Telly Savalas

Born: 1922-01-21

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης "Τέλι" Σαββάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). His other movie credits include The Young Savages (1961), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Scalphunters (1968), supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), Inside Out (1975) and Escape to Athena (1979). Description above from the Wikipedia article Telly Savalas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Released: 1969-12-18

James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps...

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The Dirty Dozen

as Archer Maggott
Released: 1967-06-15

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy...

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Pontius Pilate
Released: 1965-04-09

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is...

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Kelly's Heroes

as Master Sergeant "Big Joe"
Released: 1970-06-22

A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

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as Hymie
Released: 1984-06-29

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is...

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Battle of the Bulge

as Sgt. Guffy
Released: 1965-12-16

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New...

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Capricorn One

as Albain
Released: 1977-12-10

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators...

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The Muppet Movie

as El Sleazo Tough
Released: 1979-06-22

A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he...

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Birdman of Alcatraz

as Feto Gomez
Released: 1962-07-04

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary...

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Genghis Khan

as Shan
Released: 1965-04-15

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the...

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Cape Fear

as Private Detective Charles Sievers
Released: 1962-04-12

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after...

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Horror Express

as Captain Kazan
Released: 1972-09-30

Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen...

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Mackenna's Gold

as Sergeant Tibbs
Released: 1969-03-18

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other...

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Escape to Athena

as Zeno
Released: 1979-05-21

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape....

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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Captain Stefan Svevo
Released: 1979-05-18

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship...

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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

as Maj. Wright
Released: 1988-11-10

A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi...

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The Scalphunters

as Jim Howie
Released: 1968-02-29

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to...

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Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-11-29

With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a...

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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Walter Braddock
Released: 1968-10-23

After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US...

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The Assassination Bureau

as Lord Bostwick
Released: 1969-03-09

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an...

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The Karate Killers

as Count De Fanzini
Released: 1967-04-07

International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel...

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Faceless

as Terry Hallen
Released: 1988-06-22

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to...

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Lisa and the Devil

as Leandro
Released: 1973-05-08

Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to...

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A Town Called Hell

as Don Carlos
Released: 1971-10-27

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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Violent City

as Al Weber
Released: 1970-09-17

A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets...

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A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

as Major Ward
Released: 1972-12-27

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the...

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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

as Maj. Wright
Released: 1987-03-01

Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads...

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Johnny Cool

as Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
Released: 1963-10-02

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

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Joys

as Self
Released: 1976-03-05

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where...

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Pretty Maids All in a Row

as Captain Sam Surcher
Released: 1971-04-28

At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer....

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Hellinger's Law

as Nick Hellinger
Released: 1981-03-10

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant...

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Paul Williams Still Alive

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2011-09-11

Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s...

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Clay Pigeon

as Redford
Released: 1971-08-01

An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who...

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The Marcus-Nelson Murders

as Lt. Theo Kojak
Released: 1973-03-08

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white...

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Macmuid (uncredited)
Released: 1965-03-24

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken...

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Beau Geste

as Sgt. Maj. Dagineau
Released: 1966-09-02

In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic...

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Sol Madrid

as Emil Dietrich
Released: 1968-02-07

Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and...

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Cretzer
Released: 1980-11-05

Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a...

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Inside Out

as Harry Morgan
Released: 1975-10-19

An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former...

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The Young Savages

as Detective Lt. Gunderson
Released: 1961-05-24

A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the...

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Pancho Villa

as Pancho Villa
Released: 1972-10-31

In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches...

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Kojak: Flowers For Matty

as Inspector Theo Kojak
Released: 1990-01-04

Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions...

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The New Interns

as Dr. Dominic Riccio
Released: 1964-06-01

Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

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Killer Force

as Webb
Released: 1976-01-14

Head of company security, Harry Webb, fears that a diamond theft is about to take place at their...

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Backfire!

as Most Evil Man
Released: 1995-01-20

Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin...

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Love is a Ball

as Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle)
Released: 1963-04-24

Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled...

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The Border

as Frank Cooper
Released: 1980-08-06

Frank Cooper, a senior immigration police, remains a daily struggle against mafias operating...

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Mind Twister

as Richard Howland
Released: 1994-03-16

Two former exotic dancers devise a plot to expose a physciatrist as the murderer of their friend.

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The Slender Thread

as Dr. Joe Coburn
Released: 1965-12-15

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic...

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The Killer Is on the Phone

as Ranko Drasovic
Released: 1972-10-06

A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to...

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Kojak: The Price of Justice

as Inspector Theo Kojak
Released: 1987-02-21

Top New York cop Theo Kojak finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false trials, jealousies...

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Sonny and Jed

as Sheriff Franciscus
Released: 1972-08-11

Jed (Tomas Milian) is an unlikely hero in this Italian western. As thoroughly unlikeable a...

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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

as Brother Joseph Heiden
Released: 1987-09-23

Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph...

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The House of Exorcism

as Leandro (archive footage)
Released: 1975-04-02

A total re-edit of Mario Bava's gothic classic Lisa and the Devil (1973) for US release in 1975....

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Crooks and Coronets

as Herbie Haseler
Released: 1969-04-02

Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they...

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Land Raiders

as Vince Carden
Released: 1969-07-27

An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches,...

