Actor

Telly Savalas

American film and television actor and singer

1922 - 1994

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His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Telly Savalas is the 376th most popular actor (down from 329th in 2024), the 818th most popular biography from United States (down from 607th in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Actor.

Telly Savalas is most famous for his role as Kojak in the 1970s television series of the same name.

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#376 / 16k

Telly Savalas ranks #376 of 15,712 Actors worldwide, placing them among the top 3% of the profession.

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Telly Savalas's biography appears in 47 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 91% of all Actors.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Telly Savalas ranks 376 out of 15,712. Before him are Mads Mikkelsen, John Cleese, Larry Hagman, George Peppard, William Sadler, and Stephen Collins. After him are Brandon Lee, Lino Ventura, Danny Glover, Joan Crawford, Maurice Chevalier, and G. W. Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Telly Savalas ranks 33. Before him are Doris Day, Agostinho Neto, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert W. Holley, Joan Fuster, and Iannis Xenakis. After him are Clair Cameron Patterson, Vittorio Gassman, Jason Robards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Stanley Cohen, and Otto Carius. Among people deceased in 1994, Telly Savalas ranks 34. Before him are Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, Roland Ratzenberger, Niels Kaj Jerne, and George Peppard. After him are Guy Debord, Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, Andrés Escobar, Pierre Boulle, and Vladimir Ivashko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Telly Savalas ranks 818 out of 23,232. Before him are Quincy Jones (1933), William Sadler (1950), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Stephen Collins (1947), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), and Robert H. Goddard (1882). After him are Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Brandon Lee (1965), and Willis Carrier (1876).

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Among Actors In United States

Among actors born in United States, Telly Savalas ranks 197. Before him are Rod Steiger (1925), James Woods (1947), Larry Hagman (1931), George Peppard (1928), William Sadler (1950), and Stephen Collins (1947). After him are Brandon Lee (1965), Danny Glover (1946), Joan Crawford (1904), G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), and Jason Robards (1922).

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