As Actor
Backfire!
1995
3.0
Telly Savalas
Acting
Birth date
January 21, 1922
Birth place
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Death date
January 22, 1994
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).
Featured in
As Actor
Mind Twister
1994
3.4
As Actor
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
6.0
As Actor
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
6.0
As Actor
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
4.5
As Actor
Kojak : Error Fatal
1989
6.0
As Actor
Kojak: Ariana
1989
6.0
As Actor
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
5.2
As Actor
Faceless
1988
5.8
As Actor
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
8.7
As Actor
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
5.1
As Actor
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
4.2
As Actor
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
5.5
As Actor
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
6.0
As Actor
Cannonball Run II
1984
5.4
As Actor
Fake-Out
1982
4.0
As Actor
Silent Rebellion
1982
7.0
As Actor
Hellinger's Law
1981
7.5
As Actor
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
4.5
As Actor
The Border
1980
5.1