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