Ernst Stavro Blofeld novel, "The Spy Who Loved Me", though its events take place while Bond is battling SPECTRE in North America. In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1963), Bond learns that Blofeld has altered his appearance radically —he is now tall and thin; has reduced his weight to ; sports long silver hair, a syphilitic infection on his nose, and no earlobes; he wears dark green tinted contact lenses to hide his distinctive eyes. Perhaps less calculating than previously, he is notably saddled with the exploitable weakness of snobbery about his assumed nobility, indicating that he is losing his sanity. He is
Telly Savalas Powell Theatre," "The Detectives," "Ben Casey," "The Untouchables," and "Cain's Hundred." He appeared in a short film, "The Sin of Jesus" (1961). Savalas was a private detective in "Cape Fear" (1962), directed by J. Lee Thompson. He was reunited with Frankenheimer and Lancaster for "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962), one of his most acclaimed performances. He followed it playing a doctor in "The Interns" (1962). Savalas guest starred on "Alcoa Premiere," "The Untouchables" again, "The Eleventh Hour," "The Dakotas," "Grindl" (the pilot), and "Empire." He played support roles in some comedies, "The Man from the Diners' Club" (1962) with Danny Kaye