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
John Hollis John Hollis John Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was a British actor of TV and film. John Hollis was born Bertie Wyn Hollis in southwest London in 1927. He played the role of Lobot in "The Empire Strikes Back" and the German porter at the chateau in "The Dirty Dozen". He appeared in the Christopher Reeve Superman films "Superman" and "Superman II" as an elder of Krypton, and in "" as a Russian General. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only",