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Telly Savalas
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American film and television actor and singer (1922–1994)
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Telly Savalas was an American actor, singer, director, and poker player. Born in Garden City, Long Island, New York, in 1922, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He received an education at Columbia University and the Columbia University School of General Studies. Savalas was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
He spoke English and Modern Greek and performed as a vocalist. Savalas had six children, including Ariana Savalas. He died of natural causes in Universal City on January 22, 1994. His death was attributed to prostate cancer and bladder cancer. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Film & TV
Acting · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained — Self - Actor (archive footage)2021
- Remote Control Magic: The Movie — Self (archive footage)2012
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — Self (archive footage)2010
- Operation Dirty Dozen — Self2006
- Backfire! — Most Evil Man (Not Really)1995
- Mind Twister — Richard Howland1994
- Perfect Crimes — Self - Narrator1991
- Rose Against the Odds — George Parnassus1991
- Halloween Monster Bash — Captain Kazan (archive footage)1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1922
- Active to
- 1994
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,176
- Total plays
- 43,040
Tags
Best known as the bald-headed, elegantly dressed, hard-as-nails yet lollipop-wielding NYC police Lieutenant "Kojak" (CBS, 1973-77), this talented veteran actor gained life experience with a three-year stint in the Army during WWII, working for the U.S. State Department hosting the "Your Voice of America" series and then at ABC News before beginning an acting career in his late 30s. As first executive director and then senior director of news special events at ABC <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Clinical Aspects of Platelet Inhibitors and Thrombus Formation
· 2007 · cited 294x
- Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography in Planning of Reoperative Cardiothoracic Surgery
· 2008 · cited 117x
- Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality in Atherothrombotic Disease: Insights From the REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry
· 2011 · cited 96x
- Evolution of the Performances of Radar Altimetry Missions from ERS-2 to Sentinel-3A over the Inner Niger Delta
· 2018 · cited 96x
- Surface mechanical properties of pHEMA contact lenses: Viscoelastic and adhesive property changes on exposure to controlled humidity
· 2003 · cited 72x
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Key facts
- Born
- Aristotelis Savalas , ( 1922-01-21 ) January 21, 1922, Garden City, New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 22, 1994 (1994-01-22) (aged 72), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California , U.S.
- Education
- Columbia University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Years active
- 1950–1994
- Spouses
- Katherine Nicolaides, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) Marilyn Gardner, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) Julie Hovland, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
- Children
- 6, including Ariana Savalas
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1941–1943
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 4th Medical Training Regiment
- Conflicts
- World War II
- Awards
- Purple Heart , American Defense Service Medal , American Campaign Medal , European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal , World War II Victory Medal
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Official website
Telly Savalas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Garden City
- Place of death
- Universal City
- Child
- Ariana Savalas
- Sibling
- George Savalas
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- poker
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.tellysavalas.com
- Image
- Telly Savalas Kojak 1973.JPG
- Number of children
- 6
- Work location
- United States
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Telly Savalas
- date of birth
- 1922-01-22
- date of death
- 1994-01-22
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- end of work period
- 1994-00-00
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/1994/01/23/obituaries/telly-savalas-actor-dies-at-70-played-kojak-in-70-s-tv-series.html
- name in native language
- Telly Savalas
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Aristotelis Savalas
- P12749
- Thomas Kretschmann
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Encyclopedic overview
Websitetellysavalas.com
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978) and James Bond archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
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