Telly Savalas
Acting
Born January 21, 1922 · Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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 Se…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Top of the Pops
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
The Fugitive
The Bob Hope Show
Bonanza
Golden Globe Awards
The Red Skelton Show
Alice
The Twilight Zone
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Virginian
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Midi Première
Bambi
The Carol Burnett Show
American Playhouse
Burke's Law
The Equalizer
The Untouchables
Tales of the Unexpected
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Combat!
Naked City
The F.B.I.
Ben Casey
Run for Your Life
Dinah!
Kojak
Kraft Suspense Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Detectives
77 Sunset Strip
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Armstrong Circle Theatre
The Commish
Musikladen
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Disco