Telly Savalas

Personal Info

Birthday

January 21, 1922

Day of Death

1994-01-22

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Also Known As

Telly Aristoteles Savalas

Telli Savales

Telly Savales

Τέλης Σαβάλας

Телли Савалас

Aristides T. Savallas

A. T. Savallas

Telly Savalas

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).