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TELLY SAVALAS
There is an hour appointed in each mans life to make his happiness, if he then seizes it.
Beaumont and Fletcher
You never know where life will take you. Aristotle (Telly) Savalas graduated from Columbia University with the intention of pursuing a career in diplomatic service. He began working at the State Department and expected to remain there until retirement. After a few years, however, he accepted an executive position with ABCs television news division. While there, he won several major awards. As a favor to a talent-agent friend who was having trouble finding an actor with a certain accent, Telly took a small role in a motion picture. Burt Lancaster saw the film and recruited Savalas to appear in Birdman of Alcatraz. In this first major role, Telly was nominated for an Oscar.
After his triumph in Birdman, Telly next played Pontius Pilate in The Greatest Story Ever Told (in which he first shaved his head) and landed starring roles in The Dirty Dozen with Lee Marvin, Kiss of Death with Richard Widmark, and many other movies. But even though he had appeared in sixty films, Telly admits that people still called him whats-his-name. Finally, in 1973, the television series Kojak elevated Savalas to superstar status. Even though Kojak has been out of production since 1978, it is still seen throughout the world in reruns. Telly Savalas never planned to become an actor, but he took a chance to do something different with his life and made the most of the opportunity when it came.
CONSIDER THIS: Keep your mind open for opportunities that may provide you with new adventures you never expected could happen.
Submitted by Richard
There is an hour appointed in each mans life to make his happiness, if he then seizes it.
Beaumont and Fletcher
You never know where life will take you. Aristotle (Telly) Savalas graduated from Columbia University with the intention of pursuing a career in diplomatic service. He began working at the State Department and expected to remain there until retirement. After a few years, however, he accepted an executive position with ABCs television news division. While there, he won several major awards. As a favor to a talent-agent friend who was having trouble finding an actor with a certain accent, Telly took a small role in a motion picture. Burt Lancaster saw the film and recruited Savalas to appear in Birdman of Alcatraz. In this first major role, Telly was nominated for an Oscar.
After his triumph in Birdman, Telly next played Pontius Pilate in The Greatest Story Ever Told (in which he first shaved his head) and landed starring roles in The Dirty Dozen with Lee Marvin, Kiss of Death with Richard Widmark, and many other movies. But even though he had appeared in sixty films, Telly admits that people still called him whats-his-name. Finally, in 1973, the television series Kojak elevated Savalas to superstar status. Even though Kojak has been out of production since 1978, it is still seen throughout the world in reruns. Telly Savalas never planned to become an actor, but he took a chance to do something different with his life and made the most of the opportunity when it came.
CONSIDER THIS: Keep your mind open for opportunities that may provide you with new adventures you never expected could happen.
Submitted by Richard
