423K views · 10K reactions | “Who loves ya, baby?” On this day in 1974, Telly Savalas was the man of the hour on ‘The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast.’ | Dean Martin | Facebook

211K views · 3.9K reactions | Back in 1974, Kojak was one of the top rated shows in the UK, and so Bob Wellings and Nationwide invited Telly Savalas to their cosy cutting room to talk about his career to date. | BBC Archive | Facebook

Telly Savalas, the bald-headed Greek actor who played movie villains but gained his most fame as a hard-boiled, lollipop-loving New York City detective in the 1970s television series “Kojak,” died of prostate cancer.23 Jan 1994. Early life. Aristotelis Savalas was born in Garden City, New York, on January 21, 1922, the second of five children born to ethnic Greek parents Christina (née Kapsalis; 1904–1988), an artist who was a native of Sparta, and Nick Savalas ( c. 1883–1948), a restaurant owne

1.6M views · 15K reactions | #OnThisDay in 1922: Telly Savalas was born, as Aristotelis Savalas, in New York. He appeared on Wogan back in 1988 talking about his time as Kojak and, in real life, becoming a father again. | BBC Archive | Facebook

768K views · 30K reactions | 1979 - American sitcom “ALICE” with guest star TELLY SAVALAS.  Telly Savalas stops into the diner to use the phone, but only Vera is there to witness it. No one believes her and she quits in a huff. Who loves ya baby!!!   Alice is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. #Greek #GreekAmerican #TellySavalas #Savalas #Kojak #Alice #VictorySweetShop | Victory Sweet Shop | Facebook

🇬🇷💙 RIP to the legendary proud #Greek American actor Aristotelis “Telly” Savalas! The King of μαγκιά (swagger) was known for popularizing the bald head in the 70’s. Savalas is 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). Savalas’s other films include Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Genghis Khan (1965), Battle of the Bulge