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
1994
- Mind Twister as Richard Howland
1991
- Perfect Crimes as Self - Narrator
- The Commish as Tommy Colette
- Rose Against the Odds as George Parnassus
1990
- Kojak: It's Always Something as Inspector Theo Kojak
- Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Inspector Theo Kojak
- Kojak: None So Blind as Inspector Theo Kojak
- Ein Schloß am Wörthersee as Teddy
1989
- Kojak: Ariana as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
- Kojak : Error Fatal as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
- The Hollywood Detective as Harry Bell
1988
- Faceless as Terry Hallen
- The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Maj. Wright
1987
- The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Brother Joseph Heiden
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission as Maj. Wright
- Kojak: The Price of Justice as Inspector Theo Kojak
- J.J. Starbuck as The Greek
- Return to the Titanic... Live! as Host
1986
1985
- The Equalizer as Brother Joseph Heiden
- Beyond Reason as Dr. Nicholas Mati
- 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
- Silent Rebellion as Pete
- Fake-Out as Lt. Thurston
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
- The Border as Frank Cooper
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Cretzer
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Cretzer
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Joe Brisson
- The Muppet Movie as El Sleazo Tough
- Escape to Athena as Zeno
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Captain Stefan Svevo
- Okay as Self
- The French Atlantic Affair as Fr. Craig Dunleavy
1977
- The Love Boat as Dr. Fabian Cain
- Capricorn One as Albain
1976
- Alice
- Joys as Self
- Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
- Killer Force as Webb
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- The House of Exorcism as Leandro (archive footage)
- Inside Out as Harry Morgan
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
- Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
1973
- Kojak as Theo Kojak
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Lt. Theo Kojak
- Lisa and the Devil as Leandro
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- She Cried Murder as Inspector Joe Brody
- Redneck as Memphis
1972
- Musikladen as Self
- Pancho Villa as Pancho Villa
- A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die as Major Ward
- Sonny and Jed as Sheriff Franciscus
- Crime Boss as Don Vincenzo
- Visions... as Lt. Phil Keegan
- Horror Express as Captain Kazan
- The Killer Is on the Phone as Ranko Drasovic
1971
- A Town Called Bastard as Don Carlos
- Pretty Maids All in a Row as Captain Sam Surcher
- Clay Pigeon as Redford
- Disco as Self
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Mongo's Back in Town as Lieutenant Pete Tolstad
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
- Land Raiders as Vince Carden
- Mackenna's Gold as Sergeant Tibbs
- The Assassination Bureau as Lord Bostwick
- 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
- The Dirty Dozen as Archer Maggott
- Cimarron Strip
- The Karate Killers as Count De Fanzini
- Garrison's Gorillas
1966
- Beau Geste as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau
1965
- The F.B.I. as Ed Clementi
- Run for Your Life as Istvan Zabor
- Genghis Khan as Shan
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as Pontius Pilate
- Battle of the Bulge as Sgt. Guffy
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Macmuid (uncredited)
- The Slender Thread as Dr. Joe Coburn
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Count Valeriano De Fanzini
- Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- The New Interns as Dr. Dominic Riccio
- The Rogues
- 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
- Johnny Cool as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
- Arrest and Trial as Frank Santo
- The Dakotas as Jake Volet
- The Man from the Diners' Club as Mr. Martindale
- Love Is a Ball as Dr. Christian Gump
- Grindl
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Virginian as 'Colonel' Bliss
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Philadelphia Harry
- 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
- 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