Telly Savalas - Actor Profile

Telly Savalas

20Movies
8.7 Best Rating

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).

Top Rated Movies

★8.7
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine (1987) movie poster
★8.7

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine — Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

1987•Action
★8.3
Crooks and Coronets (1969) movie poster
★8.3

Crooks and Coronets — Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves t

Crooks and Coronets

1969•Comedy
★7.6
The Dirty Dozen (1967) movie poster
★7.6

The Dirty Dozen — 12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi

The Dirty Dozen

1967•Action
★7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) movie poster
★7.5

Birdman of Alcatraz — After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad b

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962•Drama
★7.5
Hellinger's Law (1981) movie poster
★7.5

Hellinger's Law — A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Depa

Hellinger's Law

1981•Drama

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1987 The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine Brother Joseph Heiden ★ 8.7 HIT
1969 Crooks and Coronets Herbie Haseler ★ 8.3 HIT
1967 The Dirty Dozen Archer Maggott ★ 7.6 HIT
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Feto Gomez ★ 7.5 HIT
1981 Hellinger's Law Nick Hellinger ★ 7.5 HIT
1986 The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration - ★ 7.5 HIT
1962 Cape Fear Private Detective Charles Sievers ★ 7.4 HIT
1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders Lt. Theo Kojak ★ 7.4 HIT
1970 Kelly's Heroes Master Sergeant "Big Joe" ★ 7.3 HIT
1979 The Muppet Movie El Sleazo Tough ★ 7.2 HIT
2022 La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
1965 The Slender Thread Dr. Joe Coburn ★ 7.1 HIT
1982 Silent Rebellion Pete ★ 7.0 HIT
2021 Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
1965 Battle of the Bulge Sgt. Guffy ★ 6.9 HIT
1977 Capricorn One Albain ★ 6.8 HIT
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ernst Stavro Blofeld ★ 6.6 HIT
1969 Mackenna's Gold Sergeant Tibbs ★ 6.6 HIT
1969 The Assassination Bureau Lord Bostwick ★ 6.6 HIT
1973 She Cried Murder Inspector Joe Brody ★ 6.6 HIT