Cast
Telly Savalas
Acting
Cast
Telly Savalas
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-01-21
From
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Died
1994-01-22
Also known as Telly Aristoteles Savalas, Telli Savales, Telly Savales
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).
★7.6
MOVIE1967
The Dirty Dozen
as Archer Maggott
★6.6
MOVIE1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
★7.4
MOVIE1970
Kelly's Heroes
as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
★6.6
MOVIE1969
Mackenna's Gold
as Sergeant Tibbs
★5.3
MOVIE1963
Johnny Cool
as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
★7.2
MOVIE1979
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleazo Tough
★5.8
MOVIE1971
Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Captain Sam Surcher
★7.5
MOVIE1962
Cape Fear
as Private Detective Charles Sievers
★3.6
MOVIE1995
Backfire!
as Most Evil Man (Not Really)
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Joys
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1984
The Cartier Affair
as Phil Drexler
★5.4
MOVIE1984
Cannonball Run II
as Hymie
★6.9
MOVIE1965
Battle of the Bulge
as Sgt. Guffy
★5.0
MOVIE1971
A Town Called Bastard
as Don Carlos
★6.5
MOVIE1961
The Young Savages
as Detective Lt. Gunderson
★6.4
MOVIE1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Pontius Pilate
★6.8
MOVIE1977
Capricorn One
as Albain
★6.7
MOVIE1969
The Assassination Bureau
as Lord Bostwick
★2.6
MOVIE1977
Black Aphrodite
as The Boss (as Aristides T. Savallas)
★7.5
MOVIE1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Feto Gomez
★5.4
MOVIE1961
Mad Dog Coll
as Lt. Dawson
★5.6
MOVIE1961
The Sin of Jesus
as Felix
★6.3
MOVIE1972
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
as Major Ward
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Kojak: None So Blind
as Inspector Theo Kojak
★6.8
MOVIE1985
Kojak: The Belarus File
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
★6.3
MOVIE1972
Horror Express
as Captain Kazan
★7.1
MOVIE1965
The Slender Thread
as Dr. Joe Coburn
★5.7
MOVIE1979
Escape to Athena
as Zeno
★6.7
MOVIE1975
Inside Out
as Harry Morgan
★5.1
MOVIE1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Captain Stefan Svevo
★6.4
MOVIE1968
The Scalphunters
as Jim Howie
★5.8
MOVIE1965
Genghis Khan
as Shan
★4.9
MOVIE1972
Pancho Villa
as Pancho Villa
★5.1
MOVIE1967
The Karate Killers
as Count De Fanzini
★7.4
MOVIE1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Magmar (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1976
Killer Force
as Webb
★6.9
MOVIE1968
Sol Madrid
as Emil Dietrich
★5.6
MOVIE1966
Beau Geste
as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau
★5.9
MOVIE1963
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Foots Pulardos
★4.4
MOVIE1973
Redneck
as Memphis
★5.1
MOVIE1963
Love is a Ball
as Dr. Christian Gump
★5.2
MOVIE1988
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Maj. Wright
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Kojak : Error Fatal
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
★8.5
MOVIE1969
Crooks and Coronets
as Herbie Haseler
★7.6
MOVIE1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Lt. Theo Kojak
★6.1
MOVIE1971
Mongo's Back in Town
as Lieutenant Pete Tolstad
★5.4
MOVIE1972
The Killer Is on the Phone
as Ranko Drasovic
MOVIE1981
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth
as Narrator
★7.5
MOVIE1989
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
★8.8
MOVIE1981
Hellinger's Law
as Nick Hellinger
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Rose Against the Odds
as George Parnassus
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1981
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen
as Narrator
★5.8
MOVIE1972
Sonny and Jed
as Sheriff Franciscus
★6.2
MOVIE1973
Lisa and the Devil
as Leandro
★6.7
MOVIE1990
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Inspector Theo Kojak
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Beyond Reason
as Dr. Nicholas Mati
★6.6
MOVIE1973
She Cried Murder
as Inspector Joe Brody
★7.0
MOVIE1989
The Hollywood Detective
as Harry Bell
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★4.5
MOVIE1975
The House of Exorcism
as Leandro (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1962
The Interns
as Dr. Dominic Riccio
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Violent City
as Al Weber
★6.0
MOVIE1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Walter Braddock
★5.8
MOVIE1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Inspector Theo Kojak
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Ilchidai Khan
★7.2
MOVIE2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
★3.8
MOVIE1994
Mind Twister
as Richard Howland
★5.5
MOVIE1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Cretzer
★4.1
MOVIE1982
Fake-Out
as Lt. Thurston
★5.0
MOVIE1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
as Maj. Wright
★5.7
MOVIE1988
Faceless
as Terry Hallen
MOVIE1991
Halloween Monster Bash
as Captain Kazan (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1972
Crime Boss
as Don Vincenzo
MOVIE1984
Afghanistan For What?
★5.6
MOVIE1969
Land Raiders
as Vince Carden
★3.8
MOVIE1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Macmuid (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1972
Visions...
as Lt. Phil Keegan
★4.0
MOVIE1971
Clay Pigeon
as Redford
★7.4
MOVIE1986
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
★4.8
MOVIE1964
The New Interns
as Dr. Dominic Riccio
★4.0
MOVIE1987
Return to the Titanic... Live!
as Host
★5.4
MOVIE1980
The Border
as Frank Cooper
★5.2
MOVIE1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Inspector Theo Kojak
★5.7
MOVIE1981
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Perfect Crimes
as Self - Narrator
★8.5
MOVIE1982
Silent Rebellion
as Pete
★8.7
MOVIE1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Brother Joseph Heiden
MOVIE2012
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
as Self (archive footage)