Telly Savalas
Department: 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).
Known For
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
The Dirty Dozen
1967
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Mad Dog Coll
1961
Genghis Khan
1965
Lisa and the Devil
1973
The New Interns
1964
Cape Fear
1962
Land Raiders
1969
Kelly's Heroes
1970
The Karate Killers
1967
Capricorn One
1977
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Cannonball Run II
1984
Violent City
1970
The Scalphunters
1968
Horror Express
1972
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
Battle of the Bulge
1965
Faceless
1988
Escape to Athena
1979
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
A Town Called Bastard
1971
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Slender Thread
1965
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Redneck
1973
Killer Force
1976
Pancho Villa
1972
Johnny Cool
1963
The Young Savages
1961
Inside Out
1975
Crime Boss
1972
The Killer Is on the Phone
1972
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
The Border
1980
Sonny and Jed
1972
Love is a Ball
1963
Backfire!
1995
Perfect Crimes
1991
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
Sol Madrid
1968
Mongo's Back in Town
1971
Beyond Reason
1982
Beau Geste
1966
The Interns
1962
Return to the Titanic... Live!
1987
She Cried Murder
1973
Fake-Out
1982
The House of Exorcism
1975
The Cartier Affair
1984
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
2012
The Hollywood Detective
1989
The Muppet Movie
1979
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
Crooks and Coronets
1969
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen
1981
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
1981
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth
1981
Silent Rebellion
1982
Clay Pigeon
1971
Mind Twister
1994
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Visions...
1972
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
Kojak: Ariana
1989
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Hellinger's Law
1981
Joys
1976
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
The Sin of Jesus
1961
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
Rose Against the Odds
1991
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Black Aphrodite
1977
Alice
1976
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Burke's Law
1963
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Okay
1979
Naked City
1958
Kojak
1973
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Equalizer
1985
Combat!
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Fugitive
1963
Acapulco
1961
Run for Your Life
1965
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
The Aquanauts
1960
Grindl
1963
The Rogues
1964
The Dakotas
1963
Ben Casey
1961
The New Breed
1961
The Detectives
1959
The Fugitive
1963
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Alice in Wonderland
1985
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Am laufenden Band
1974
Disco
1971
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
1990
Cain's Hundred
1961
Combat!
1962
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
Musikladen
1972
The Untouchables
1959
Bambi
1948
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi Première
1975
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Commish
1991
The Love Boat
1977
Dinah!
1974
Top of the Pops
1964
The Untouchables
1959