# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/telly-savalas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:30.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/telly-savalas"
name: "Telly Savalas"
slug: "telly-savalas"
description: "Aristotelis \"Telly\" Savalas was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978) and James Bond archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)."
tagline: "American film and television actor and singer (1922–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Telly_Savalas_Kojak_1973.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1922-01-21"
deathDate: "1994-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.08
  momentum:             1.246598545010274
  historical:           26.716252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001699/"
    handle:    "nm0001699"
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    handle:    "1MtmtQbk7jz7LLOFU3utKf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tellysavalas.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تيلي سافالاس"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تلی ساوالاس"
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    title: "Telly Savalas"
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    title: "Telly Savalas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Telly Savalas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "טלי סוואלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Թելլի Սավալաս"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump