telly Savalas
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).
Filmography
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
2012
as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
Backfire!
1995
as Most Evil Man (Not Really)
Mind Twister
1994
as Richard Howland
- No poster
Perfect Crimes
1991
as Self - Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Captain Kazan (archive footage)
Rose Against the Odds
1991
as George Parnassus
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
1989
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Kojak: Ariana
1989
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
The Hollywood Detective
1989
as Harry Bell
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Maj. Wright
Faceless
1988
as Terry Hallen
- No poster
Return to the Titanic... Live!
1987
as Host
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
as Brother Joseph Heiden
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Maj. Wright
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Inspector Theo Kojak
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
as Magmar (voice)