Telly Savalas
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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…
Also known as
Telly Aristoteles Savalas · Telli Savales · Telly Savales · Aristides T. Savallas · A. T. Savallas
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
Top of the Pops
1964 · TV
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV
The Love Boat
1977 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
Bonanza
1959 · TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV
Alice
1976 · TV
The Fugitive
1963 · TV
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · TV
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV