Telly Savalas
Actor, Film actor
1922 – 1994
Who was Telly Savalas?
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas 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.
His other movie credits include The Young Savages, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Battle of the Bulge, The Dirty Dozen, The Scalphunters, supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Kelly's Heroes, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Inside Out, and Escape to Athena.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1922
Garden City - Also known as
- Aristotelis Savalas
- Telli Savales
- Telly Aristoteles Savalas
- Telli Savalas
- Golden Greek
- Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Katherine Nicolaides
(1948 - 1957) - Marilyn Gardner
(1960/07/21 - 1974/10/19) - Sally Sheridan
( - 1977) - Julie Hovland
(1984/12/22 - 1994/01/22)
- Katherine Nicolaides
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Greek American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University School of General Studies
( - 1948) - Sewanhaka High School
( - 1940) - Columbia University
- Columbia University School of General Studies
- Lived in
- Garden City
- Died
- Jan 22, 1994
Universal City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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