Telly Savalas
Son of Greek immigrants. Soldier during World War II. Studied psychology. Worked as journalist for ABC News. The bald-headed actor played character roles, often as sadistic or psychotic types. He became a TV favorite in the 1970s when his role as Det. Theo Kojak in the TV movie Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) was expanded into the gritty ...
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- Born:
- Jan 21, 1922 In Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 228
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Bonds Are Forever
- Latest Project:
- Movie America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton 2014-10-01
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Operation Dirty Dozen | Himself | 2017 |
| Series | Dante's Domicile | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton | Unknown | 2014-10-01 |
| Movie | Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | In the Name Of | Unknown | 2013-09-20 |
| Movie | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Paul Williams Still Alive | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Sons of Norway | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Special Collector's Edition | Unknown | 2010-08-16 |
| Movie | Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | La imagen de tu vida | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | The Break-Up | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Total Cops | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Top of the Pops | Unknown | 2002-01-12 |
| Movie | I Love Christmas | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | The James Bond Story | Unknown | 2000-01-08 |
| Series | I Love 1970's | Unknown | 2000-07-22 |
| Movie | Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Go | Unknown | 1999-04-09 |
| Series | The Greatest | Himself / ... | 1998-03-28 |
| Movie | The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | Unknown | 1997-12-24 |
| Movie | Backfire! | Unknown | 1995 |
| Series | The Extraordinary | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Mind Twister | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1994-03-21 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | Unknown | 1993-05-06 |
| Series | Ein Schloß am Wörthersee | Unknown | 1993 |
| Series | Aspel & Company | Unknown | 1992 |
| Series | The Commish | Unknown | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Rose Against the Odds | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | One on One with John Tesh | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Telly Savalas: The ABCs of Winning Blackjack | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Kojak: It's Always Something | Inspector Theo Kojak | 1990 |
| Movie | Kojak: None So Blind | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Kojak: Ariana | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Detective | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Theo Kojak | 1989-11-30 |
| Series | The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 1989-01-03 |
| Series | Later with Bob Costas | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
| Series | The Wil Shriner Show | Unknown | 1987-09-17 |
| Series | J.J. Starbuck | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Movie | Faceless | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Give Me Your Answer True | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1986 |
| Series | George Burns Comedy Week | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly | Unknown | 1985-05-07 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Kojak: The Belarus File | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 1985-02-16 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Cannonball Run II | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The Cartier Affair | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1984 |
| Series | Einer wird gewinnen | Unknown | 1983 |
| Series | Dom DeLuise and Friends | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Afghanistan pourquoi? | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Bonds Are Forever | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Fake-Out | Lt. Thurston | 1982-11-18 |
| Series | American Playhouse | Unknown | 1982-01-12 |
| Movie | Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Hellinger's Law | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen | Unknown | 1981-10-11 |
| Movie | Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen | Unknown | 1981 |
| Series | International Pro-Celebrity Golf: Six of the Best | Himself | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Cretzer | 1980-11-05 |
| Series | Disco | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Border Cop | Unknown | 1980 |
| Series | The John Davidson Show | Unknown | 1980-06-30 |
| Movie | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1979-04-09 |
| Movie | Escape to Athena | Zeno | 1979-06-06 |
| Series | Am laufenden Band | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | The Muppet Movie | Unknown | 1979 |
| Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown | 1979-03-24 |
| Series | The French Atlantic Affair | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Stefan Svevo | 1979-05-18 |
| Series | CBS: On the Air | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra | Himself | 1978-02-07 |
| Movie | A Salute to American Imagination | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Battle of the Network Stars III | Himself - Host | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Paul Anka ... Music My Way | Unknown | 1977-04-25 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Circus of the Stars #2 | Unknown | 1977 |
| Movie | Battle of the Network Stars II | Unknown | 1977 |
| Movie | The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Unknown | 1977 |
| Movie | Beyond Reason | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | Les rendez-vous du dimanche | Unknown | 1976 |
| Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
| Movie | The 48th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Telly... Who Loves Ya Baby? | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The Diamond Mercenaries | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Battle of the Network Stars | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly | Unknown | 1976-01-07 |
| Movie | The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1976-05-17 |
| Movie | Joys | Unknown | 1976-03-05 |
| Series | The Norman Gunston Show | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | The Royal Variety Performance | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | Inside Out | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | The House of Exorcism | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | The 46th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1974-04-02 |
| Series | Dinah! | Unknown | 1974-10-21 |
| Series | V.I.P.-Schaukel | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The 16th Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas | Unknown | 1974-11-15 |
| Movie | Lisa and the Devil | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | Celebrity Bowling | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Senza ragione | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | She Cried Murder | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | Jack Paar Tonite | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | NFL Players Association Awards Dinner | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | Kojak | Lt. Theo Kojak / ... | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | Musikladen | Unknown | 1972-12-13 |
| Movie | Sonny and Jed | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Crime Boss | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | L'assassino... è al telefono | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Visions... | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Pancho Villa | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Unknown | 1971 |
| Movie | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Unknown | 1971 |
| Movie | Mongo's Back in Town | Lieutenant Pete Tolstad | 1971-12-10 |
| Series | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1971-08-01 |
| Movie | Clay Pigeon | Unknown | 1971 |
| Movie | Kelly's Heroes | Unknown | 1970 |
| Movie | The Family | Unknown | 1970 |
| Series | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Unknown | 1970 |
| Series | The Virginia Graham Show | Unknown | 1970-06-08 |
| Series | The David Frost Show | Unknown | 1969-07-07 |
| Movie | Mackenna's Gold | Sergeant Tibbs | 1969-05-10 |
| Movie | Swiss Movement | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Land Raiders | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Blofeld | 1969-12-18 |
| Movie | Above It All | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Sophie's Place | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1968 |
| Movie | Sol Madrid | Unknown | 1968 |
| Movie | The Scalphunters | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | The Pat Boone Show | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | The Karate Killers | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | The Dirty Dozen | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | Mondo Hollywood | Unknown | 1967-07-01 |
| Series | Dateline: Hollywood | Unknown | 1967-02-12 |
| Movie | Lionpower from MGM | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
| Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
| Movie | Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | Genghis Khan | Unknown | 1965 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | The Rogues | Unknown | 1965 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1965 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Unknown | 1965 |
| Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Unknown | 1965 |
| Movie | Battle of the Bulge | Unknown | 1965 |
| Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Unknown | 1965 |
| Series | Channing | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | The New Interns | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Breaking Point | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Cinema | Unknown | 1964-05-14 |
| Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Grindl | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
| Movie | The 35th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Theatre | Unknown | 1963 |
| Movie | Love Is a Ball | Dr. Christian Gump | 1963-05-14 |
| Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1963 |
| Movie | The Man from the Diners' Club | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | The Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | Johnny Cool | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown | 1962-09-20 |
| Movie | Cape Fear | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | King of Diamonds | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1962 |
| Movie | Birdman of Alcatraz | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | Empire | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1962 |
| Movie | The Interns | Unknown | 1962 |
| Movie | The Young Savages | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | The Sin of Jesus | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Here's Hollywood | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Acapulco | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Bonanza | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | The Aquanauts | Unknown | 1960-09-14 |
| Series | The Witness | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | Sunday Showcase | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | Diagnosis: Unknown | Unknown | 1960-07-05 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1959 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Unknown | 1959-10-15 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
| Series | The Linkletter Show | Unknown | 1952-09-01 |
| Series | The Red Skelton Hour | Unknown | 1951-09-30 |