Actor

Telly Savalas

January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

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).

Notable work

6.6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
7.6
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
as Archer Maggott
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Erich Streator
7.4
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
7.2
The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleazo Tough
7.5
Cape Fear (1962)
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
6.8
Capricorn One (1977)
as Albain
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Charles Augustus Hackett
5.4
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Hymie
7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
as Feto Gomez
6.3
Horror Express (1972)
as Captain Kazan

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