1969Nominee
Best Performance
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Telly Savalas
Actor · Director · Writer
Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
January 21, 1922
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1967Winner
Best Performance
The Dirty Dozen
1979Nominee
Best Performance
The Muppet Movie
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Performance
Kelly's Heroes
1962Highlight
Best Performance
Cape Fear
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Dirty Dozen
The Muppet Movie