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 and "Love Is a Ball" (1962) with Glenn Ford and was in the gangster film "Johnny Cool" (1963). Savalas guest starred on "77 Sunset Strip," "The Twilight Zone" (the episode "Living Doll" ), "Channing," "Arrest and Trial," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Breaking Point,""Kraft Suspense Theatre" (several times, once directed by Pollack), "The Rogues," and "Burke's Law." Savlas reprised his "Interns" role in "The New Interns" (1964) and made a TV movie "Fanfare for a Death Scene" (1964). Savalas shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) and kept his head shaven for the rest