George Savalas, 58, who played the mop-topped Detective Stavros on the Kojak television show that starred his brother Telly Savalas, died Wednesday of leukemia. Savalas was a former drama teacher who ...

Greek-American actor George Savalas is best remembered for co-starring on his elder brother (Telly Savalas)'s popular television detective show Kojak (1973) (1973-78). He played Detective Stavros to ...

America loved Telly Savalas in the 1970s, when the veteran Greek-American actor nailed the title role in CBS’ “Kojak” series — a tough New York City police lieutenant with a heart of gold, given to ...

Following Sean Connery’s original departure from the James Bond film franchise with 1967’s You Only Live Twice, unknown model George Lazenby was cast to fill his shoes in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s ...

Telly Savalas returns as the cop from his 1973-78 series to investigate the murders of Russian émigrés. Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow. Buchardt: Herbert Berghof. Elissa: Betsy Aidem. Lustig: Alan ...