Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was a Greek-American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series '' Kojak'' (1973–1978) and

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archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969). Savalas's other films include '' Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), '' The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), ''

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'' (1965), ''

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'' (1965), '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), '' Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), '' Horror Express'' (1972), '' Lisa and the Devil'' (1974), '' Escape to Athena'' (1979), '' Border Cop'' (1980) and '' Mind Twister'' (1993). For ''Birdman of Alcatraz'', he was nominated for the

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and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Savalas released a cover of the

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song " If", which became a UK number-one single in 1975.

Early life

Aristotelis Savalas was born in Garden City, New York, on January 21, 1922, the second of five children born to Greek parents Christina (née Kapsalis), an artist who was a native of

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, and Nick Savalas, a restaurant owner. His paternal grandparents came from Ierakas. Savalas and his brother, Gus, sold newspapers and polished shoes to help support the family. Savalas initially spoke only Greek when he entered grade school, but later learned English. He attended Cobbett Junior High School in

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. He won a spelling bee there in 1934; due to an oversight, he did not receive his prize until 1991, when the school principal and the ''

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'' awarded it to him. Savalas graduated from Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, in 1940. A renowned swimmer, he worked as a beach lifeguard after graduation from high school. On one occasion, though, he was unsuccessful in saving a father from drowning; as he attempted resuscitation, the man's two children stood nearby crying for their father to wake up. This affected Savalas so much that he spent the rest of his life promoting water safety, and later made all six of his children take swimming lessons.

Military service

Savalas was

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in 1941. Savalas served in Company C, 12th Medical Training Battalion, 4th Medical Training Regiment at Camp Pickett,

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from 1941 to 1943. He was discharged from the Army with the rank of corporal in 1943 after being severely injured in a car accident. Savalas spent more than a year recuperating in hospital with a broken pelvis, sprained ankle and concussion. He then attended the Armed Forces Institute, where he studied radio and television production. Savalas received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia's School of General Studies in 1946 and started working on a master's degree while preparing for medical school.

Career

Early roles

After the war, he worked for the U.S. State Department as host of the ''Your Voice of America'' series, then at

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. In 1950, Savalas hosted a radio show called ''The Coffeehouse in New York City''. Savalas began as an executive director and then as senior director of the news special events at ABC. He then became an executive producer for the '' Gillette Cavalcade of Sports'', where he gave Howard Cosell his first job in television. Before his acting career took off, Savalas directed Scott Vincent and Cosell in ''Report to New York'', WABC-TV's first regularly scheduled news program in fall 1959. Savalas did not consider acting as a career until asked if he could recommend an actor who could do a European accent. He did, but as the friend in question could not go, Savalas himself went to cover for his friend and ended up being cast on "And Bring Home a Baby", an episode of ''

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'' in January 1958. He appeared on two more episodes of the series in 1959 and 1960, one, acting alongside a young Sydney Pollack. He was also in a version of '' The Iceman Cometh''. He quickly became much in demand as a guest star on TV shows, appearing in ''Sunday Showcase'', '' Diagnosis: Unknown'', '' Dow Hour of Great Mysteries'' (an adaptation of '' The Cat and the Canary''), '' Naked City'' (alongside

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), '' The Witness'' (playing Lucky Luciano in one episode and Al Capone in another), '' The United States Steel Hour'', and '' The Aquanauts.'' He was a regular on the short-lived NBC series ''

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'' (1961) with Ralph Taeger and James Coburn. Savalas made his film debut in '' Mad Dog Coll'' (1961), playing a cop. His work had impressed fellow actor

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, who arranged for Savalas to be cast in the John Frankenheimer-directed '' The Young Savages'' (also 1961 and again playing a cop). Pollack worked on the film as an acting coach. In one of his most acclaimed performances, Savalas reunited with Lancaster and Frankenheimer for '' Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), where he was nominated for the

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and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. The same year, he appeared as a private detective in '' Cape Fear'' (directed by J. Lee Thompson with whom Savalas would work in future films), and '' The Interns'', reprising his role from the latter film in '' The New Interns'' (1964). Savalas also guest-starred in a number of TV series during the decade including '' The New Breed'', '' The Detectives'', '' Ben Casey'', '' The Twilight Zone'' (the episode " Living Doll"), '' The Fugitive'', and '' Arrest and Trial'' among others.

Baldness and stardom

He continued in supporting roles in films such as '' The Man from the Diners' Club'', '' Love Is a Ball'', and '' Johnny Cool'' (all 1963). Already at a late stage of

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, he shaved his head to play

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in '' The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965) and kept his head shaven for the rest of his life. He reunited with J. Lee Thompson in '' John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' (1965), and was one of many names in ''

'' (also 1965). He was part of an all-star cast in '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), playing Archer Maggott (the worst of the dozen), in a role Jack Palance turned down. He reunited with Burt Lancaster and Sydney Pollack in the Western '' The Scalphunters'' (1968), and also featured in the comedy '' Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' (also 1968)—noted as one of his favorite roles—and the all-star action movie '' Mackenna's Gold'' (1969), his third film for J. Lee Thompson. Savalas attributed his success to "his complete ability to be himself." Savalas's first leading role in film was in the British crime comedy '' Crooks and Coronets'' (1969). The same year, he appeared in the James Bond movie '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He continued to appear in films during the 1970s including '' Kelly's Heroes'' (1970) (with

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); '' Clay Pigeon'' (1971); and several European features such as '' Violent City'' (1970) (with Charles Bronson); '' A Town Called Bastard'' (1971); '' Horror Express'' (with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee); '' A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die''; the title role in ''

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'' (all 1972); and '' Redneck'' (1973). He reunited with Christopher Lee in the 1976 thriller '' Killer Force'', and also appeared in Peter Hyams' '' Capricorn One'' (1978). "I had worked my way up to star billing", he later said, "when the bottom dropped out of the movie business. I could have stayed in Europe and made Italian movies, but I discovered the big difference between an Italian and American movie is that in the American movie, you get paid."

''Kojak''

Savalas first played Lt. Theophilus "Theo" Kojak in the TV movie ''The Marcus–Nelson Murders'' ( CBS, 1973), which was based on the real-life Career Girls murder case. Kojak was a bald New York City detective with a fondness for lollipops and whose tagline was "Who loves ya, baby?" (He also liked to say, "Everybody should have a little Greek in them.") Although the lollipop gimmick was added to indulge his sweet tooth, Savalas also smoked heavily onscreen—cigarettes, cigarillos, and cigars—throughout the first season's episodes. The lollipops had apparently given him three cavities, and were part of an (unsuccessful) effort by Kojak (and Savalas himself) to curb his smoking. Critic

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and two Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Co-stars on the show included Savalas's younger brother George as Detective Stavros, a sensitive, wild-haired, quiet, comedic foil to Kojak's street-wise humor in an otherwise dark dramatic series, Kevin Dobson as Kojak's trusted young partner, Det. Bobby Crocker, whose on-screen chemistry with Savalas was a success story of 1970s television, and Dan Frazer as Captain Frank McNeil. Due to a decline in ratings, the series was cancelled by CBS in 1978. Savalas and Frazer were the only actors to appear in all 118 episodes. Savalas was unhappy about the show's demise but got the chance to reprise the Kojak persona in several television movies, starting in 1985. The first film, subtitled '' The Belarus File'' and broadcast in February 1985, reunited Savalas with several of his co-stars from the series: younger brother George, Dan Frazer, Mark Russell (Det. Saperstein) and Vince Conti (Det. Rizzo); this marked those actors' final appearances in the ''Kojak'' franchise. A further six ''Kojak'' TV movies were produced, titled '' The Price of Justice'' (1987), ''Ariana'', ''Fatal Flaw'' (both 1989), ''Flowers for Matty'', ''It's Always Something''—with Kevin Dobson reprising his role of Bobby Crocker, now an assistant district attorney—and ''None So Blind'' (all 1990).

Later work

Savalas wrote, directed, and starred in the 1977 independent thriller '' Beyond Reason'', but the film was not released in cinemas; it was made available only on home media in 1985. Savalas was part of an all-star cast in the movies '' Escape to Athena'', '' Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' (both 1979), and '' Cannonball Run II'' (1984), and continued to appear in a number of film and television guest roles during the 1980s, including '' Border Cop'' (1980) and '' Faceless'' (1988), the series '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (1981), and two episodes each of '' The Love Boat'' (1985) and '' The Equalizer'' (1987); the latter series was produced by James McAdams, who had also produced ''Kojak.'' Savalas was the lead actor in the TV movie '' Hellinger's Law'' (1981), which was originally planned as a pilot for a series, but ultimately never materialized. In 1992, he appeared in three episodes of the TV series '' The Commish'' (his son-in-law was one of the producers). This was Savalas's final television role. He appeared in two further feature films before his death, '' Mind Twister'' (1993) and the posthumous release ''Backfire!'' (1995).

Other achievements

With the $1,000,000 he was paid for ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' in 1969, Savalas bought The Bridge House, in Ferndown,

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, England. A couple of relatives ran it for him as a hotel. As a singer, Savalas had some chart success. His spoken word version of

's " If", produced by Snuff Garrett, reached number one in both the UK and

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in March 1975, but just number 88 in Canada, and his follow-up, a version of "

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" peaked at No. 47 in the UK. In February 1981, his version of

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' " Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" topped the charts in Switzerland. He worked with composer and producer John Cacavas on many albums, including ''Telly'' (1974) (which peaked at No. 12 in the UK and No. 49 in Australia) and ''Who Loves Ya, Baby'' (1976). In the late 1970s, Savalas narrated three UK travelogues titled ''Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth'', ''Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen'', and ''Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham''. They were produced by Harold Baim and were examples of quota quickies, which were then part of a requirement that cinemas in the United Kingdom show a set percentage of British-produced films. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Savalas appeared in commercials for the Players' Club Gold Card. In 1982, along with

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and Linda Evans, he participated in the "world premiere" television ad introducing Diet Coke to Americans. On October 28, 1987, Savalas hosted ''Return to the Titanic Live'', a two-hour television special broadcast from

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in Paris, which was widely criticized as being insensitive and for making light of the tragic sinking soon after its wreck was discovered. He also hosted the 1989 video ''UFOs and Channeling.'' He received a star on the

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in 1983. In 1999, ''

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'' ranked him number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.

Personal life

Savalas was married three times. In 1948, after his father's death from

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, Savalas married his college sweetheart, Katherine Nicolaides. Their daughter Christina, named after his mother, was born in 1950. In 1957, Katherine filed for divorce. She urged him to move back to his mother's house during that same year. While Savalas was going broke, he founded the Garden City Theater Center in his native Garden City. While working there, he met Marilyn Gardner, a theater teacher. They married in 1960. Marilyn gave birth to their daughter, Penelope, in 1961. A second daughter, Candace, was born in 1963. They divorced in 1974, after a long separation. In January 1969, while working on the movie ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', Savalas met Sally Adams (billed as Dani Sheridan, one of Blofeld's "Angels of Death"), an actress 24 years his junior, whose daughter from a previous relationship is Nicollette Sheridan. Savalas later moved in with Sally, who gave birth to their son Nicholas Savalas on February 24, 1973. Although Savalas and Sally Adams never legally married, she went by the name Sally Savalas. They stopped living together in December 1978; she filed a palimony lawsuit against him in 1980, demanding support not only for herself and their son, but also for Nicollette. In 1977, during the last season of ''Kojak'', Savalas met Julie Hovland, a travel agent from Minnesota. They were married from 1984 until his death and had two children: Christian, an entrepreneur, singer, and songwriter, and Ariana, an actress and singer/songwriter. Savalas was close friends with actor John Aniston, and was godfather to his daughter Jennifer, a successful TV and film actress. Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the 1992 World Series of Poker. He was also a motorcycle racer and lifeguard. His other hobbies and interests included golfing, swimming, reading romantic books, watching football, traveling, collecting luxury cars and gambling. He loved horse racing and bought a racehorse with film director and producer Howard W. Koch. Naming the horse Telly's Pop, it won several races in 1975, including the Norfolk Stakes and Del Mar Futurity. In his capacity as producer for ''Kojak'', he gave many stars their first break, as Burt Lancaster had done for him. He was considered by those who knew him to be a generous, graceful, compassionate man. He was also a strong contributor to his Greek Orthodox roots through the Saint Sophia and Saint Nicholas cathedrals in Los Angeles and was the sponsor of bringing electricity in the 1970s to his ancestral home, Ierakas. Savalas had a minor physical handicap in that his left index finger was deformed. This deformed digit was often indicated on screen; the ''Kojak'' episode "Conspiracy of Fear" in which a close-up of Savalas holding his chin in his hand clearly shows the permanently bent finger. As a philanthropist and philhellene, Savalas supported many Hellenic causes and made friends in major cities around the world. In Chicago, he often met with Illinois state senators Steven G. Nash and Samuel C. Maragos. In 1993, Savalas appeared on an Australian TV show, ''

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'', with a paranormal tale about a hitchhiking mystery that he could not explain. Along with his brother, Savalas was a Freemason. In the 1980s, Savalas began to lose close relatives. His brother George Savalas, who played Stavros in the original series, died in 1985 of

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at age 60. His mother died in 1988. In late 1989, Savalas was diagnosed with transitional-cell cancer of the bladder.

Death

Savalas died on January 22, 1994, of complications of prostate and bladder cancer, at the Sheraton-Universal Hotel in

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, at the age of 72. He had lived at the Sheraton in Universal City for 20 years, becoming such a fixture at the hotel bar that it was renamed Telly's. Savalas was interred at the

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section of Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. The funeral, held in the Saint Sophia

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, was attended by his third wife, Julie, and his brother Gus. His first two wives, Katherine and Marilyn, also attended with their own children. The mourners included Angie Dickinson, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Sorbo,

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, and several of Savalas's '' Kojak'' co-stars including Kevin Dobson and Dan Frazer.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Discography

Albums

* ''This is Telly Savalas...'' (1972) * ''Telly'' (1974) * ''Telly Savalas'' (1975) * ''Who Loves Ya Baby'' (1976) * ''Sweet Surprise'' eleased on cassette and CD under the title ''Some Broken Hearts''(1980)

Singles

*" Try to Remember" (1972) *"Look Around You" (1972) *"I Don't Want To Know / I Walk The Line" (1972) *"We All End Up The Same" (1972) *" If" (1974) *"

/ Help Me Make It Through the Night" (1974) *"Who Loves Ya Baby" (1975) *"A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business Singing The Blues" (1976) *" Sweet Surprise" (1980) *" Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" (1980) *"Lovin' Understandin' Man" (1981) *"Goodbye Madame" (1982)

Notes

References

External links

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