Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

Date of Birth:

Jan 21, 1922

Place of Birth:

Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Beau Geste Beau Geste

1966

Fake-Out Fake-Out

1982

Joys Joys

1976

Visions... Visions...

1972

Sol Madrid Sol Madrid

1968

Faceless Faceless

1988

Cape Fear Cape Fear

1962

Crime Boss Crime Boss

1972

Inside Out Inside Out

1975

The Border The Border

1980

Backfire! Backfire!

1995

Redneck Redneck

1973

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