Telly Savalas
American film and television actor and singer (1922–1994)
Person
- Born
- 1922-01-22
- Died
- 1994-01-22
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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…
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- 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
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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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