Telly Savalas
Known for: Acting
Born: January 20, 1922 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA - Died: January 21, 1994
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).
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Feto Gomez
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Dirty Dozen
Archer Maggott
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Pontius Pilate
Mad Dog Coll
Lt. Dawson
Genghis Khan
Shan
Lisa and the Devil
Leandro
The New Interns
Dr. Dominic Riccio
Cape Fear
Private Detective Charles Sievers
Land Raiders
Vince Carden
Kelly's Heroes
Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
The Karate Killers
Count De Fanzini
Capricorn One
Albain
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Captain Stefan Svevo
Cannonball Run II
Hymie
Violent City
Al Weber
Horror Express
Captain Kazan
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Walter Braddock
Battle of the Bulge
Sgt. Guffy
Faceless
Terry Hallen
Escape to Athena
Zeno
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Maj. Wright
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Maj. Wright
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Major Ward