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
Cast Credits
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Character: Self - Actor (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2012
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2010
Operation Dirty Dozen
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Backfire!
Character: Most Evil Man
MOVIE • 1995
Mind Twister
Character: Richard Howland
MOVIE • 1994
Perfect Crimes
Character: Self - Narrator
MOVIE • 1991
Rose Against the Odds
Character: George Parnassus
MOVIE • 1991
The Commish
Character: Tommy Colette
TV • 1991
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
Character: Teddy
TV • 1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Character: Inspector Theo Kojak
MOVIE • 1990
Kojak: It's Always Something
Character: Inspector Theo Kojak
MOVIE • 1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Character: Inspector Theo Kojak
MOVIE • 1990
Kojak : Error Fatal
Character: Lieutenant Theo Kojak
MOVIE • 1989
Kojak: Ariana
Character: Lieutenant Theo Kojak
MOVIE • 1989
The Hollywood Detective
Character: Harry Bell
MOVIE • 1989
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Character: Maj. Wright
MOVIE • 1988
Faceless
Character: Terry Hallen
MOVIE • 1988
Return to the Titanic... Live!
Character: Host
MOVIE • 1987
Crew
