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Kojak
American action brott drama television series
For other uses, see Kojak (disambiguation).
Kojak is an American actioncrimedrama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police DepartmentDetectiveLieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978.
In 1999, TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.[1]
Production
[edit]The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award–winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert murders, the brutal rape and murder of two ung professional women in Manhattan.
Owing to poor and corrupt police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinn
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Telly Savalas
American actor (1922–1994)
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| Born | Aristotelis Savalas (1922-01-21)January 21, 1922 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1994(1994-01-22) (aged 72) Universal City, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1950–1994 |
| Spouses | Katherine Nicolaides (m. 1948; div. 1957)Marilyn Gardner (m. 1960; div. 1974)Julie Hovland (m. 1984) |
| Children | 6, including Ariana Savalas |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Website | tellysavalas.com |
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was a Greek-American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice,[1][2][3][4] he is
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Telly Savalas
Already one of Hollywood's more versatile character actors, equally believable as a stalwart hero or sadistic villain, Telly Savalas later achieved pop-culture immortality as the bald, lollipop-chomping cop "Kojak" (CBS, 1973-78). Savalas had already gained a lifetime of experience with a three-year stint in the Army during WWII, work for the U.S. Information Services and at ABC News by the time he began his acting career in his late-thirties. Spotted in a TV performance by Burt Lancaster, Savalas was cast in the movie star's next two feature films, "The Young Savages" (1961) and "The Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962).
From there, it was on to a steady string of appearances, often as the bad guy, in notable films like "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) and "Kelly's Heroes" (1970). But it was his lengthy run on television as the eponymous police detective "Kojak" that made the actor a bona fide star of truly iconic status, with his tagline o