Telly Savalas
Born: 1922-01-21 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Died: 1994-01-22
Known For: Acting
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
2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
- Remote Control Magic: The Movie as Self (archive footage)
2010
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
1995
- Backfire! as Most Evil Man (Not Really)
1994
- Mind Twister as Richard Howland
1991
- The Commish as Tommy Colette
- Perfect Crimes as Self - Narrator
- Rose Against the Odds as George Parnassus
- Halloween Monster Bash as Captain Kazan (archive footage)
1990
- Ein Schloß am Wörthersee as Teddy
- Kojak: None So Blind as Inspector Theo Kojak
- Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Inspector Theo Kojak
- Kojak: It's Always Something as Inspector Theo Kojak
1989
- Kojak: Ariana as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
- Kojak : Error Fatal as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
- The Hollywood Detective as Harry Bell
1988
- The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Maj. Wright
- Faceless as Terry Hallen
1987
- J.J. Starbuck as The Greek
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission as Maj. Wright
- Kojak: The Price of Justice as Inspector Theo Kojak
- The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Brother Joseph Heiden
- Return to the Titanic... Live! as Host
1986
1985
- The Equalizer as Brother Joseph Heiden
- Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat
- Kojak The Belarus File as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
1984
- Cannonball Run II as Hymie
- The Cartier Affair as Phil Drexler
- Afghanistan For What?
1982
- Fake-Out as Lt. Thurston
- Silent Rebellion as Pete
- Beyond Reason as Dr. Nicholas Mati
1981
- Hellinger's Law as Nick Hellinger
- Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham as Narrator
- Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth as Narrator
- Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen as Narrator
1980
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Cretzer
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Cretzer
- The Border as Frank Cooper
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Joe Brisson
- The French Atlantic Affair as Fr. Craig Dunleavy
- The Muppet Movie as El Sleazo Tough
- Okay as Self
- Escape to Athena as Zeno
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Captain Stefan Svevo
1977
- The Love Boat as Dr. Fabian Cain
- Capricorn One as Albain
- Black Aphrodite as The Boss (as Aristides T. Savallas)
1976
- Alice
- Joys as Self
- Killer Force as Webb
- Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Inside Out as Harry Morgan
- The House of Exorcism as Leandro (archive footage)
1974
- Dinah! as Self - Guest
- Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
- Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
1973
- Kojak as Theo Kojak
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- Lisa and the Devil as Leandro
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Lt. Theo Kojak
- Redneck as Memphis
- She Cried Murder as Inspector Joe Brody
1972
- Musikladen as Self
- Horror Express as Captain Kazan
- A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die as Major Ward
- Pancho Villa as Pancho Villa
- Sonny and Jed as Sheriff Franciscus
- Crime Boss as Don Vincenzo
- Visions... as Lt. Phil Keegan
- The Killer Is on the Phone as Ranko Drasovic
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- Disco as Self
- Pretty Maids All in a Row as Captain Sam Surcher
- A Town Called Bastard as Don Carlos
- Mongo's Back in Town as Lieutenant Pete Tolstad
- Clay Pigeon as Redford
1970
- Kelly's Heroes as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
- Violent City as Al Weber
1969
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Mackenna's Gold as Sergeant Tibbs
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Gregor Antonescu
- The Assassination Bureau as Lord Bostwick
- Land Raiders as Vince Carden
- Crooks and Coronets as Herbie Haseler
1968
- The Scalphunters as Jim Howie
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Walter Braddock
- Sol Madrid as Emil Dietrich
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- Cimarron Strip
- Garrison's Gorillas
- The Dirty Dozen as Archer Maggott
- The Karate Killers as Count De Fanzini
1966
- Beau Geste as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau
1965
- The F.B.I. as Ed Clementi
- Run for Your Life as Istvan Zabor
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as Pontius Pilate
- Battle of the Bulge as Sgt. Guffy
- Genghis Khan as Shan
- The Slender Thread as Dr. Joe Coburn
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Macmuid (uncredited)
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Count Valeriano De Fanzini
- The Rogues
- Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- The New Interns as Dr. Dominic Riccio
- Fanfare for a Death Scene as Ilchidai Khan
1963
- The Fugitive as Steve Keller
- Burke's Law as Fakir George O'Shea
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Mueller
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Beret
- Arrest and Trial as Frank Santo
- The Dakotas as Jake Volet
- Grindl
- Johnny Cool as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
- Love is a Ball as Dr. Christian Gump
- The Man from the Diners' Club as Foots Pulardos
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Philadelphia Harry
- The Virginian as 'Colonel' Bliss
- Combat! as Colonel Kapsalis
- Cape Fear as Private Detective Charles Sievers
- Birdman of Alcatraz as Feto Gomez
- The Interns as Dr. Dominic Riccio
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Guest
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred as Frank Meehan
- The New Breed as Dr. Buel Reed
- The Young Savages as Detective Lt. Gunderson
- Mad Dog Coll as Lt. Dawson
- Acapulco as Mr. Carver
- The Sin of Jesus as Felix
1960
- The Aquanauts as Paul Price
1959
- Bonanza as Charles Augustus Hackett
- The Twilight Zone as Erich Streator
- The Untouchables as Leo Stazak
- The Detectives as Ben
1958
- Naked City as Gabriel Hody
- 77 Sunset Strip as Brother Hendricksen
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Self / Tex
1950
1948
- Bambi as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee