Telly Savalas
Birthday: 1922-01-21 | Place of Birth: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Richard Howland
as George Parnassus
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Harry Bell
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
as Maj. Wright
as Terry Hallen
as Host
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Maj. Wright
as Magmar (voice)
as Dr. Nicholas Mati
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
as Hymie
as Lt. Thurston
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Nick Hellinger
as Cretzer
as Frank Cooper
