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Telly Savalas

1922–1994 · Acting

70.6avg grm
4titles
#849best rank
4honors
Bbest title · #849 on siteBirdman of Alcatraz1962 · as Feto Gomez75.5

Honors

4
1974Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1976Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Drama
—Ellis Island Medal of Honor
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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).

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).

Filmography

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1970s2 titlesKKojak1973 · as Lt. Theo Kojak · series61.4KKelly's Heroes1970 · as Big Joe70.5
1960s2 titlesBBirdman of Alcatraz1962 · as Feto Gomez75.5CCape Fear1962 · as Private Detective Charles Sievers75.0

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Telly Savalas

T
born1922
died1994
known forActing
titles on site4
best title rank#849 · Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
avg GRM70.6
honors4 · Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, 1974
Honors
  • 1974Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • 1976Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Drama
  • —Ellis Island Medal of Honor
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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).

Filmography

ranked on this site

1970s

2 titles
K61.4Kojak1973 · as Lt. Theo Kojak · seriesK70.5Kelly's Heroes1970 · as Big Joe

1960s

2 titles
B75.5Birdman of Alcatraz1962 · as Feto GomezC75.0Cape Fear1962 · as Private Detective Charles Sievers

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