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 Cop" (1980). Savalas returned to Alcatraz in "" (1980) and starred in a pilot for a TV series "Hellinger's Law" (1981). He did "My Pallikar" for "American Playhouse" (1982), "Fake-Out" (1982) with Pia Zadora, "Cannonball Run II" (1984), "The Cartier Affair" (1984), and an episode of "The Love Boat." Savalas reprised his role of Kojak in a TV movie, "" (1985). Savalas was one of many names in "Alice in Wonderland" (1985), then did "Kojak: The Price of Justice" (1987). He did a "Dirty Dozen" sequel, "" (1987), playing an entirely new character. Savalas guest-starred in "The Equalizer" and "J.J.