Telly Savalas

ActorDirectorWriterSound Jan 21 (died age 72) Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA 1944–2022 (78 year career)

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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 Scal…

Known For

Film

The Dirty Dozen

Archer Maggott

Film

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Film

Kelly's Heroes

Master Sergeant "Big Joe"

Film

Cape Fear

Private Detective Charles Sievers

Film

The Muppet Movie

El Sleazo Tough

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Feto Gomez

Film

Capricorn One

Albain

Film

Battle of the Bulge

Sgt. Guffy

Filmography

Acting (149)

Movies (90)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

2021

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.0

Remote Control Magic: The Movie

2012

as Self (archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Operation Dirty Dozen

as Self

Backfire!

as Most Evil Man

Mind Twister

as Richard Howland

Rose Against the Odds

1991

as George Parnassus

Perfect Crimes

1991

as Self - Narrator

5.0

Kojak: None So Blind

1990

as Inspector Theo Kojak

6.0

Kojak: It's Always Something

1990

as Inspector Theo Kojak

6.0

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

1990

as Inspector Theo Kojak

4.5

Kojak: Ariana

1989

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

6.0

The Hollywood Detective

1989

as Harry Bell

6.0

Kojak : Error Fatal

1989

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

6.0

Faceless

1988

as Terry Hallen

5.7

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

1988

as Maj. Wright

5.1

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

1987

as Brother Joseph Heiden

8.7

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

1987

as Maj. Wright

5.0

Return to the Titanic... Live!

1987

as Host

4.0

Kojak: The Price of Justice

1987

as Inspector Theo Kojak

4.2

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

1986

as Magmar (voice)

6.2

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

1986

7.5

Kojak The Belarus File

1985

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

6.0

Afghanistan For What?

Cannonball Run II

as Hymie

The Cartier Affair

as Phil Drexler

Fake-Out

as Lt. Thurston

Silent Rebellion

as Pete

Beyond Reason

as Dr. Nicholas Mati

Hellinger's Law

1981

as Nick Hellinger

7.5

Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen

1981

as Narrator

6.0

Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham

1981

as Narrator

5.7

Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth

1981

as Narrator

The Border

1980

as Frank Cooper

5.1

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Cretzer

The Muppet Movie

as El Sleazo Tough

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

as Captain Stefan Svevo

Escape to Athena

as Zeno

Capricorn One

as Albain

Black Aphrodite

as The Boss (as Aristides T. Savallas)

Joys

as Self

Killer Force

as Webb

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

1976

as Self

The House of Exorcism

1975

as Leandro (archive footage)

Inside Out

as Harry Morgan

Lisa and the Devil

as Leandro

Redneck

as Memphis

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

1973

as Lt. Theo Kojak

7.4

She Cried Murder

1973

as Inspector Joe Brody

6.6

Visions...

1972

as Lt. Phil Keegan

Horror Express

1972

as Captain Kazan

6.3

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

as Major Ward

Pancho Villa

as Pancho Villa

The Killer Is on the Phone

1972

as Ranko Drasovic

5.2

Sonny and Jed

1972

as Sheriff Franciscus

5.8

Crime Boss

1972

as Don Vincenzo

6.4

Pretty Maids All in a Row

1971

as Captain Sam Surcher

5.7

Clay Pigeon

1971

as Redford

3.2

A Town Called Bastard

1971

as Don Carlos

5.0

Mongo's Back in Town

1971

as Lieutenant Pete Tolstad

4.8

Kelly's Heroes

1970

as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"

7.3

Violent City

1970

as Al Weber

6.0

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

6.6

Mackenna's Gold

1969

as Sergeant Tibbs

6.6

The Assassination Bureau

as Lord Bostwick

Crooks and Coronets

as Herbie Haseler

Land Raiders

as Vince Carden

Sol Madrid

as Emil Dietrich

The Scalphunters

as Jim Howie

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Walter Braddock

The Dirty Dozen

as Archer Maggott

The Karate Killers

as Count De Fanzini

Beau Geste

as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau

5.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Pontius Pilate

Battle of the Bulge

as Sgt. Guffy

Genghis Khan

as Shan

The Slender Thread

as Dr. Joe Coburn

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

as Macmuid (uncredited)

3.1

The New Interns

1964

as Dr. Dominic Riccio

4.0

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

as Ilchidai Khan

6.0

Johnny Cool

1963

as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo

5.1

Love is a Ball

1963

as Dr. Christian Gump

4.6

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

as Foots Pulardos

5.3

Cape Fear

1962

as Private Detective Charles Sievers

Birdman of Alcatraz

as Feto Gomez

The Interns

as Dr. Dominic Riccio

The Sin of Jesus

as Felix

The Young Savages

as Detective Lt. Gunderson

6.3

Mad Dog Coll

1961

as Lt. Dawson

5.3

Television (59)

The Commish

1991

as Tommy Colette

7.1

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

as Teddy

J.J. Starbuck

as The Greek

The Equalizer

as Brother Joseph Heiden

7.1

Alice in Wonderland

1985

as Cheshire Cat

6.8

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Cretzer

5.0

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Joe Brisson

6.7

Okay

1979

as Self

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

as Fr. Craig Dunleavy

The Love Boat

as Dr. Fabian Cain

Alice

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Dinah!

as Self - Guest

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

Kojak

as Theo Kojak

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

as Self

5.4

Musikladen

1972

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

as Self

7.5

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971

6.5

Disco

1971

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Garrison's Gorillas

Cimarron Strip

The F.B.I.

as Ed Clementi

Run for Your Life

as Istvan Zabor

Top of the Pops

as Self

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Count Valeriano De Fanzini

The Rogues

Einer wird gewinnen

as Self

The Fugitive

as Dan Polichek

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Mueller

5.7

Burke's Law

1963

as Fakir George O'Shea

Arrest and Trial

as Frank Santo

The Dakotas

as Jake Volet

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Beret

Grindl

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self - Guest Host

7.5

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Philadelphia Harry

The Virginian

as 'Colonel' Bliss

Combat!

as Colonel Kapsalis

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

Ben Casey

The New Breed

as Dr. Buel Reed

Cain's Hundred

as Frank Meehan

Acapulco

as Mr. Carver

The Aquanauts

as Paul Price

Bonanza

as Charles Augustus Hackett

The Twilight Zone

as Erich Streator

The Untouchables

as Wally Baltzer

The Detectives

as Ben

77 Sunset Strip

as Brother Hendricksen

Naked City

as Gabriel Hody

The Red Skelton Show

as Self / Tex

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Bambi

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Beyond Reason

1982

Director

Beyond Reason

1982

Writer

Pancho Villa

1972

Songs

4.8

Television (1)

Kojak

1973

Director

7.1