Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas
Birth name	Aristotelis Savalas
Born	January 21, 1924 in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Died	January 22, 1994 in University City, California, USA from bladder cancer
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards	star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Kojak	Theo Kojak	1973–1978	1	2	3	4	5
The French Atlantic Affair	Father Craig Dunleavy	1979	miniseries

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Naked City	Gabe Hoby	2x05 - To Walk in Silence	November 9, 1960
The United States Steel Hour	Himself	8x09 - Operation Northstar	December 28, 1960
The Untouchables	Wally Baltzer	2x20 - The Antidote	March 9, 1961
The New Breed	Dr. Buel Reed	1x05 - The Compulsion to Confess	October 31, 1961
The Untouchables	Matt Bass	3x05 - The Matt Bass Scheme	November 9, 1961
Cain's Hundred	Frank Neehan	1x10 - In the Balance	November 28, 1961
The Dick Powell Show	Sgt. Marius	1x11 - Three Soldiers	December 5, 1961
The Detectives	Ben Willis	3x10 - Escort	December 15, 1961
Ben Casey	Officer George Dempsey	1x12 - A Dark Night for Billy Harris	December 18, 1961
Cain's Hundred	Harry Remick	1x24 - Savage in Darkness	March 27, 1962
The Untouchables	Leo Stazak	4x14 - The Speculator	January 8, 1963
The Eleventh Hour	Ben Cohen	1x21 - A Tumble from a High, White Horse	February 27, 1963
Empire	Tibor	1x27 - Arrow in the Sky	April 9, 1963
77 Sunset Strip	Brother Hendricksen	6x04 - 5 (4)	October 11, 1963
The Twilight Zone	Erich Streator	5x06 - Living Doll	November 1, 1963
Burke's Law	Fakir George O'Shea	1x11 - Who Killed Purity Mather?	December 6, 1963
The Fugitive	Polichek	1x18 - Where the Action Is	January 28, 1964
Burke's Law	Charlie Prince	1x21 - Who Killed His Royal Highness?	February 21, 1964
Channing	Paul Atherton	1x20 - A Claim to Immortality	February 26, 1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Philadelphia Harry	2x23 - A Matter of Murder	April 3, 1964
Combat!	Colonel Kapsalis	3x02 - Vendetta	September 22, 1964
The Rogues	Himself	1x04 - Viva Diaz!	October 4, 1964
Burke's Law	Richard Goldtooth	2x22 - Who Killed the Man on the White Horse?	February 17, 1965
The Fugitive	Victor Leonetti	2x25 - May God Have Mercy	March 16, 1965
Bonanza	Charles Hackett	6x29 - To Own the World	April 18, 1965
Run for Your Life	Istvan Zabor	1x04 - How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit	October 1, 1965
The Virginian	Col. Bliss	4x17 - Men with Guns	January 12, 1966
The Fugitive	Keller	3x20 - Stroke of Genius	February 1, 1966
Combat!	Jon	5x18 - Anniversary	January 24, 1967
The F.B.I.	Ed Clementi	2x25 - The Executioners (1)	March 12, 1967
The F.B.I.	Ed Clementi	2x26 - The Executioners (2)	March 19, 1967
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre	Mueller	4x23 - Don't Wait for Tomorrow	April 19, 1967
Cimarron Strip	Bear	1x04 - The Battleground	September 28, 1967
Alice	Himself	4x01 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?	September 23, 1979
The Equalizer	Brother Joseph Heiden	3x01 - Blood & Wine (1)	September 23, 1987
The Equalizer	Brother Joseph Heiden	3x02 - Blood & Wine (2)	September 23, 1987
The Commish	Tommy Collette	2x11 - The Frame	December 19, 1992
The Commish	Tommy Collette	2x16 - Family Business (1)	February 20, 1993
The Commish	Tommy Collette	2x17 - Out of Business (2)	February 27, 1993

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Telly... Who Loves Ya Baby?	Himself	February 18, 1976
Joys	Himself	March 5, 1976

Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
Kojak	2x14 - The Betrayal	December 15, 1974
Kojak	2x25 - I Want to Report a Dream	March 9, 1975
Kojak	3x08 - Over the Water	November 9, 1975
Kojak	4x22 - Kiss It All Goodbye	February 22, 1977
Kojak	5x22 - In Full Command	March 18, 1978

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

(1 Win in 4 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1974)

Kojak

Golden Globe Awards

(2 Wins in 6 Nominations)

• Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama (1975, 1976)

Kojak

Quotes

• "Who loves ya, baby?" - his famous line from Kojak

Trivia

• Father to Christina Savalas (1950) from his marriage to Katherine Nicolaides
• Father to Penélope Savalas (1961), Candace Savalas (1963) from his marriage to Marilyn Gardiner
• Father to Nicholas Savalas (1973) from his relationship with Sally Sheridan
• Father to Christian Savalas (1985) and Ariana Savalas (1987) from his relationship with Julie Hovland whom he was married to from 1984 to his death
• Brother is George Savalas
• Stepfather to Nicollette Sheridan
• Godfather to Jennifer Aniston through his friendship with John Aniston