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
Anthony Dawson He had two other memorable roles on his return to Britain, including the evil Marques Siniestro in Hammer's "The Curse of the Werewolf" (1961) and henchman Professor Dent in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No" (1962). Throughout his career he could often be found in the films of director Terence Young, including the aforementioned "Dr. No", "They Were Not Divided" (1950),"Valley of Eagles" (1951), "The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders" (1965), "Triple Cross" (1966), "Red Sun" (1971), "Inchon" (1982) and "The Jigsaw Man" (1983). Young also cast him as the physical presence of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in his Bond