Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
92
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 21, 1922 ( 72 years old )
Place of Birth
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Also Known As
Telly Aristoteles Savalas
Telli Savales
Telly Savales
Τέλης Σαβάλας
Телли Савалас
Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962-07-04On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969-12-18The Dirty Dozen
1967-06-15The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09Mad Dog Coll
1961-05-12Genghis Khan
1965-04-15The New Interns
1964-06-01Lisa e il diavolo
1973-05-08Cape Fear
1962-04-12Land Raiders
1969-07-27