Telly Savalas
Know for: Acting
Born: 1922-01-21
Place of birth: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Also know as:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair,...
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women....
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing...
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling....
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Genghis Khan (1965)
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol...
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of...
The New Interns (1964)
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.
Cape Fear (1962)
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and...
Land Raiders (1969)
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
The Karate Killers (1967)
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret...
Capricorn One (1977)
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars...
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are...
Cannonball Run II (1984)
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with...
Violent City (1970)
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss...
The Scalphunters (1968)
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the...
Horror Express (1972)
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in...
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of...
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive...
Faceless (1988)
A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret involving kidnapped women, blood, and organs.
Escape to Athena (1979)
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an...
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into...
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German...
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.
A Town Called Hell (1971)
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to...
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to...
The Slender Thread (1965)
Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan...
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile...
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are...
Redneck (1973)
Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take...
Killer Force (1976)
Head of company security, Harry Webb, fears that a diamond theft is about to take place at their major mining complex deep in the desert. He quickly...
Pancho Villa (1972)
In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an...
Johnny Cool (1963)
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
The Young Savages (1961)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Inside Out (1975)
An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a...
Crime Boss (1972)
Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the...
The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)
A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he...
Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964)
An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's revolutionary secret formula before the enemy catches up...
The Border (1980)
Frank Cooper, a senior immigration police, remains a daily struggle against mafias operating between Mexico and the United States. Although it has a...
Sonny and Jed (1972)
As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, Joe nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous,...
Love Is a Ball (1963)
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the...
Backfire! (1995)
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and...
Perfect Crimes (1991)
True stories about individuals seeking to commit a perfect crime.
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads...
Sol Madrid (1968)
Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
Professional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.
Beyond Reason (1985)
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
Beau Geste (1966)
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg...
The Interns (1962)
During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals.
Return to the Titanic... Live! (1987)
A television special hosted by Telly Savalas that features artefacts recovered from the 1987 salvage mission. Filled with expert testimonies and...
She Cried Murder (1973)
Fashion model Sarah Cornell, from the front car of a subway, witnesses a man pushing a woman onto the tracks to her death. Hoping to dispel the...
Fake-Out (1982)
Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to testify.
The House of Exorcism (1975)
A re-edited version of Mario Bava's "Lisa and the Devil" for the U.S. market, including newly filmed scenes involving a possessed Lisa.
The Cartier Affair (1984)
Curt Taylor is a convict and owes Phil Drexler the number 1 convict in the prison. Now to settle his debt Drexler sends Curt to be the secretary for...
Remote Control Magic: The Movie (2012)
Remote Control Magic is the ultimate 70's channel surfing experience. Dante Fontana guides you on a journey of game shows, news broadcasts, TV shows,...
The Hollywood Detective (1989)
An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a fan of his begs him to help her.
The Muppet Movie (1979)
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever...
Operation Dirty Dozen (2006)
A short film looking behind the scenes at the making of The Dirty Dozen. Showing many scenes being filmed just north of London, the short focuses...
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of...
Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen (1981)
The star of TV's Kojak takes a look at the history and attractions of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham (1981)
Telly Savalas narrates a travelogue of Birmingham in England, taking in such sights as New Street Station, the traffic control centre and dual...
Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987)
Top New York cop Theo Kojak finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false trials, jealousies and murderous scheming as he investigates the death of...
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...
Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth (1981)
Telly Savalas tours the coastal city of Portsmouth, with a look at the intriguing history and magnificent attractions.
Silent Rebellion (1982)
A Greek immigrant (Savalas) and his son return to Greece, where they reunite with mother and brother and re-discover their heritage and each other....
Clay Pigeon (1971)
An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.
Mind Twister (1994)
Two former exotic dancers devise a plot to expose a physciatrist as the murderer of their friend.
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so...
Visions... (1972)
A professor who has visions of the future informs the police that someone is about to plant a bomb. He then discovers that the police consider him...
Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989)
Investigating the murder of a writer responsible for a Mob exposed, Kojak discovers that the dead man's wife is an old flame.
Kojak: Flowers For Matty (1990)
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.
Kojak: Ariana (1989)
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash...
Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her...
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Hellinger's Law (1981)
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has...
Joys (1976)
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies...
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine (1987)
Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a...
The Sin of Jesus (1961)
An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz,...
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
A live-action and animated television special featuring clips from past episodes and spin-offs combined with new animation and musical segments.
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords." It's...
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and...
Rose Against the Odds (1991)
The story of Australian Indigenous boxer Lionel Rose from his first amateur boxing matches up until his first title fight in Japan.
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is...
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)
With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary...
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
At the height of his KOJAK TV series fame, Telly Savalas starred in this variety special that was sponsored by Kraft Foods and shown without...
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Beyond Reason (1985)
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
Beyond Reason (1985)
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
Pancho Villa (1972)
In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an...