Telly Savalas
Acting
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).
As actor 153
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Top of the Pops
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Fugitive
1963
The Love Boat
1977
Alice
1976
Bonanza
1959
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Golden Globe Awards
1944
American Playhouse
1982
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Virginian
1962
The Untouchables
1959
Midi Première
1975
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Combat!
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Run for Your Life
1965
Naked City
1958
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Burke's Law
1963
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Ben Casey
1961
The Equalizer
1985
The F.B.I.
1965
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Dinah!
1974
Bambi
1948
The Commish
1991
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Cain's Hundred
1961
Kojak
1973
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Detectives
1959
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
1990
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Aquanauts
1960
Cimarron Strip
1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Disco
1971
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Rogues
1964
The Muppet Movie
1979
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The New Breed
1961
Kelly's Heroes
1970
Musikladen
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Cape Fear
1962
Cannonball Run II
1984
Okay
1979
The Dakotas
1963
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Am laufenden Band
1974
Capricorn One
1977
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Grindl
1963
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
Johnny Cool
1963
Battle of the Bulge
1965
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Horror Express
1972
Lisa and the Devil
1974
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
Escape to Athena
1979
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
The Assassination Bureau
1969
The Scalphunters
1968
Genghis Khan
1965
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Acapulco
1961
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
Backfire!
1995
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
Pancho Villa
1972
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
Faceless
1988
Violent City
1970
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
The Cartier Affair
1984
Beau Geste
1966
Joys
1976
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Love is a Ball
1963
The Young Savages
1961
Killer Force
1976
A Town Called Bastard
1971
The Slender Thread
1965
Mad Dog Coll
1961
Sol Madrid
1968
Redneck
1973
Rose Against the Odds
1991
Land Raiders
1969
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
The Karate Killers
1967
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
The Interns
1962
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Inside Out
1975
Black Aphrodite
1977
Beyond Reason
1982
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen
1981
Fake-Out
1982
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
The Hollywood Detective
1989
Sonny and Jed
1972
Hellinger's Law
1981
Kojak: Fatal Flaw
1989
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Mongo's Back in Town
1971
Clay Pigeon
1971
Mind Twister
1994
The Killer Is on the Phone
1972
The New Interns
1964
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
Crime Boss
1972
The Sin of Jesus
1961
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
The House of Exorcism
1975
The Border
1980
Crooks and Coronets
1969
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
1981
Kojak: Ariana
1989
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth
1981
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
She Cried Murder
1973
Silent Rebellion
1982
Visions...
1972
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
2012
Perfect Crimes
1991
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Return to the Titanic... Live!
1987
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976