Telly Savalas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1922
- Place of birth
- Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
- Died
- January 22, 1994
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).
Movies with Telly Savalas
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 · ★ 6.6
- The Dirty Dozen 1967 · ★ 7.6
- Kelly's Heroes 1970 · ★ 7.4
- The Muppet Movie 1979 · ★ 7.2
- Cape Fear 1962 · ★ 7.4
- Capricorn One 1977 · ★ 6.8
- Birdman of Alcatraz 1962 · ★ 7.5
- Cannonball Run II 1984 · ★ 5.4
- Horror Express 1972 · ★ 6.3
- Battle of the Bulge 1965 · ★ 6.9
- The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 · ★ 6.4
- Mackenna's Gold 1969 · ★ 6.6
- Lisa and the Devil 1974 · ★ 6.1
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979 · ★ 5.0
- Escape to Athena 1979 · ★ 5.7
- The Scalphunters 1968 · ★ 6.4
- Violent City 1970 · ★ 6.0
- The Assassination Bureau 1969 · ★ 6.7
- A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die 1972 · ★ 6.3
- Faceless 1988 · ★ 5.7
- Genghis Khan 1965 · ★ 5.7
- The Slender Thread 1965 · ★ 7.1
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 2021 · ★ 6.9
- The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988 · ★ 5.2
- Pretty Maids All in a Row 1971 · ★ 5.9
- The Young Savages 1961 · ★ 6.5
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987 · ★ 5.0
- The House of Exorcism 1975 · ★ 4.4
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell 1968 · ★ 6.0
- Pancho Villa 1972 · ★ 4.9
- A Town Called Bastard 1971 · ★ 5.0
- Johnny Cool 1963 · ★ 5.4
- The Karate Killers 1967 · ★ 5.3
- Killer Force 1976 · ★ 5.4
- Sonny and Jed 1972 · ★ 5.8
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift 2010 · ★ 6.1
- Mad Dog Coll 1961 · ★ 5.4
- Redneck 1973 · ★ 4.4
- Inside Out 1975 · ★ 6.7
- The Killer Is on the Phone 1972 · ★ 5.4
Movies directed by Telly Savalas
- Beyond Reason 1982 · ★ 7.0