Telly Savalas Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1924 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades of television, noted for his resonant voice and his bald head. He also released the one-hit wonder song, "If?," which he introduced in the UK in 1975. Savalas's career began in films in 1961. His movie credits include "The Young Savages" (1961), "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), "Battle of the Bulge" (1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "The Scalphunters" (1968), supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "Kelly's Heroes"
Telly Savalas Starbuck" and was in "Faceless" (1987), "" (1988), "The Hollywood Detective" (1989), "" (1989), "" (1989), "" (1990), "" (1990), and "" (1990). He did an Australian miniseries, "Rose Against the Odds" (1991). Savalas's final appearances were in episodes of "The Commish" (his son-in-law was one of the producers) and the films "Mind Twister" (1993) and "Backfire!" (1995). As a singer, Savalas had some chart success. His spoken word version of Bread's "If" produced by Snuff Garrett reached #1 in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland in March 1975, and his sung version of Don Williams's "Some Broken