Telly Savalas
Acting
Born: Jan 21, 1922 — Died: Jan 22, 1994
From: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faceless | Terry Hallen | 1988 | 5.714 |
| The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Maj. Wright | 1988 | 5.18 |
| The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Maj. Wright | 1987 | 5.06 |
| Cannonball Run II | Hymie | 1984 | 5.4 |
| Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Stefan Svevo | 1979 | 5.088 |
| Escape to Athena | Zeno | 1979 | 5.716 |
| Capricorn One | Albain | 1977 | 6.783 |
| Lisa and the Devil | Leandro | 1973 | 6.222 |
| Horror Express | Captain Kazan | 1972 | 6.313 |
| A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Major Ward | 1972 | 6.2 |
| A Town Called Bastard | Don Carlos | 1971 | 5.0 |
| Pretty Maids All in a Row | Captain Sam Surcher | 1971 | 5.781 |
| Kelly's Heroes | Master Sergeant "Big Joe" | 1970 | 7.357 |
| Violent City | Al Weber | 1970 | 5.981 |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1969 | 6.558 |
| Land Raiders | Vince Carden | 1969 | 5.556 |
| Mackenna's Gold | Sergeant Tibbs | 1969 | 6.591 |
| The Assassination Bureau | Lord Bostwick | 1969 | 6.661 |
| The Scalphunters | Jim Howie | 1968 | 6.411 |
| Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Walter Braddock | 1968 | 5.911 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Archer Maggott | 1967 | 7.584 |
| The Karate Killers | Count De Fanzini | 1967 | 5.147 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Pontius Pilate | 1965 | 6.415 |
| Genghis Khan | Shan | 1965 | 5.87 |
| Battle of the Bulge | Sgt. Guffy | 1965 | 6.891 |
| The Slender Thread | Dr. Joe Coburn | 1965 | 7.115 |
| The New Interns | Dr. Dominic Riccio | 1964 | 4.8 |
| Birdman of Alcatraz | Feto Gomez | 1962 | 7.513 |
| Cape Fear | Private Detective Charles Sievers | 1962 | 7.463 |
| Mad Dog Coll | Lt. Dawson | 1961 | 5.4 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1922 |
| From | Garden City, Long … |