Telly Savalas He attribute his success to "his complete ability to be himself." Savalas had his first lead role in a film in "Crooks and Coronets" (1969), a British crime comedy. More widely seen was the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), where Savalas played Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Savalas had the lead in a Western shot in Spain, "Land Raiders" (1970), then was second-billed to Clint Eastwood in the war-heist film "Kelly's Heroes" (1970), shot in Yugoslavia, directed by Hutton. He was second-billed to Charles Bronson in an Italian–French crime film, "Violent City" (1970), then went to Hollywood to
James Gray Bethune James Gray Bethune James Gray Bethune (April 1, 1793 – October 13, 1841) was born in Upper Canada. He was the son of an Anglican priest, the Reverend John Bethune. James Gray was from a large family and four of the brothers had notable careers in Canada. Alexander Neil Bethune became a bishop of the diocese of Toronto. John Bethune was the acting principal of McGill University for over ten years. Angus Bethune was prominent in the fur trade and Donald Bethune was an important political figure in Upper Canada. James had a career in business which began in 1812