BILL BOGGS INTERVIEWS KOJAK'S TELLY SAVALAS IN LONDON

Bill Boggs interviews Academy Award-winning actor Telly Savalas in London. The star of such classic films as "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Dirty Dozen," " Birdman of Alcatraz" and the hit TV show "Kojak," talks about his life and career in this revealing interview. Includes visit to Knightsbridge Sporting Club.
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[@stephanier2860]

He knows how to tell a story. His voice, the cadence, the rhythm, the enthusiasm!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur.

[@originalhgc]

He even makes the digressions and dramatic pauses thrilling. Each time he says "this is all true," I get more thrilled to hear what comes next. Brilliant.

[@Billboggs]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. Sorry. Could be the way the tape dubbed. It's from 1975/76 and had water damage, but I simply do not know. Not dome intentionally.

[@guslakis]

Telly was a one of a kind guy, unique and talented in a very special way, R.I.P.

[@francissullivan6400]

GOD LOVES YOU TELLY..GREEKS are 95% GREAT PEOPLE ..from an irish AMERICAN Policeman

[@DerekLyons]

Glad I meet Teĺly in 1993/94 just a month before he passed. I was blessed

[@craigsmith2030]

"Who loves you baby" telly savalas brilliant and charming. Kojak, kellys heroes big Joe was great to watch. The world misses people like telly. R.I.P Sir.

[@drumtum]

Coolest actor ever, and what a character, really interesting man. One in a million i would say.

[@steveoshow4832]

Telly was a scene stealer extraordinaire. Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes to name but a few. His take on celebrity and success speaks much of his calibre as a man.

[@davebennett2086]

What a GREAT guy! Loved this mans work. RIP Telly. You are dearly missed. Such a cool guy.

[@substance1]

Telly was a natural great actor. He was good in every part he played.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I have a notion to second THAT emotion !

[@siegridthomas9674]

Oh boy did I LOVED this man...his wonderful person will never be forgotten....rest in peace...hope he charmes ALL the angels....

[@paulbaker1505]

Smart man. And one hell of an actor. Love kojak.but let's not kid ourselves. Telly savalas was the coolest cat in the world baby

[@jubalcalif9100]

Totally agree.

[@d.b.4201]

I agree!

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

2:02 - 2:38/ Very telling that this great man had the foresight to realize how fleeting stardom can be! Always keep it humble and remain true to yourself. That amount of self-awareness exudes so much confidence that I believe this is what attracted so many viewers to him. As an actor AND human being, what more can you do but be happy about life and get paid pretty well to do it. My only wish would be as an adult now to have met Mr. Savalas at the height of the KOJAK series and thank him so much for being himself. Makes me wonder though. Could you imagine Telly Savalas being interviewed by Keanu Reeves!?

[@d.b.4201]

How did that peculiar thought come into yr head? Strangely, it makes sense. 🤔

[@dantaylor333]

To meet this guy would have been amazing, just to shake hands with him and say hello would have been a life changing experience

[@itstheweather642]

My FIL worked as an extra on the set on Alcatraz Island. I have a picture of him standing next to Telly. My FIL said he was the most down to earth guy and very genuine and kind. He was friendly with all the extras and never put himself above anyone. Not like some other stars we worked with. What a guy. Who loves you baby? We love you Telly!

[@harrypapas1465]

Many qualities in Savalas, no doubt. The less evident: a person of both experience and culture, high intelligence, but also genuinely humble, humane and polite. Telly loves people, loves life, knows right from wrong, and presents a model persona, which lives on, beyond his time..

[@mgw3084]

His voice.

[@keithwaite5026]

What a cool guy, loved him.👊👍❤️

[@keithmcnamara9997]

One great story and one great man

[@Aerodos12]

Mo

[@dsimon33871]

Telly just had a way about him. Love that story, he told it many times

[@itstheweather642]

And the story never changed. It's all truth. That ghost came back to him 3 times in total.... there is something about the number 3...... he mentions 3 days, 3 years earlier Johnny killed himself. Three is powerful....

[@davidspear9619]

One of a kind man, brilliant actor and all around class act. Grew up watching and loving Kojak and all of his mannerisms. RIP Mr. Savalas

[@robstack3712]

He’s the coolest man to ever exist

[@janfreeman3627]

A sweeter, classier guy did not exist. He was & always will be 1 of a kind. Question: Who luvs ya baby? Answer: Me! RIP U R MISSED! 👍👍❤️💔

[@brocktonma.1816]

Dude had style.

[@mikekarr3112]

The creepy story about the parkway on long island ,he retold it on the unexplained years later just before his death.

[@danahoward759]

I just love listening to his voice

[@shareebrown727]

😍 My kind of man...😌

[@mischiefmikeyo]

Fantastic interviews I really like this Bill Boggs guy will be watching more. Telly is also very cool guy. Love self aware actors

[@acgillespie]

Don't care for censorship of opposing views though.Did you even catch it? views on feminism

[@TheWardBond]

So smooth and cool, one of a kind!

