Telly Savalas

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA, 1922-01-21

Died: 1994-01-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Mad Dog Coll	Lt. Dawson	54
2	1961	The Young Savages	Detective Lt. Gunderson	64
3	1961	The Sin of Jesus	Felix	48
4	1962	Cape Fear	Private Detective Charles Sievers	74
5	1962	Birdman of Alcatraz	Feto Gomez	75
6	1962	The Interns	Dr. Dominic Riccio	54
7	1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	Mr. Martindale	50
8	1963	Love Is a Ball	Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle)	46
9	1963	Johnny Cool	Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo	53
10	1964	The New Interns	Dr. Dominic Riccio	50
11	1964	Fanfare for a Death Scene	Ilchidai Khan	60
12	1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Macmuid (uncredited)	34
13	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Pontius Pilate	64
14	1965	Genghis Khan	Shan	59
15	1965	The Slender Thread	Dr. Joe Coburn	71
16	1965	Battle of the Bulge	Sgt. Guffy	69
17	1966	Beau Geste	Sgt. Maj. Dagineau	53
18	1967	The Karate Killers	Count De Fanzini	49
19	1967	The Dirty Dozen	Archer Maggott	76
20	1968	Sol Madrid	Emil Dietrich	64
21	1968	The Scalphunters	Jim Howie	64
22	1968	Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell	Walter Braddock	60
23	1969	The Assassination Bureau	Lord Bostwick	66
24	1969	Mackenna's Gold	Sergeant Tibbs	66
25	1969	Crooks and Coronets	Herbie Haseler	83
26	1969	Land Raiders	Vince Carden	51
27	1969	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	66
28	1970	Kelly's Heroes	Master Sergeant "Big Joe"	74
29	1970	Violent City	Al Weber	60
30	1971	Pretty Maids All in a Row	Captain Sam Surcher	58
31	1971	Clay Pigeon	Redford	34
32	1971	A Town Called Hell	Don Carlos	47
33	1971	Mongo's Back in Town	Lieutenant Pete Tolstad	48
34	1972	Crime Boss	Don Vincenzo	64
35	1972	Sonny and Jed	Sheriff Franciscus	59
36	1972	Horror Express	Captain Kazan	63
37	1972	The Killer Is on the Phone	Ranko Drasovic	55
38	1972	Visions...	Lt. Phil Keegan	0
39	1972	Pancho Villa	Pancho Villa	49
40	1972	A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die	Major Ward	63
41	1973	Redneck	Memphis	45
42	1973	The Marcus-Nelson Murders	Lt. Theo Kojak	69
43	1973	Lisa and the Devil	Leandro	63
44	1973	She Cried Murder	Inspector Joe Brody	62
45	1975	The House of Exorcism	Leandro (archive footage)	47
46	1975	Inside Out	Harry Morgan	65
47	1976	Killer Force	Webb	52
48	1976	Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?	Self	0
49	1976	Joys	Self	40
50	1977	Capricorn One	Albain	68
51	1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Captain Stefan Svevo	51
52	1979	Escape to Athena	Zeno	57
53	1979	The Muppet Movie	El Sleazo Tough	72
54	1980	The Border	Frank Cooper	51
55	1980	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Cretzer	45
56	1981	Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham	Narrator	57
57	1981	Hellinger's Law	Nick Hellinger	75
58	1981	Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen	Narrator	60
59	1981	Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth	Narrator	0
60	1982	Silent Rebellion	Pete	70
61	1982	Fake-Out	Lt. Thurston	40
62	1984	Afghanistan For What?		0
63	1984	Cannonball Run II	Hymie	54
64	1984	The Cartier Affair	Phil Drexler	42
65	1985	Kojak The Belarus File	Lieutenant Theo Kojak	60
66	1985	Beyond Reason	Dr. Nicholas Mati	0
67	1986	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Magmar (voice)	55
68	1986	The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration		75
69	1987	Kojak: The Price of Justice	Inspector Theo Kojak	42
70	1987	The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission	Maj. Wright	51
71	1987	The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine	Brother Joseph Heiden	87
72	1987	Return to the Titanic... Live!	Host	40
73	1988	Faceless	Terry Hallen	58
74	1988	The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission	Maj. Wright	52
75	1989	The Hollywood Detective	Harry Bell	60
76	1989	Kojak: Ariana	Lieutenant Theo Kojak	60
