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 Luciano in one episode and Al Capone in another), "The United States Steel Hour," and "The Aquanauts." Savalas was a regular on the short-lived NBC television series "Acapulco" (1961) with Ralph Taeger and James Coburn. Savalas made his film debut in "Mad Dog Coll" (1961), playing a cop. Savalas's work had impressed Burt Lancaster, who arranged for the actor to be cast as a cop in "The Young Savages" (1961), directed by John Frankenheimer. Pollack worked on the film as an acting coach. Savalas returned to guesting on TV series such as "The New Breed," "King of Diamonds," "The Dick