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Acting

Telly Savalas

Career: Active from 1961 to 1995, busiest in 1972 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 56
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Cape Fear
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Telly Savalas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.4, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.3, average 4.8
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 5
Mystery 4
Political Intrigue 4
Suspenseful 3
Moral Dilemmas 3
Character Study 3
Classic Hollywood 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Gritty Realism 3
Gritty 3
New York City 3
Ensemble Cast 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

124

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

9 titles · average score 50

Backfire!

22

as Most Evil Man (Not Really)

Mind Twister

26

as Richard Howland

Rose Against the Odds

as George Parnassus

The Commish

59

TV show · as Tommy Colette

Halloween Monster Bash

as Captain Kazan (archive footage)

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

62

as Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: None So Blind

66

as Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: It's Always Something

67

as Inspector Theo Kojak

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

52

TV show · as Teddy

1980s

26 titles · average score 55

The Hollywood Detective

as Harry Bell

Kojak: Ariana

69

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

Kojak: Fatal Flaw

72

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

50

as Maj. Wright

Faceless

52

as Terry Hallen

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

36

as Maj. Wright

Kojak: The Price of Justice

59

as Inspector Theo Kojak

Kojak: The Belarus File

65

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak

Cannonball Run II

31

as Hymie

Fake-Out

43

as Lt. Thurston

Beyond Reason

as Dr. Nicholas Mati

The Border

50

as Frank Cooper

1970s

31 titles · average score 53

Escape to Athena

50

as Zeno

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

27

as Captain Stefan Svevo

The French Atlantic Affair

TV show · as Fr. Craig Dunleavy

Lisa and the Devil

60

as Leandro

Kojak

72

TV show · as Theo Kojak

Horror Express

68

as Captain Kazan

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

56

as Major Ward

Pancho Villa

43

as Pancho Villa

Pretty Maids All in a Row

31

as Captain Sam Surcher

A Town Called Bastard

38

as Don Carlos

Kelly's Heroes

70

as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"

Violent City

48

as Al Weber

1960s

50 titles · average score 63

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

69

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

The Assassination Bureau

59

as Lord Bostwick

Crooks and Coronets

60

as Herbie Haseler

Land Raiders

40

as Vince Carden

Mackenna's Gold

40

as Sergeant Tibbs

The Scalphunters

66

as Jim Howie

Sol Madrid

55

as Emil Dietrich

The Slender Thread

71

as Dr. Joe Coburn

Battle of the Bulge

65

as Sgt. Guffy

Cape Fear

80

as Private Detective Charles Sievers

Birdman of Alcatraz

80

as Feto Gomez

Acapulco

TV show · as Mr. Carver

1950s

8 titles · average score 72

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Erich Streator

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Charles Augustus Hackett

The Untouchables

53

TV show · as Leo Stazak / Wally Baltzer

The Detectives

71

TV show · as Ben

Naked City

69

TV show · as Gabriel Hody

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Brother Hendricksen

The Red Skelton Show

77

TV show · as Tex

Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV show