Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas | |||||||||
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Born | Aristotelis Savalas January 21, 1922 Garden City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
Died | January 22, 1994 | (aged 72)||||||||
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, U.S. | ||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer | ||||||||
Years active | 1950–1994 | ||||||||
Spouses | Katherine Nicolaides
(m. 1948; div. 1957)Marilyn Gardner
(m. 1960; div. 1974)Julie Hovland
(m. 1984) | ||||||||
Children | 6, including Ariana Savalas | ||||||||
Military career | |||||||||
Service/ | United States Army | ||||||||
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Website | tellysavalas |
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice,[1][2][3][4] he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978) and James Bond archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Savalas' other films include Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Horror Express (1972), Lisa and the Devil (1974), and Escape to Athena (1979). For Birdman of Alcatraz, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
As a singer, Savalas released a cover of the
Early life
Aristotelis Savalas
Savalas graduated from Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, in 1940.[12] A renowned swimmer, he worked as a beach lifeguard after graduation from high school. On one occasion, though, he was unsuccessful in saving a father from drowning; as he attempted resuscitation, the man's two children stood nearby crying for their father to wake up. This affected Savalas so much that he spent the rest of his life promoting water safety, and later made all six of his children take swimming lessons.[13]
Military service
In 1941, Savalas was
He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia's School of General Studies in 1946[9][16] and started working on a master's degree while preparing for medical school.[17]
Early career
After the war, he worked for the
Savalas began as an executive director and then as senior director of the news special events at ABC. He then became an executive producer for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, where he gave Howard Cosell his first job in television.[20][21] Before his acting career took off, Savalas directed Scott Vincent and Howard Cosell in Report to New York, WABC-TV's first regularly scheduled news program in fall 1959.[citation needed]
Savalas did not consider acting as a career until asked if he could recommend an actor who could do a European accent. He did, but as the friend in question could not go, Savalas himself went to cover for his friend and ended up being cast on "And Bring Home a Baby", an episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre in January 1958. He appeared on two more episodes of the series in 1959 and 1960, one, acting alongside a young Sydney Pollack.[22] He was also in a version of The Iceman Cometh.[23]
Savalas quickly became in much demand as a guest star on TV shows, appearing in Sunday Showcase, Diagnosis: Unknown, Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (an adaptation of The Cat and the Canary), Naked City (alongside Claude Rains), The Witness (playing Lucky Luciano in one episode and Al Capone in another), The United States Steel Hour, and The Aquanauts.[24][25] He was a regular on the short-lived NBC series Acapulco (1961) with Ralph Taeger and James Coburn.
Savalas made his film debut in Mad Dog Coll (1961), playing a cop.[26] His work had impressed fellow actor Burt Lancaster, who arranged for Savalas to be cast in the John Frankenheimer-directed The Young Savages (also 1961 and again playing a cop).[26][9] Pollack worked on the film as an acting coach.[27]
In one of his most acclaimed performances, Savalas reunited with Lancaster and Frankenheimer for Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), where he was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. The same year, he appeared as a private detective in Cape Fear (directed by J. Lee Thompson with whom Savalas would work in future films), and The Interns, reprising his role from the latter film in The New Interns (1964).[28]
Savalas also guest-starred in a number of TV series during the decade including
Baldness and stardom
He continued in supporting roles in films such as The Man from the Diners' Club, Love Is a Ball, and Johnny Cool (all 1963).[26][29] Already at a late stage of male pattern baldness, he shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)[26] and kept his head shaven for the rest of his life.[30] He reunited with J. Lee Thompson in John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965), and was one of many names in Genghis Khan (also 1965).[9]
He was part of an all-star cast in The Dirty Dozen (1967), playing Archer Maggott (the worst of the dozen), in a role Jack Palance turned down. He reunited with Burt Lancaster and Sydney Pollack in the Western The Scalphunters (1968), and also featured in the comedy Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (also 1968)—noted as one of his favorite roles—and the all-star action movie Mackenna's Gold (1969), his third film for J. Lee Thompson.[31] Savalas attributed his success to "his complete ability to be himself."[32]
Savalas' first leading role in film was in the British crime comedy Crooks and Coronets (1969). The same year, he appeared in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service, playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He continued to appear in films during the 1970s including Kelly's Heroes (1970) (with Clint Eastwood); Clay Pigeon (1971); and several European features such as Violent City (1970) (with Charles Bronson); A Town Called Bastard (1971); Horror Express (with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die; the title role in Pancho Villa (all 1972); and Redneck (1973). He reunited with Christopher Lee in the 1976 thriller Killer Force, and also appeared in Peter Hyams' Capricorn One (1978).[26][33]
"I had worked my way up to star billing", he later said, "when the bottom dropped out of the movie business. I could have stayed in Europe and made Italian movies, but I discovered the big difference between an Italian and American movie is that in the American movie, you get paid."[34]
Kojak (1973–1978; 1985–1990)
Savalas first played Lt. Theodopolus "Theo" Kojak in the TV movie The Marcus–Nelson Murders (CBS, 1973), which was based on the real-life Career Girls murder case.[35]
Kojak was a bald New York City detective with a fondness for
David Shipman later wrote: "Kojak was sympathetic to outcasts and ruthless with social predators. The show maintained a high quality to the end, mixing tension with some laughs and always anxious to tackle civic issues, one of its raisons d'etre in the first place. It was required viewing in Britain every Saturday evening for eight years. To almost everyone everywhere, Kojak means Savalas and vice versa, but to Savalas himself, the series was merely an interval, albeit a long one, in a distinguished career."[33]
Kojak aired on CBS for five seasons from October 24, 1973, until March 18, 1978, with 118 episodes produced.
Due to a decline in ratings, the series was cancelled by CBS in 1978. Savalas and Frazer were the only actors to appear in all 118 episodes. Savalas was unhappy about the show's demise[40] but got the chance to reprise the Kojak persona in several television movies, starting in 1985.[41][42] The first film, subtitled The Belarus File and broadcast in February 1985, reunited Savalas with several of his co-stars from the series: younger brother George, Dan Frazer, Mark Russell (Det. Saperstein) and Vince Conti (Det. Rizzo); this marked those actors' final appearances in the Kojak franchise.[43][44]
A further six Kojak TV movies were produced, titled The Price of Justice (1987),[45] Ariana, Fatal Flaw (both 1989), Flowers for Matty, It's Always Something—with Kevin Dobson reprising his role of Bobby Crocker, now an assistant district attorney—and None So Blind (all 1990).[46][47]
Later career
Savalas wrote, directed, and starred in the 1977 independent thriller Beyond Reason, but the film was not released in cinemas; it was made available only on home media in 1985.[48] Savalas was part of an all-star cast in the movies Escape to Athena (1979), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (both 1979), and Cannonball Run II (1984), and continued to appear in a number of film and television guest roles during the 1980s, including Border Cop (1980) and Faceless (1988), the series Tales of the Unexpected (1981), and two episodes each of The Love Boat (1985) and The Equalizer (1987); the latter series was produced by James McAdams, who had also produced Kojak.
Savalas was the lead actor in the TV movie Hellinger's Law (1981), which was originally planned as a pilot for a series, but ultimately never materialized.[49]
In 1992, he appeared in three episodes of the TV series The Commish (his son-in-law was one of the producers). This was Savalas' final television role. He appeared in two further feature films before his death, Mind Twister (1993) and the posthumous release Backfire! (1995).[31]
Other career achievements
As a singer, Savalas had some chart success. His
In the late 1970s, Savalas narrated three UK travelogues titled Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth, Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen, and Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham. They were produced by
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983. In 1999, TV Guide ranked him number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.[59]
Telly Savalas played ‘Ernst Stavros Blofeld’ in the 1969 James Bond Film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’. He got paid $1,000,000 and with that brought The Bridge House. A couple of family members ran it for him as a hotel.
Personal life
Savalas was married three times. In 1948, after his father's death from bladder cancer, Savalas married his college sweetheart, Katherine Nicolaides. Their daughter Christina, named after his mother, was born in 1950. In 1957, Katherine filed for divorce. She urged him to move back to his mother's house during that same year. While Savalas was going broke, he founded the Garden City Theater Center in his native Garden City. While working there, he met Marilyn Gardner, a theater teacher. They married in 1960. Marilyn gave birth to their daughter, Penelope, in 1961. A second daughter, Candace, was born in 1963. They divorced in 1974, after a long separation.[17]
In January 1969, while working on the movie
In 1977, during the last season of Kojak, Savalas met Julie Hovland, a travel agent from Minnesota. They were married from 1984 until his death and had two children: Christian, an entrepreneur, singer, and songwriter, and Ariana, an actress and singer/songwriter.[61][62] Savalas was close friends with actor John Aniston,[21] and was godfather to his daughter Jennifer, a successful TV and film actress.[63]
Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the
In his capacity as producer for Kojak, he gave many stars their first break, as Burt Lancaster had done for him. He was considered by those who knew him to be a generous, graceful, compassionate man.[citation needed] He was also a strong contributor to his Greek Orthodox roots through the Saint Sophia and Saint Nicholas cathedrals in Los Angeles and was the sponsor of bringing electricity in the 1970s to his ancestral home, Ierakas.
Savalas had a minor physical handicap in that his left index finger was deformed.[66] This deformed digit was often indicated on screen; the Kojak episode "Conspiracy of Fear" in which a close-up of Savalas holding his chin in his hand clearly shows the permanently bent finger.
As a philanthropist and philhellene, Savalas supported many Hellenic causes and made friends in major cities around the world. In Chicago, he often met with Illinois state senators Steven G. Nash and Samuel C. Maragos.
In 1993, Savalas appeared on an Australian TV show, The Extraordinary, with a paranormal tale about a hitchhiking mystery that he could not explain.[67][68]
Along with his brother, Savalas was a Freemason.[69]
Deaths of relatives and later life
In the 1980s, Savalas began to lose close relatives. His brother George Savalas, who played Stavros in the original series, died in 1985 of leukemia at age 60. His mother died in 1988. In late 1989, Savalas was diagnosed with transitional-cell cancer of the bladder.[61][62][70]
Death
Savalas died on January 22, 1994, of
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | Mad Dog Coll | Lieutenant Darro | |
1961 | The Young Savages | Lieutenant Gunderson | |
1961 | The Sin of Jesus | Felix | Short subject
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1962 | Cape Fear | Private Detective Charles Sievers | |
1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Feto Gomez | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
1962 | The Interns | Dr. Dominic Riccio | |
1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club | 'Foots' Pulardos | |
1963 | Love Is a Ball | Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle) | |
1963 | Johnny Cool | Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo | |
1964 | The New Interns | Dr. Dominick 'Dom' Riccio | |
1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Pontius Pilate | |
1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Macmuid (Harem Recruiter) | Uncredited |
1965 | Genghis Khan | Shan | |
1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Sergeant Guffy | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
1965 | The Slender Thread | Dr. Joe Coburn | |
1966 | Beau Geste | Sergeant Major Dagineau | |
1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Archer Maggott | |
1968 | Sol Madrid | Emil Dietrich | |
1968 | The Scalphunters | Jim Howie | |
1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Walter Braddock | |
1969 | The Assassination Bureau | Lord Bostwick | |
1969 | Mackenna's Gold | Sergeant Tibbs | |
1969 | Sophie's Place | Herbie Haseler | Known as Crooks and Coronets in the United Kingdom |
1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | |
1970 | Land Raiders | Vicente Cardenas | |
1970 | Kelly's Heroes | Joe 'Big Joe' | |
1970 | Violent City | Al Weber | |
1971 | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Surcher | |
1971 | A Town Called Bastard | Don Carlos | |
1971 | Clay Pigeon | Redford | |
1972 | Crime Boss | Don Vincenzo | |
1972 | Sonny and Jed | Sheriff Franciscus | |
1972 | Horror Express | Captain Kazan | |
1972 | The Killer Is on the Phone | Ranko Drasovic | |
1972 | Pancho Villa | Pancho Villa | |
1972 | A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Maggiore Ward | |
1973 | Senza Ragione | 'Memphis' | |
1974 | Lisa and the Devil | Leandro | |
1975 | Inside Out | Harry Morgan | |
1976 | Killer Force | Harry Webb | |
1978 | Capricorn One | Albain | |
1979 | Escape to Athena | Zeno | |
1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Stefan Svevo | |
1979 | The Muppet Movie | El Sleezo Tough | |
1980 | Border Cop | Frank Cooper | |
1981 | Maria Tomba Homem | Unknown | Mazzaropi, had as objective, to make the next film, with the actor, perhaps with the title KOJECA (parody of the name of the series Kojak ), but unfortunately he died before even starting the pre-production of the film, on June 13, 1981. |
1982 | Fake-Out | Lieutenant Thurston | |
1983 | Afghanistan pourquoi? | Rebel Leader | |
1984 | Cannonball Run II | Hymie Kaplan | |
1985 | Beyond Reason | Dr. Nicholas Mati | Originally filmed in 1977 and not released theatrically; made available on home video eight years later Also director and writer |
1986 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Magmar | Voice |
1988 | Faceless | Terry Hallen | |
1993 | Mind Twister | Richard Howland | |
1995 | Backfire! | Most Evil Man | Posthumous release, (final film role) |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Cotton | Episode: "Murder and the Android" |
1959–1960 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Dieter Wislieny / Dieter Wisliceny / Father Dominique Georges Henn Pire / Charles Rogan | 6 episodes |
1960 | Diagnosis: Unknown | Tony 'Irish Tony' Salivarro | Episode: "Gina, Gina" |
1960 | Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Unknown | Episode: "The Cat and the Canary" |
1960 | The Witness | Al Capone / Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano | 3 episodes |
1960 | Naked City | Gabriel Hody | Episode: "To Walk in Silence" |
1960 | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | Episode: "Operation North Star" |
1961 | The Aquanauts | Paul Price | Episode: "Stormy Weather" |
1961 | Acapulco | Mr. Carver | 8 episodes |
1961 | King of Diamonds | Massis / Jerry Larch | 2 episodes |
1961 | The New Breed | Dr. Buel Reed | Episode: "The Compulsion to Confess" |
1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Sergeant Marius | Episode: "Three Soldiers" |
1961 | The Detectives | Ben | Episode: "Escort" |
1961 | Ben Casey | George Dempsey | Episode: "A Dark Night for Billy Harris" |
1961–1962 | Cain's Hundred | Harry Remick / Frank Meehan | 2 episodes |
1961–1963 | The Untouchables | Leo Stazak / Matt Bass / Wally Baltzer | 3 episodes |
1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Mario Lombardi | Episode: "The Hands of Danofrio" |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Ben Cohen | Episode: "A Tumble from a High White House" |
1963 | The Dakotas | Jake Volet | Episode: "Reformation at Big Nose Butte" |
1963 | Big G | Tibor | Episode: "Arrow in the Sky" |
1963 | Grindl | Mr. Hartman | Episode: "The Gruesome Basement" |
1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Brother Hendricksen | Episode: "5: Part 4" |
1963 | The Twilight Zone | Erich Streator | Episode: "Living Doll" |
1963–1965 | Burke's Law | Balakirov, Richard Goldtooth / Charlie Prince / Fakir George O'Shea | 3 episodes |
1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Ramon Castillo / Raymond Castle / Beret | 2 episodes |
1964 | Channing | Paul Atherton | Episode: "A Claim to Immortality" |
1964 | Arrest and Trial | Frank Santo | Episode: "The Revenge of the Worm" |
1964 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Harry 'Philadelphia Harry' | Episode: "A Matter of Murder" |
1964 | Breaking Point | Vincenzo Gracchi | Episode: "My Hands Are Clean" |
1964 | The Rogues | General Hector Jesus Diaz | Episode: "Viva Diaz!" |
1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Ikhedai Khan | Television film |
1964–1966 | The Fugitive | Steve Keller / Victor Leonetti / Dan Polichek | 3 episodes |
1964–1967 | Combat!
|
Jon / Colonel Kapsalis | 2 episodes |
1965 | Bonanza | Charles Augustus Hackett | Episode: "To Own the World" |
1965 | Run for Your Life | Istvan Zabor | Episode: "How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit" |
1966 | The Virginian | 'Colonel' Bliss | Episode: "Men with Guns" |
1967 | The F.B.I | Ed Clementi | Episode-2 part: "The Executioners" |
1967 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E
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Count Valerino De Fanzini | 2 episodes |
1967 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mueller | Episode: "Don't Wait for Tomorrow" |
1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | Wheeler | Episode: "The Big Con" |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | 'Bear' | Episode: "The Battleground" |
1970 | The Red Skelton Show | 'Tex' | Episode: "Stagecoach Hijack" |
1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Gregor Antonescu | Episode: "Man and Boy" |
1971 | Mongo's Back in Town | Lieutenant Pete Tolstad | Television film (also known as Steel Wreath) |
1972 | Visions... | Lieutenant Phil Keegan | Television film |
1973 | The Marcus-Nelson Murders
|
Lieutenant Theo Kojak | Television film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
1973 | She Cried Murder | Inspector Joe Brody | Television film |
1973–1978 | Kojak | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 118 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama (1975–1976) Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1974) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama (1977–1978) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1975) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (1975) |
1975 | Am Iaufenden Band | Singer / Kojak | Episode: #2.1 |
1974 | The Carol Burnett Show | Himself | Season 8 Episode 5 |
1975 | Royal Variety Performance | Himself | Performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II & the Duke of Edinburgh at the London Palladium on November 10, 1975.[75][76] |
1978 | Windows, Doors & Keyholes | Unknown | Television film |
1979 | Alice | Himself | Episode: "Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?" |
1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Father Craig Dunleavy | Television miniseries |
1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Cretzer | Television film |
1981 | Hellinger's Law | Nick Hellinger | Television film (originally planned as a pilot for a series) |
1981 | Tales of the Unexpected | Joe Brisson | Episode: "Completely Foolproof" |
1982 | American Playhouse | Peter Panakos | Episode: "My Palikari" |
1984 | The Cartier Affair | Phil Drexler | Television film |
1985 | The Love Boat | Dr. Fabian Cain | 2 episodes |
1985 | Kojak: The Belarus File | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | Television film (featuring returning Kojak co-stars George Savalas, Dan Frazer, Mark Russell and Vince Conti) |
1985 | George Burns Comedy Week | Unknown | Episode: "The Assignment" |
1985 | Alice in Wonderland | The Cheshire Cat | Television film |
1985 | Solomon's Universe | Solomon Stark | Television film |
1987 | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Inspector Theo Kojak | Television film |
1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Major Wright | Television film |
1987 | The Equalizer | Brother Joseph Heiden | 2 episodes |
1987 | J.J. Starbuck | The Greek | Episode: "Gold from the Rainbow" |
1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Major Wright | Television film |
1989 | The Hollywood Detective | Harry Bell | Television film |
1989 | Kojak: Ariana | Inspector Theo Kojak | Television film |
1989 | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Television film | |
1990 | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Television film | |
1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Television film (with Kojak co-star Kevin Dobson) | |
1990 | Kojak: None So Blind | Television film | |
1991 | Rose Against the Odds | George Parnassus | Television film |
1991–1993 | Ein Schloß am Wörthersee | Teddy | 2 episodes |
1992–1993 | The Commish | Tommy Colette | 3 episodes |
1993 | The Extraordinary | Himself | Season 1, Episode 1 |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Results | Ref. |
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1962 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Birdman of Alcatraz | Nominated | [77] |
1962 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Nominated | [78] | |
1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Nominated | |||
1974 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Kojak | Won | ||
1975 | Won[a] | ||||
1976 | Nominated | ||||
1977 | Nominated | ||||
1973 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Nominated | [79] |
1974 | Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kojak (Episode: "Requiem for a Cop") | Won | ||
1975 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kojak | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Kojak (Episode: "I Want to Report a Dream...") | Nominated |
Discography
Albums
- This is Telly Savalas... (1972)
- Telly (1974)
- Telly Savalas (1975)
- Who Loves Ya Baby (1976)
- Sweet Surprise [released on cassette and CD under the title Some Broken Hearts] (1980)
Singles
- "Try to Remember" (1972)
- "Look Around You" (1972)
- "I Don't Want To Know / I Walk The Line" (1972)
- "We All End Up The Same" (1972)
- "If" (1974)
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' / Help Me Make It Through the Night" (1974)
- "Who Loves Ya Baby" (1975)
- "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business Singing The Blues" (1976)
- "Sweet Surprise" (1980)
- "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" (1980)
- "Lovin' Understandin' Man" (1981)
- "Goodbye Madame" (1982)
Notes
- ^ Tied with Robert Blake for Baretta.
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External links
- Official website
- Telly Savalas at IMDb
- Telly Savalas at the TCM Movie Database
- Telly Savalas discography at Discogs
- Telly Savalas on Find a Grave