George Savalas

Georgios Demosthenes Savalas ( ; ; December 5, 1924 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was the younger brother of actor Telly Savalas, with whom he acted in the popular 1970s TV crime series Kojak. He attended Holy Cross Institute in Connecticut and Mineola High School (Long Island). He taught at the Coliseum Studios for five years. In the mid-1970s, he appeared in adverts in the United Kingdom for the Wimpy Bar chain. He returned to the stage, appearing in a number of off-Broadway productions before illness forced him to retire. Later in life, he lived in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1964 Good Neighbor Sam Truck Driver Uncredited 1965 Genghis Khan Toktoa 1965 The Slender Thread Pool Player 1968 Rosemary's Baby Workman Uncredited 1969 A Dream of Kings Apollo 1970 Kelly's Heroes First Sergeant Mulligan 1970 Violent City Shapiro Uncredited 1973 The Outfit Kenilworth Finance Employee Uncredited 1976 Kravges ston anemo Man in Pool 1982 Fake-Out The Pit Boss

Television Year Title Role Notes 1961 The Dick Powell Show Reveller at party Episode: "Three Soldiers" 1962 GE True Lukas - Grocer Episode: "V-Victor 5" 1963 The Dakotas Pope, Bartender Episode: "A Nice Girl from Goliath" 1963 The Virginian Turnkey Episode: "Ride a Dark Trail" 1963 Ripcord Member of Search Party Episode: "Run, Joby, Run" 1964 Combat! Cooper Episode: "Counter-Punch" 1964 The Rogues Lobo Episode: "Viva Diaz!" 1965 Dr. Kildare Aristos Episode: "With Hellfire and Thunder" 1966 The Fugitive Prisoner Episode: "Stroke of Genius" 1966 Daniel Boone The Warden Episode: "The Accused" 1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Greek Merchant Episode: "The Test Tube Killer Affair" 1968 Mannix Sergeant Episode: "The End of the Rainbow" 1971 All in the Family Joe Frouge Episode: "Success Story" 1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders Jack Deems Television film 1973–1978 Kojak Det. Stavros / Sgt. Stavros / Det. Stravros 114 episodes 1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Kaz Episode: "The Youth Killer" 1976 Whodunnit? Panellist Episode: "Dead Grass" 1979 Alice Himself Episode: "Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?" 1985 Kojak: The Belarus File Stavros Television film 1985 Alice in Wonderland The Courtier TV mini-series; final on screen appearance