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Kojak: None So Blind

as Inspector Theo Kojak
Released: 1990-04-07

After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York...

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Fanfare for a Death Scene

as Ilchidai Khan
Released: 1964-09-01

An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's...

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Fake-Out

as Lt. Thurston
Released: 1982-11-18

Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to...

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Crime Boss

as Don Vincenzo
Released: 1972-08-08

Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss...

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Kojak: The Belarus File

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Released: 1985-02-16

Lt. Theo Kojak uncovers a Nazi conspiracy.

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GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

as Magmar (voice)
Released: 1986-03-21

The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length...

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Redneck

as Memphis
Released: 1973-02-02

Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a...

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The Interns

as Dr. Dominic Riccio
Released: 1962-08-08

During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo...

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Operation Dirty Dozen

as Self
Released: 2006-01-01

A short film looking behind the scenes at the making of The Dirty Dozen. Showing many scenes...

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Kojak: Fatal Flaw

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Released: 1989-11-30

Investigating the murder of a writer responsible for a Mob exposed, Kojak discovers that the...

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Beyond Reason

as Dr. Nicholas Mati
Released: 1977-01-01

An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.

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The Man from the Diners' Club

as Mr. Martindale
Released: 1963-04-17

Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new...

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The Cartier Affair

as Phil Drexler
Released: 1984-11-03

Curt Taylor is a convict and owes Phil Drexler the number 1 convict in the prison. Now to settle...

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Kojak: Ariana

as Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Released: 1989-11-02

One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New...

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The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

as uncredited
Released: 1986-05-20

A live-action and animated television special featuring clips from past episodes and spin-offs...

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Kojak: It's Always Something

as Inspector Theo Kojak
Released: 1990-01-31

After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers,...

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Mad Dog Coll

as Lt. Dawson
Released: 1961-05-12

Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.

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Rose Against the Odds

as George Parnassus
Released: 1991-09-29

The story of Australian Indigenous boxer Lionel Rose from his first amateur boxing matches up...

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Silent Rebellion

as Pete
Released: 1982-05-04

A Greek immigrant (Savalas) and his son return to Greece, where they reunite with mother and...

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The Hollywood Detective

as Harry Bell
Released: 1989-10-25

An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a...

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She Cried Murder

as Inspector Joe Brody
Released: 1973-09-25

Fashion model Sarah Cornell, from the front car of a subway, witnesses a man pushing a woman...

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Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby?

as Self
Released: 1976-02-18

At the height of his KOJAK TV series fame, Telly Savalas starred in this variety special that...

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Visions...

as Lt. Phil Keegan
Released: 1972-10-10

A professor who has visions of the future informs the police that someone is about to plant a...

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Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham

as Narrator
Released: 1981-01-01

Telly Savalas narrates a travelogue of Birmingham in England, taking in such sights as New...

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Remote Control Magic: The Movie

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2012-11-13

Remote Control Magic is the ultimate 70's channel surfing experience. Dante Fontana guides you...

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Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen

as Narrator
Released: 1981-12-22

The star of TV's Kojak takes a look at the history and attractions of the city of Aberdeen,...

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Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth

as Narrator
Released: 1981-12-22

Telly Savalas tours the coastal city of Portsmouth, with a look at the intriguing history and...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Twilight Zone

as Erich Streator
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Untouchables

as Leo Stazak
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Philadelphia Harry
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Burke's Law

as Fakir George O'Shea
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Charlie Prince
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Balakirov aka Richard Goldtooth
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Joe Brisson
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Bonanza

as Charles Augustus Hackett
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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The F.B.I.

as Ed Clementi
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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The Fugitive

as Victor Leonetti
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Steve Keller
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Dan Polichek
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Run for Your Life

as Istvan Zabor
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Beret
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Ramon Castillo / Raymond Castle
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Brother Hendricksen
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Cain's Hundred

as Frank Meehan
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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Cain's Hundred

as Harry Remick
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Count Valeriano De Fanzini
First aired: 1964-09-22

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...

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Arrest and Trial

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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The New Breed

as Dr. Buel Reed
First aired: 1961-10-03

The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self
First aired: 1973-09-14

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean...

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Garrison's Gorillas

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-06

Garrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long...

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Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self
First aired: 1974-12-04

CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of...

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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-08-01

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and...

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Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1974-04-27

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Alice

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-08-31

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on...

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The Equalizer

as Brother Joseph Heiden
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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J.J. Starbuck

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June...

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Midi Première

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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The Virginian

as 'Colonel' Bliss
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Naked City

as Gabriel Hody
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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The French Atlantic Affair

as Fr. Craig Dunleavy
First aired: 1979-11-15

When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer...

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Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

as Teddy
First aired: 1990-10-17

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.

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Combat!

as Colonel Kapsalis
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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Combat!

as Jon
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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Armstrong Circle Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-06-06

Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Cheshire Cat
First aired: 1985-12-09

Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always...

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The Commish

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-09-28

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for...

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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Disco

as Self
First aired: 1971-02-13

Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It...

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Kojak

as Theo Kojak
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Musikladen

as Self
First aired: 1972-12-13

Der Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to...

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The Rogues

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-13

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...

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Cimarron Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-07

Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to...

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The Aquanauts

as Paul Price
First aired: 1960-09-14

The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season....

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The Dakotas

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-01-07

The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and...

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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Cretzer
First aired: 1980-11-05

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