Telly Savalas Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1924 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades of television, noted for his resonant voice and his bald head. He also released the one-hit wonder song, "If?," which he introduced in the UK in 1975. Savalas's career began in films in 1961. His movie credits include "The Young Savages" (1961), "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), "Battle of the Bulge" (1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "The Scalphunters" (1968), supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "Kelly's Heroes"
Ernst Stavro Blofeld the next novel, "The Man with the Golden Gun", published in 1965. In the film series, Blofeld first appears in "From Russia with Love" (credited as "Blofeld", though the name is never heard), then in "Thunderball" (uncredited). In these two appearances, his name is never pronounced, his face is not seen, and only his lower body is visible as he strokes his trademark white cat. Czech actor Jan Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice". Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert