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TELLY SAVALAS

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Aristotelis â€œTellyâ€ Savalas (Î‘ÏÎ¹ÏƒÏ„Î¿Ï„ÎÎ»Î·Ï‚ Î£Î±Î²Î¬Î»Î±Ï‚ in Greek; January 21, 1922 â€“ January 22, 1994) was an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning United States|American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the popular 1970s crime drama ''Kojak'', Savalas was nominated for an Academy Awards|Oscar for his supporting role in ''Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962). His other movie credits include ''The Young Savages'' (1961), ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), ''Battle of the Bulge (film)|Battle of the Bulge'' (1965), ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), ''The Scalphunters'' (1968), Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970)'' and Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971). He was famous for his trademark shaved head.

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Savalas, the second oldest of five children, was born as Aristotelis Savalas<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59293447.html?dids=59293447:59293447&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+23%2C+1994&author=LISA+RICHARDSON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%60Kojak'+Star+Telly+Savalas+Dies+at+70&pqatl=google `Kojak' Star Telly Savalas Dies at 70<!-- Bot generated title -... read all