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
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| 1964
| Good Neighbor Sam
| Truck Driver
| Uncredited
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| 1965
| Genghis Khan
| Toktoa
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| 1965
| The Slender Thread
| Pool Player
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| 1968
| Rosemary's Baby
| Workman
| Uncredited
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| 1969
| A Dream of Kings
| Apollo
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| 1970
| Kelly's Heroes
| First Sergeant Mulligan
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| 1970
| Violent City
| Shapiro
| Uncredited
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| 1973
| The Outfit
| Kenilworth Finance Employee
| Uncredited
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| 1976
| Kravges ston anemo
| Man in Pool
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| 1982
| Fake-Out
| The Pit Boss
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Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| 1961
| The Dick Powell Show
| Reveller at party
| Episode: "Three Soldiers"
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| 1962
| GE True
| Lukas - Grocer
| Episode: "V-Victor 5"
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| 1963
| The Dakotas
| Pope, Bartender
| Episode: "A Nice Girl from Goliath"
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| 1963
| The Virginian
| Turnkey
| Episode: "Ride a Dark Trail"
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| 1963
| Ripcord
| Member of Search Party
| Episode: "Run, Joby, Run"
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| 1964
| Combat!
| Cooper
| Episode: "Counter-Punch"
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| 1964
| The Rogues
| Lobo
| Episode: "Viva Diaz!"
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| 1965
| Dr. Kildare
| Aristos
| Episode: "With Hellfire and Thunder"
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| 1966
| The Fugitive
| Prisoner
| Episode: "Stroke of Genius"
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| 1966
| Daniel Boone
| The Warden
| Episode: "The Accused"
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| 1967
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
| Greek Merchant
| Episode: "The Test Tube Killer Affair"
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| 1968
| Mannix
| Sergeant
| Episode: "The End of the Rainbow"
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| 1971
| All in the Family
| Joe Frouge
| Episode: "Success Story"
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| 1973
| The Marcus-Nelson Murders
| Jack Deems
| Television film
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| 1973–1978
| Kojak
| Det. Stavros / Sgt. Stavros / Det. Stravros
| 114 episodes
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| 1975
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker
| Kaz
| Episode: "The Youth Killer"
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| 1976
| Whodunnit?
| Panellist
| Episode: "Dead Grass"
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| 1979
| Alice
| Himself
| Episode: "Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?"
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| 1985
| Kojak: The Belarus File
| Stavros
| Television film
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| 1985
| Alice in Wonderland
| The Courtier
| TV mini-series; final on screen appearance
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