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Terry Savalas

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Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (English: Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas, Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας, January 21, 1922 - January 22, 1994) was an American television and film actor, singer, comedian, and action film actor. He is famous for his bald head style and is also an American TV Emmy Award winner. His colorful acting career can be divided into four stages: the most well-known is the 1973 American TV series "Kojak" as the detective protagonist who likes to chew lollipops, and was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor" at the 1962 Academy Awards; he also played the role of the villain leader Ernst Stavro in a Chinese tunic suit, chewing a fat cigar and hugging a cat in the 007 Episode 6 movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Blofeld opposed 007; but in the famous 1966 war film "Tank Showdown", he played a humorous American soldier who opened a snack vendor shop on the front line of the battle with the German army. Like many Canadian and American comedians, Chavara started his career on the American comedy variety show "Saturday Night Live". Unfortunately, he later died of lung cancer due to excessive smoking.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
United States
Born
1922-01-21
Died
1994-01-22
Wikidata
Q209471
Occupations actorsingerpoker playerdirectorradio hostfilm screenwritermusician
Aliases Aristoteles SaválasTelly SavalasTerry SavalasTerry SavalasTerry Savalas

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