Telly Savalas
Acting
Born Jan 21, 1922
-- Died Jan 22, 1994
· Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
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...
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6.6
movie
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1969
7.6
movie
The Dirty Dozen
as Archer Maggott
1967
8.5
tv
The Twilight Zone
as Erich Streator
1959
7.4
movie
Kelly's Heroes
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
1970
7.2
movie
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleazo Tough
1979
7.5
movie
Cape Fear
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
1962
6.8
movie
Capricorn One
as Albain
1977
7.5
tv
Bonanza
as Charles Augustus Hackett
1959
5.4
movie
Cannonball Run II
as Hymie
1984
7.5
movie
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Feto Gomez
1962
6.3
movie
Horror Express
as Captain Kazan
1972
6.9
movie
Battle of the Bulge
as Sgt. Guffy
1965