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 not go. Savalas went to cover for his friend and ended up being cast on "And Bring Home a Baby," an episode of "Armstrong Circle Theatre" in January 1958. He appeared on two more episodes of this same series in 1959 and 1960, one acting alongside a young Sydney Pollack. He was also in a version of "The Iceman Cometh". Savalas quickly became in much demand as a guest star on TV shows, appearing in "Sunday Showcase," "," "Dow Hour of Great Mysteries" (an adaptation of "The Cat and the Canary"), "Naked City" (alongside Claude Rains), "The Witness" (playing Lucky