Telly Savalas
Known for ActingBorn 1922-01-21 — died 1994-01-22Garden 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).
Known for
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · as Archer Maggott
Cape Fear
1962 · as Private Detective Charles Sievers
The Muppet Movie
1979 · as El Sleazo Tough
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · as Sgt. Guffy
Cannonball Run II
1984 · as Hymie
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · as Sergeant Tibbs
Capricorn One
1977 · as Albain
Johnny Cool
1963 · as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · as Pontius Pilate
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · as Feto Gomez
The Scalphunters
1968 · as Jim Howie
Escape to Athena
1979 · as Zeno
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971 · as Captain Sam Surcher
Joys
1976 · as Self
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979 · as Captain Stefan Svevo
Backfire!
1995 · as Most Evil Man (Not Really)