Monday, October 22, 2018

Telly Savalas Top Ten

Because I enjoyed rewatching "Horror Express" the other night so much I thought I'd do a Telly Savalas top ten. Savalas, patron saint of bald men, who was a news director who only went into acting because a friend couldn't make the audition - Savalas covered for him, got the gig and was never out of work.. mainly because he could really jazz up a support role.
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - the best Bond and Savalas is the best Blofeld
2) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Savalas got an Oscar nom for this
3) Horror Express (1972) - The Thing meets Murder on the Orient Express... Savalas steals the film in the last20 minutes
4) Beau Geste (1966) - crap version of the great story but Savalas is superb
5) The Dirty Dozen (1967) - Savalas shines as the only really dirty member of the dozen - he should've worked more with Robert Aldrich
6) Hellingers Law (1981) - pilot for a TV series which didn't eventuate - Savalas is a lawyer, Rod Taylor plays a Texas mafioso!
7) Cape Fear (1962) - Savalas v good as a private eye
8) Capricorn One (1977) gives a great cameo that almost steals the film
9) Kelly's Heroes (1970) - he should've worked more with Clint Eastwood
10) Oh I suppose... Kojak

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