Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas (1922 - 1994)
==Film Deaths==
*Johnny Cool (1963) [Vince Santangelo]: Machine-gunned by Henry Silva (who is standing atop scaffolding) in Telly's office.
*Beau Geste (1966) [Sergeant Major Dagineau] Shot by Guy Stockwell.
*The Dirty Dozen (1967) [Archer J. Maggot]: Shot in the chest by Jim Brown after Telly jeopardizes the mission by turning the gun on Jim and firing wildly.
*The Scalphunters (1968) [Jim Howie]: Shot in the chest by Ossie Davis during a struggle.
*The Assassination Bureau Limited (1969) [Lord Bostwick]: Killed in an explosion/crash when his zeppelin crashes after Telly fires his gun.
*Mackenna's Gold (1969) [Sergeant Tibbs]: Hacked in the chest when Ted Cassidy throws a tomahawk at him.
*Violent City (Città Violenta; The Family) (1970) [Al Weber]: Shot in the chest by Charles Bronson in Telly's office.
*A Town Called Hell (A Town Called Bastard) (1971) [Don Carlos]: Dies after being tortured and being tied a piece of wood out in the sun on top of being shot in the back by Al Lettieri. 
*Crime Boss (I Familiari della vittime non saranno avvertiti; The Mafia Terminator) (1972) [Don Vincenzo]: Machine-gunned by Antonio Sabato Sr..
*A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (Una Ragione per vivere e una per morire; Massacre at Fort Holman) (1972) [Major Ward]: Stabbed in the chest with a saber by James Coburn.
*Scenes from a Murder (L'Assassino... è al telefono) (1972) [Ranko Drasovic]: Crushed to death when a theatrical backdrop falls on him while he's chasing Anne Heywood through the theater.
*Horror Express (Panico en el Transiberiano) (1973) [Captain Kazan]: Killed when the body-possessing alien "erases" his brain; he is brought back to life (along with several of the alien's other victims) under the alien's control, and is killed once again when the train crashes.
*Redneck (Senza Ragione) (1973) [Memphis]: Shot in the back of the head by a police sniper bullet. 
*Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) [Stefan Svevo]: Killed in an explosion (along with his remaining henchmen) when someone (I couldn't tell who) shoots their explosive boxes causing the Poseidon to blow up.
==Television Deaths==
*The Twilight Zone: Living Doll (1963) [Erich Streator]: Falls down a flight of stairs after tripping over the talking doll (voiced by June Foray).
*Combat!: Vendetta (1964) [Colonel Kapsalis]: After being seriously wounded in an earlier engagement. Telly sacrifices himself by driving his jeep into a German installation while under heavy fire and rams the vehicle into a stockpile of rocket fuel causing it to explode.
*Combat!: Anniversary (1967) [Jon]: As a French Marquis fighter that had gone insane after his wife and daughter were killed, Telly is mortally shot in the chest by a German soldier when he insists that the firefight ceases because it was scaring his family and both sides leave town at gunpoint.
*Cimarron Strip: The Battleground (1967) [Bear]: Pulls a knife on Stuart Whitman as they fight in the river but gets stabbed in the chest as they grapple under water.
*Joys (1976) [Lt. Theo Kojak]: Killed by Johnny Carson (as is every other guest-star in the special). (Played for comic effect.)
*Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980; TV movie) [Cretzer]: Shot to death along with Ronny Cox and Robert Davi during their attempt to escape Alcatraz.
*Tales of the Unexpected: Completely Foolproof (1981) [Joe Brisson]: Shot in his stateroom aboard the Queen Mary by Douglas Lambert, a professional assassin hired by Telly's wife Rita Gam who had herself been shot moments earlier in her New York apartment by Ramsay Williams, hired by Telly. (Thanks to Brian)
==Gallery==
Tellysavalastz.png|Telly Savalas in The Twilight Zone: Living Doll
Telly Savalas.PNG|Telly Savalas in Horror Express
==Noteworthy Connections==
*Brother of George Savalas
*Ex-husband of Marilyn Gardner
*Father of Candace Savalas, Nick Savalas, and Ariana Savalas
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