Telly Savalas Age: 72 (passed away Jan. 22nd, 1994) Height: 5' 10" Birth Place: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA Born: Jan. 21st, 1922 + Add to My Celebs

Telly Savalas' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Kojak (1973)	Lt. Theo Kojak
The Commish	Tommy Collette
Acapulco	Carver
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre	Mueller
Grindl	Mr. Hartman
200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons	Telly Savalas
Channing	Professor
Dateline: Hollywood	Telly Savalas
Diagnosis: Unknown	Irish Tony Sa&hellip
The Aquanauts	Paul Price

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Son of Greek immigrants. Soldier during World War II. Studied psychology. Worked as journalist for ABC News. The bald-headed actor played character roles, often as sadistic or psychotic types. He became a TV favorite in the 1970s when his role as Det. Theo Kojak in the TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) (TV) was expanded into the gritty "Kojak" (1973) TV series, lasting from 1973-78.


TRIVIA:

• Hosted a popular radio program, "Telly's Coffeehouse," in the early 1950s.
• Of Greek descent.
• When he worked as a lifeguard, he failed to save a man from drowning, and was troubled by the memory forever after.
• Loved to read historical biographies and, somewhat surprisingly, romance novels.
• His mother, Christina, died in 1989.
• Left index finger was deformed.
• In 1990 the city of New York declared _The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) (TV)_ (qv) as the official movie of New York City, and awarded Telly with the Key to the City. The film was the one that introduced Savalas' most famous character, Lt. Theo Kojak, later made famous on its spin-off series _"Kojak" (1973)_ (qv).
• Best remembered by the public for his starring role in _"Kojak" (1973)_ (qv).

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