Acting credits
141
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
141
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
1.4
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 10169
IMDb ID: nm0001699
Known for: Acting
Born: January 21, 1922
Died: January 22, 1994
Age: 72
Place of birth: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2022
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q209471
Also known as
Telly Aristoteles Savalas • Telli Savales • Telly Savales • Τέλης Σαβάλας • Телли Савалас • Aristides T. Savallas • A. T. Savallas
Other jobs
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).





Movie credits linked with Telly Savalas.
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Most Evil Man
as Richard Howland
as George Parnassus
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
as Harry Bell
as Maj. Wright
as Terry Hallen
as Brother Joseph Heiden
as Maj. Wright
as Inspector Theo Kojak
as Magmar (voice)
as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
as Phil Drexler
as Hymie
Series credits linked with Telly Savalas.
as Tommy Colette • 3 eps
as Teddy • 1 eps
as The Greek • 1 eps
as Cheshire Cat • 1 eps
as Brother Joseph Heiden • 2 eps
as Cretzer • 2 eps
as Fr. Craig Dunleavy • 3 eps
as Joe Brisson • 1 eps
as Dr. Fabian Cain • 2 eps
1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 3 eps
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
as Theo Kojak • 118 eps
as Self • 2 eps
as Self • 1 eps
1 eps
as Self • 2 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self - Guest / Various Characters • 1 eps
1 eps
1 eps