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Telly Savalas Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1922-01-21

Birthplace:
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Credits:
159 Total Roles

Telly Savalas

Acting

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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).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2022 La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2021 Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained MOVIE Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012 Remote Control Magic: The Movie MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2010 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2006 Operation Dirty Dozen MOVIE Self
1995 Backfire! MOVIE Most Evil Man (Not Really)
1994 Mind Twister MOVIE Richard Howland
1991 Perfect Crimes MOVIE Self - Narrator
1991 Rose Against the Odds MOVIE George Parnassus
1991 The Commish TV Tommy Colette

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