Telly Savalas
Known for Acting
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
Joys
1976
as Self
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Archer Maggott
Kelly's Heroes
1970
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
The Muppet Movie
1979
as El Sleazo Tough
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Pontius Pilate
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Sgt. Guffy
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Hymie
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Feto Gomez
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Sergeant Tibbs
Cape Fear
1962
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
Capricorn One
1977
as Albain
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Captain Stefan Svevo
Johnny Cool
1963
as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Escape to Athena
1979
as Zeno
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Macmuid (uncredited)
Sol Madrid
1968
as Emil Dietrich
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Maj. Wright