Line #40 Creator/TellySavalas


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3	->''"I'm a romantic realist. I knew I would become a star, just as I know some day the bubble will burst."''
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5	Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor of Greek descent.
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7	His movie and television career spanned more than thirty years, with quite a few iconic roles such as Archer Maggott in ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and Film/JamesBond's ArchEnemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. His most memorable TV role was undeniably the lollipop-chomping NYPD Lieutenant Theofilides "Theo" Kojak in ''Series/{{Kojak}}''.
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9	He became the stepfather of Creator/NicolletteSheridan after dating her mother Sally ([[RomanceOnTheSet meeting her on the set of]] ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''). He was also the godfather of Creator/JenniferAniston, having been friends with her father, Creator/JohnAniston.
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11	!!Works with pages on TV Tropes:
12	* ''Film/CapeFear'' (1962)
13	* ''Film/BirdmanOfAlcatraz'' (1962)
14	* ''Film/JohnnyCool'' (1963)
15	* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone\|1959}}'' (1964, episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll Living Doll]]")
16	* ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965)
17	* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge'' (1965)
18	* ''Literature/BeauGeste'' (1966)
19	* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967)
20	* ''Film/TheScalphunters'' (1968)
21	* ''Film/TheAssassinationBureau'' (1969)
22	* ''Film/MackennasGold'' (1969)
23	* ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' (1969)
24	* ''Film/KellysHeroes'' (1970)
25	* ''Film/PrettyMaidsAllInARow'' (1971)
26	* ''Film/AReasonToLiveAReasonToDie'' (1972)
27	* ''Film/LisaAndTheDevil'' (1973)
28	* ''Film/HorrorExpress'' (1973)
29	* ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' (1973–1978)
30	* ''Film/CapricornOne'' (1978)
31	* ''Film/EscapeToAthena'' (1979)
32	* ''[[Film/ThePoseidonAdventure Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1979)
33	* ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' (1979)
34	* ''Film/CannonballRunII'' (1984)
35	* ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland\|1985}}'' (1985)
36	* ''Film/{{Faceless}}'' (1987)
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38	!!Tropes in his works:
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40	* AddictionDisplacement: His iconic lollipops as Kojak were a way to help him quit smoking.
41	* BaldnessAngst: Inverted. He proudly showed off his bald head with confidence and, other than a few early roles, never wore a toupee, on screen or in real life.
42	* BaldOfEvil: Most famously as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' and Archer Maggott in ''The Dirty Dozen''.
43	* BaritoneOfStrength: For his roles, particularly [[EvilSoundsDeep the villains]], he made very good use of the deep, intimidating voice that years of heavy smoking gave him.
44	* BigOlEyebrows: His eyebrows were quite full, and his baldness made them stand out.
45	* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
46	** In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, ComicBook/LexLuthor's design was [[ComicBookFantasyCasting modeled on him]] in homage to his role as Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
47	** Frank Fontaine from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' was also modeled after him, but with a mustache and the villainous characters he is known for playing.
48	* OneHitWonder: [[invoked]] He released one single song in his life, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0 "If"]], in 1975, to great success. Well, technically, [[SpokenWordInMusic he didn't even sing in it]].

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