
Known for
Acting
Born
January 21, 1922
Birthplace
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Died
January 22, 1994 (aged 72)
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...
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
as Self (archive footage)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Self
1995
as Most Evil Man (Not Really)
1994
as Richard Howland
1991
as Self - Narrator
1991
as Captain Kazan (archive footage)
1991
as George Parnassus
1991
1990
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
1990
as Inspector Theo Kojak
1989
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
1989
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
1989
as Harry Bell
1988
as Maj. Wright
1988
as Terry Hallen
1987
1987
1987
as Brother Joseph Heiden
1987
as Maj. Wright
1987
as Inspector Theo Kojak