People
Telly Savalas
Acting · follow into films and chains
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).
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Dirty Dozen
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Kelly's Heroes
Appears in a KinoChain journey
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
As Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Capricorn One
As Albain
Horror Express
As Captain Kazan
Battle of the Bulge
As Sgt. Guffy
The Assassination Bureau
As Lord Bostwick
The Greatest Story Ever Told
As Pontius Pilate
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Acted
Backfire!
1995 · Most Evil Man (Not Really)
Escape to Athena
1979 · Zeno
Capricorn One
1977 · Albain
Horror Express
1972 · Captain Kazan
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Assassination Bureau
1969 · Lord Bostwick
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Archer Maggott
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Sgt. Guffy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Pontius Pilate
Mad Dog Coll
1961 · Lt. Dawson