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Telly Savalas
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).
15
Films
6.7
Avg Score
Filmography (15)
Cannonball Run II
51
as Hymie
The Muppet Movie
76
as El Sleazo Tough
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
47
as Captain Stefan Svevo
Capricorn One
68
as Albain
Horror Express
65
as Captain Kazan
Pretty Maids All in a Row
61
as Captain Sam Surcher
Kelly's Heroes
76
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
Violent City
62
as Al Weber
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
67
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Mackenna's Gold
67
as Sergeant Tibbs
The Dirty Dozen
77
as Archer Maggott
The Greatest Story Ever Told
65
as Pontius Pilate
Battle of the Bulge
68
as Sgt. Guffy
Cape Fear
77
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
Birdman of Alcatraz
78
as Feto Gomez