What is Telly Savalas?
{{Infobox person | name = Telly Savalas | image = Telly Savalas Kojak 1973.JPG | caption = Telly Savalas, 1973 | birth_name = Aristotelis Savalas | birth_date = January 21, 1922 | birth_place = [[Garden City, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|1|22|1922|1|21}} | death_place = [[Universal City]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Prostate cancer]]<br/>[[Bladder cancer]]<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/telly-savalas-9542523 Bio]</ref> | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = [[Kojak]] | years_active = 1950 &ndash; 1994 | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}} | spouse = Katherine Nicolaides (1948-1957; [[divorce]]d),<br/>Marilyn Gardner (1960-1974; divorced),<br/>Julie Hovland (1984-1994; his death) | children = | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] }} '''Telly Savalas''' (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer. He is best known from playing the [[fictional character|character]] [[Kojak]] in a [[television series]] and many [[television movie]]s. He was born in [[Garden City, New York]]; his parents were [[Greek American]]s. == Career == Early in his career, he played different characters like the detective in ''[[Cape Fear (1962 movie)|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]] as supporting actor. One of his best roles in his career was that of [[Pontius Pilate]], in ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965). For his role, he shaved his head. Then co-star in war movies ''[[Battle of the Bulge]]'' (1965), ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967), with [[Lee Marvin]], Telly played the role of a religious fanatic convict, who is elected by Lee Marvin for a suicidal mission., and ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' (1970), with [[Clint Eastwood]] and directed by Brian G. Hutton. He was then personified as the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in the [[James Bond]] sag