Telly Savalas
Actor
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).
As Director
Filmography
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld 1969
The Dirty Dozen
as Archer Maggott 1967
Kelly's Heroes
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe" 1970
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleazo Tough 1979
Cape Fear
as Private Detective Charles Sievers 1962
Capricorn One
as Albain 1977
Cannonball Run II
as Hymie 1984
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Feto Gomez 1962
Horror Express
as Captain Kazan 1972
Battle of the Bulge
as Sgt. Guffy 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Pontius Pilate 1965
Mackenna's Gold
as Sergeant Tibbs 1969
Lisa and the Devil
as Leandro 1973
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Captain Stefan Svevo 1979
Escape to Athena
as Zeno 1979
The Scalphunters
as Jim Howie 1968
Violent City
as Al Weber 1970