Telly Savalas - Revision history

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 ==Life after Kojak==
-Throughout his life, Telly Savalas was a charismatic leader, creative writer, director, and producer. He won the Emmy, the Peabody, and Golden Globe Awards. In 1990, the city of New York declared "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" as the official movie of New York City, and awarded Telly with the Key to the City. 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 '70's to his ancestral home, [[Yeraka]], [[Laconia]], [[Greece]]. His mother, Christina, was a world recognized contemporary of Picasso, and he himself released several records, the most remembered was his version of "If", that was #1 in Europe for 10 weeks in 1975.
+Throughout his life, Telly Savalas was a charismatic leader, creative writer, director, and producer. He won the Emmy, the Peabody, and Golden Globe Awards. In 1990, the city of New York declared "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" as the official movie of New York City, and awarded Telly with the Key to the City. 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 '70's to his ancestral home, [[Gerakas (Laconia)|Yeraka]], [[Laconia]], [[Greece]]. His mother, Christina, was a world recognized contemporary of Picasso, and he himself released several records, the most remembered was his version of "If", that was #1 in Europe for 10 weeks in 1975.
 Many people do not know that Telly was a world-class poker player, degreed in psychology; a motorcycle racer, and lifeguard. He appeared in over 80 movies. In his capacity as Producer for "Kojak", he gave many stars their first break, as Burt Lancaster did for him. He was considered by those who knew him a generous, graceful, compassionate man.

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 Telly's brother [[George Savalas|George]] played the recurring role of Detective Stavros.  Newcomer from the Jackson Heights, Queens, Kevin Dobson, played the role of Kojak's trusted partner, Det. Bobby Crocker, and would be capable of helping out bad guys in and on the scene with Savalas.  The on-screen chemistry of both Savalas & Dobson would become a instant success of the [[1970]]s, and had the best relationship together, especially when the show was cancelled. For most of the 16 years (after ''Kojak''), Telly's co-star (Kevin Dobson) have been keeping the actor in touch prior to Dobson starring in a short-lived series in [[1981]], just before he gained famed in a prime time [[1980]]s, soap opera, ''Knots Landing'', the following year, and before Savalas's own death.  Soon, both Savalas & Dobson would later be reunited for one last time in the [[1990]] movie ''Kojak: It's Always Something'' where Kevin's character played a lawyer, instead of a police officer.
+[[Image:DIALINA-SAVALAS-001.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Telly Savalas]] with wife '''Sally Adams''' to his left, and [[Rika Dialyna]] to his right]]
 ==Personal life==
 Savalas was married 3 times.  In [[1948]], he married his college sweetheart, Katherine Nicolaides, right after his father's death from bladder cancer. They produced a daughter, Christina (named after his mother), (born 1950). After Katherine had found out from Telly that he was fleeing from debtors, she filed a divorce from Savalas in 1957 and urged him to move back to his parents' house, that same year. While Savalas was going broke, he founded the Garden City Theater Center in his native Garden City, New York, area. When he was working with future actors, '''Marilyn Gardner''', a theater teacher, met and fell in love with Savalas, and the couple got married in 1960. The following year, she gave birth to a daughter, Candace (born 1961) and to Penelope in 1963.

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 After Savalas came back to reprise his role on ''Kojak'' in the [[1980]]s, he started losing close relatives. [[George Savalas]], his brother died in [[1985]] of leukemia; he was 58. And 4 years later, Christina, his mother who had always been his best friend, a supporter, and a devoted parent, died in [[1989]]. Later that year, Savalas was diagnosed with prostate cancer.  He refused to see a doctor until [[1993]], when he didn't have much time  to live. While fighting for his life , he continued to star in many roles, including a recurring role on ''The Commish''.  On January 21, 1994, Savalas celebrated his 70th (and last) birthday, surrounded by his family and his friends.  The following day, on [[January 22]], [[1994]], Savalas died of complications of prostate cancer at the Sheraton-Universal Hotel in Universal City, California. He was interred at the George Washington section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
 ==Movie roles==
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	Other movie roles that Savalas didn't play the quintessential villains were: ''Love is a Ball'' (1963), ''The New Interns'' (1964), ''The Slender Thread'' (1965), ''Sol Madrid'' (1968), ''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' (1968), and ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971).		Other movie roles that Savalas didn't play the quintessential villains were: ''Love is a Ball'' (1963), ''The New Interns'' (1964), ''The Slender Thread'' (1965), ''Sol Madrid'' (1968), ''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' (1968), and ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971).
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		+	==Quotes by Telly==
		+	* "''Who loves ya, baby?''"
		+	* "''We're all born bald, baby.''"

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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 '''Telly Savalas''' ([[January 21]], [[1924]] &ndash; [[January 22]], [[1994]]) was a [[Greek-American]] film and television actor who fathered 8 children.  He was nominated for an Oscar in [[1963]] in his first starring movie, ''Birdman of Alcatraz''. He was also best known for his work on the ''Kojak'' television series, and for playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''.
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 ==Acting career==
 ===''Kojak''===
 Undoubtedly Savalas' most famous role was that of the tough detective Kojak on television.  Lt. Theo Kojak was a bald New York City detective who had a fondness for lollipops and whose trademark line was, "Who loves ya, baby?" Reportedly the lollipop gimmick was added in lieu of having the character smoke, a habit that fell out of vogue among TV series in the 1970s. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, two years in a row, but won the Emmy in 1974.  He was also nominated for Golden Globes, four times in a year, and won between 1975 and 1976.  In [[1974]], prior to starring on Kojak, he also became a singer.  In 1978, after a 5 season run on the air, CBS has decided to cancel the show due to low ratings.

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−	'''Telly Savalas''' ([[January 21]], [[1924]] – [[January 22]], [[1994]]) was a Greek-American film and television actor who fathered 8 children. He was nominated for an Oscar in [[1963]] in his first starring movie, ''Birdman of Alcatraz''. He was also best known for his work on the ''Kojak'' television series, and for playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''.	+	'''Telly Savalas''' ([[January 21]], [[1924]] – [[January 22]], [[1994]]) was a [[Greek-American]] film and television actor who fathered 8 children. He was nominated for an Oscar in [[1963]] in his first starring movie, ''Birdman of Alcatraz''. He was also best known for his work on the ''Kojak'' television series, and for playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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 ==Movie roles==
-His silver screen career usually involved him being cast as the quintessential villain in such films as:  ''Mad Dog Coll'' (1961), ''Cape Fear'' (1962), ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''The Man from the Diner's Club'' (1963)''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), ''Battle of the Bulge '' (1965), ''Genghis Khan'' (1965), ''Beau Geste]]'' (1966), ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), ''The Scalphunters'' (1968), ''The Assassination Bureau'' (1969), ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), ''Land Raiders'' (1969), ''Crooks and Coronets'' (1969), ''MacKenna's Gold'' (1969), ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), ''Violent City'' (1970), ''A Town Called Hell'' (1971), ''Pancho Villa'' (1972), ''Scenes from a Murder'' (1972), ''Horror Express'' (1973), ''Lisa and the Devil'' (1973), ''A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die'' (1973), ''[[Inside Out]]'' (1975), ''Escape to Athena'' (1979), and ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' (1979).
+His silver screen career usually involved him being cast as the quintessential villain in such films as:  ''Mad Dog Coll'' (1961), ''Cape Fear'' (1962), ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''The Man from the Diner's Club'' (1963)''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), ''Battle of the Bulge '' (1965), ''Genghis Khan'' (1965), ''Beau Geste]]'' (1966), ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), ''The Scalphunters'' (1968), ''The Assassination Bureau'' (1969), ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), ''Land Raiders'' (1969), ''Crooks and Coronets'' (1969), ''MacKenna's Gold'' (1969), ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), ''Violent City'' (1970), ''A Town Called Hell'' (1971), ''Pancho Villa'' (1972), ''Scenes from a Murder'' (1972), ''Horror Express'' (1973), ''Lisa and the Devil'' (1973), ''A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die'' (1973), ''Inside Out'' (1975), ''Escape to Athena'' (1979), and ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' (1979).
 Other movie roles that Savalas didn't play the quintessential villains were: ''Love is a Ball'' (1963), ''The New Interns'' (1964), ''The Slender Thread'' (1965), ''Sol Madrid'' (1968), ''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' (1968), and ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971).

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 Savalas was married 3 times.  In [[1948]], he married his college sweetheart, Katherine Nicolaides, right after his father's death from bladder cancer. They produced a daughter, Christina (named after his mother), (born 1950). After Katherine had found out from Telly that he was fleeing from debtors, she filed a divorce from Savalas in 1957 and urged him to move back to his parents' house, that same year. While Savalas was going broke, he founded the Garden City Theater Center in his native Garden City, New York, area. When he was working with future actors, '''Marilyn Gardner''', a theater teacher, met and fell in love with Savalas, and the couple got married in 1960. The following year, she gave birth to a daughter, Candace (born 1961) and to Penelope in 1963.
-In 1969, when working on the movie ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', Savalas had to make a choice between the family he loved or another woman, ('''Sally Adams'''), he left his family behind him. He met Adams in [[England]] while on vacation starring in that movie, and just several years later, after she gave birth to Nick (born [[1973]]), Gardner filed a divorced from Savalas in 1974. His stepdaughter, (Adams' daughter, Nicollette Sheridan of ''Knots Landing'' and ''Desperate Housewives'' fame, born [[November 21]], [[1963]]) is an actress, and his goddaughter, (Jennifer Aniston of ''Friends'' fame, born [[February 11]], [[1969]]), is also an actress.
+In 1969, when working on the movie ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', Savalas had to make a choice between the family he loved or another woman, ('''Sally Adams'''), he left his family behind him. He met Adams in England while on vacation starring in that movie, and just several years later, after she gave birth to Nick (born [[1973]]), Gardner filed a divorced from Savalas in 1974. His stepdaughter, (Adams' daughter, Nicollette Sheridan of ''Knots Landing'' and ''Desperate Housewives'' fame, born [[November 21]], [[1963]]) is an actress, and his goddaughter, (Jennifer Aniston of ''Friends'' fame, born [[February 11]], [[1969]]), is also an actress.
 In [[1977]], he met '''Julie Hovland''', who was a travel agent from Minnesota, on his last working days of ''Kojak'' and the 2 started dating. By the time he got to be 60, he married her, and had 2 more kids, Christian & Ariana.

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 ==Early life==
-He was the second oldest of five children born to Christina Savalas, who was a New York City artist, and Nick Savalas, a Greek restaurant owner, as '''Aristotelis Savalas''' in Garden City, New York. He had his first job at age 8 in [[1932]], as a newspaper boy, while he constructed a shoeshine stand made of crates. When he entered Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, he initially only spoke [[Greek langauge|Greek]], yet he learned English and graduated in [[1942]]. Telly Savalas gained life experience with a three-year stint in the Army during [[WWII]], working for the U.S. State Department hosting the "Your Voice of America" series and then at ABC News before beginning an acting career in his late 30s.
+He was the second oldest of five children born to Christina Savalas, who was a New York City artist, and Nick Savalas, a Greek restaurant owner, as '''Aristotelis Savalas''' in Garden City, New York. He had his first job at age 8 in [[1932]], as a newspaper boy, while he constructed a shoeshine stand made of crates. When he entered Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, he initially only spoke [[Greek language|Greek]], yet he learned English and graduated in [[1942]]. Telly Savalas gained life experience with a three-year stint in the Army during [[WWII]], working for the U.S. State Department hosting the "Your Voice of America" series and then at ABC News before beginning an acting career in his late 30s.
 ==Pre- and early television work==