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Savalas’s best-known role was as the star of the television series Kojak. The series originated with the TV movie pilot The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS, 1973), which was based on the real-life Career Girls Murder case. Savalas’s character was named Theo “Kojack” in his first appearance.
Lt. Theodore “Theo” Kojak was a bald New York City detective with a fondness for lollipops and whose tagline was “Who loves ya, baby?” (He also liked to say, “Everybody should have a little Greek in them.”) Although the lollipop gimmick was added in order to indulge his sweet tooth, Savalas also smoked heavily onscreen – cigarettes, cigarillos and cigars – throughout the first season’s episodes. The lollipops, which Savalas later admitted. had given him three cavities, were also part of an (unsuccessful) effort by Kojak (and Savalas himself) to curb his smoking. The critic Clive James explained the lead actor’s appeal as Kojak: “Telly Savalas can make bad slang sound like good slang and good slang sound like lyric poe
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Telly Savalas
American actor (1922–1994)
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Savalas in 1973 | |
| Born | Aristotelis Savalas (1922-01-21)January 21, 1922 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1994(1994-01-22) (aged 72) Universal City, California, U.S. |
| 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 |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Website | tellysavalas.com |
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was a Greek-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 J
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Telly Savalas
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Telly Savalas, 1973 | |
| Born | Aristotelis Savalas January 21, 1922 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1994(1994-01-22) (aged 72) Universal City, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer Bladder cancer[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1950 – 1994 |
| Known for | Kojak |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Nicolaides (1948-1957; divorced), Marilyn Gardner (1960-1974; divorced), Julie Hovland (1984-1994; his death) |
Telly Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer. He is best known from playing the characterKojak in a television series and many television movies. He was born in Garden City, New York; his parents were Greek Americans.
Career
[change | change source]Early in his career, he played different characters like the detective in Cape Fear (1962), with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, and the role of Feto Gomez in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), he would win the Academy Award
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