77	1989	Kojak : Error Fatal	Lieutenant Theo Kojak	60
78	1990	Kojak: Flowers For Matty	Inspector Theo Kojak	45
79	1990	Kojak: It's Always Something	Inspector Theo Kojak	60
80	1990	Kojak: None So Blind	Inspector Theo Kojak	60
81	1991	Rose Against the Odds	George Parnassus	0
82	1991	Perfect Crimes	Self - Narrator	50
83	1994	Mind Twister	Richard Howland	34
84	1995	Backfire!	Most Evil Man	30
85	2006	Operation Dirty Dozen	Self	60
86	2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	Self (archive footage)	64
87	2011	Paul Williams Still Alive	Self (archive footage)	68
88	2012	Remote Control Magic: The Movie	Self (archive footage)	0
89	2020	Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity	Self (archive footage)	78
90	2021	Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained	Self - Actor (archive footage)	70
91	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
4	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
5	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
6	1950	Armstrong Circle Theatre		30
7	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self / Tex	74
8	1958	Naked City	Gabriel Hody	55
9	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Brother Hendricksen	67
10	1959	Bonanza	Charles Augustus Hackett	75
11	1959	The Twilight Zone	Erich Streator	84
12	1959	The Untouchables	Leo Stazak	79
13	1959	The Detectives	Ben	56
14	1960	The Aquanauts	Paul Price	55
15	1961	Acapulco	Mr. Carver	50
16	1961	Cain's Hundred	Frank Meehan	47
17	1961	Cain's Hundred	Harry Remick	47
18	1961	Ben Casey		56
19	1961	The New Breed	Dr. Buel Reed	70
20	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
21	1962	The Virginian	'Colonel' Bliss	65
22	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Philadelphia Harry	78
23	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
24	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	75
25	1962	Combat!	Colonel Kapsalis	77
26	1962	Combat!	Jon	77
27	1963	The Dakotas		57
28	1963	Arrest and Trial	Frank Santo	77
29	1963	Grindl		55
30	1963	The Fugitive	Steve Keller	72
31	1963	The Fugitive	Victor Leonetti	72
32	1963	The Fugitive	Dan Polichek	72
33	1963	Burke's Law	Fakir George O'Shea	60
34	1963	Burke's Law	Balakirov aka Richard Goldtooth	60
35	1963	Burke's Law	Charlie Prince	60
36	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Mueller	57
37	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Beret	53
38	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Ramon Castillo / Raymond Castle	53
39	1964	Top of the Pops	Self	66
40	1964	Einer wird gewinnen	Self	70
41	1964	The Rogues		72
42	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Count Valeriano De Fanzini	72
43	1965	Run for Your Life	Istvan Zabor	72
44	1965	The F.B.I.	Ed Clementi	55
45	1967	Garrison's Gorillas		78
46	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
47	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	77
48	1971	Disco	Self	0
49	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
50	1971	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour		65
51	1972	Musikladen	Self	0
52	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
53	1973	Kojak	Theo Kojak	70
54	1974	Am laufenden Band	Self - Guest	65
55	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
56	1974	Tony Orlando and Dawn	Self	35
57	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
58	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
59	1976	Alice		71
60	1977	The Love Boat	Dr. Fabian Cain	63
61	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Joe Brisson	67
62	1979	Okay	Self	0
63	1979	The French Atlantic Affair	Fr. Craig Dunleavy	70
64	1980	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Cretzer	50
65	1985	The Equalizer	Brother Joseph Heiden	72
66	1985	Alice in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat	69
67	1987	J.J. Starbuck	The Greek	50
68	1990	Ein Schloß am Wörthersee	Teddy	58
69	1991	The Commish	Tommy Colette	71

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