[@johncopeland3826]

Mr Savalas portrayed what his fellow Grecians were geniuses at ! Philosophy , mathematical judgement and super intelligence ! Oh and his artistry and craft were pretty special too . Perfect concentration was another gift he possessed ...laser focus for the job in hand . What a brilliant legacy he left us all to enjoy , forever !

[@me-cq7wv]

That was the best interview I think I ever seen. Fantasic interview and fantastic interviewee. WOW Now thats an interview. I had this dream I won a lot of money.

[@Billboggs]

Thank you very much for your kind words..Bill

[@MVerdoux]

Such a wonderful interview!....so very sad that it doesn't survive complete. Glad you saved what you could.

[@itstheweather642]

Yes, interesting that the last words were he won a lot of money...... God bless him.

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

He was very down to earth and grounded

[@ManicMindTrick]

Wish I had 10% of this guy's charisma.

[@mhoyarzo]

Just a word: WOW!

[@capacola262743]

gotta love telly.

[@haroldrondeau1752]

Growing up watching this man I knew he was a great actor in great personality but I had no idea of his philosophy and how brilliant it is

[@AstroVanTribe]

"Continuity of Personality" That's IT, right there....

[@jakebond2294]

What a cool cat Telly was. The coolest.

[@darlene5216]

Do you have the rest of the interview? Beautiful interview. Telly is just gorgeous.

[@viralbuthow000]

Man had charisma coming out of his pores

[@lindabulsara2215]

Who loves you, baby. I do. God bless telly savalas or theo kojak! 🙏 l never will forget him.

[@dm41390]

at the 9:30 mark, he quickly throws the cigarette butt into the Thames river, like it's nothing ... LoL ... I luv the NY way he says "3 thousan dollarz" when telling the story of buying the race horse 13:45

[@lindabulsara2215]

Telly was a lovely man!!!!!

[@lavampire100]

What I would give for him to come back for at least a day to see the Woke Hollywood and Cancel culture and all the nonsense that abounds. Great man, great actor, and able to make one think and one laugh.

[@nightowl5475]

Telly told this story before but he left something out during this particular interview, the man with the high-pitched voice that gave Telly a ride to the gas station and gave Telly the $1.00 to buy the gas, died a few years back. In other words, Telly was picked up on the side of the road by a ghost. Now, the reason the guy had the high-pitched voice, when in real life, his voice was deep, was because he shot himself in the throat. That part, Telly left out. You can find the whole story on You Tube. He swears it’s true. Why would he lie? What motivation? Telly described the man’s clothes to his wife and they were the same clothes he was buried in. Who knows? The only way we can find out is, when we pass on or if one of us happens to be visited by a ghost. I hope if anyone gets a visit, it’s from a friendly ghost. Be well. 😊

[@elainealexander7098]

Yes, he did leave that part out about how he committed suicide. I guess he didn’t want to go too dark. What a story. And you are right, why would he lie?

[@itstheweather642]

This world is not as rigid as we presume it to be.

[@nightowl5475]

@@itstheweather642 Amen to that, brutha!

[@nightowl5475]

Why would Telly lie about the story? What reason would he have? If it's all made up, I would really loose a lot of respect for him. That's something that hits home. Telly actually told that story with deep commitment from the heart. You don't say things like that unless it's true. I believed him when he told that story. I would hate for him to be lying about something as so compelling and so heartfelt as that story. That's terrible if he's lying about that poor man.

[@EiziEizz]

I mean he was a gambler, even though very charming and interesting, he wasn't quite right in his head. So of course it never happened, he is an artist kinda person, they are all on the loony side.

[@andrewflower5599]

Love you Telly... Byl es niesamowicie Pop w Polsce w 1pol.80-tych:) spoczywaj w pokoju! Bog z Toba..

[@aluizioignacio2949]

Great !!

[@KimKim-pp5fn]

fantastic voice

[@yiannoulakyriakoudis62]

❤❤ quelle voix!!!! Un vrai dieu grec. I love you Teli

[@Pieps.22]

Alle kommentieren Telly Savalas. Hier mal ein Wort zu Billy Boggs. What a pretty guy. Hat das Interview gut geführt. So daß er Informationen und gute Geschichten kriegt.

[@elainealexander7098]

The ultimate in cool, suave, sophisticated sexiness.

[@klauszungler8930]

A mighty Greek -- Efcharisto 🇬🇷

[@dinkydotzero]

Old school cool at very finest

[@massapower]

BILL BOGGS.. what a smart, humble & humorous HOST..😎👍🏻👍🏻 The main ingredient what's missing in today's talk shows ....

[@robcarter55]

Great interview and great actor and personality. Did you ever hear the rest of that story of even from another person ?????

[@andrewflower5599]

BILLY please can You upload the rest of this intrv... Thank you in advance...

[@chrisuk2073]

The best blofeld

[@itstheweather642]

The Birdman of Alcatraz..... my FIL was an extra and said Telly was the most genuine, kind hearted, down to earth guy he had ever met. It was Telly's first real movie. I didn't know that. I have pictures of my FIL standing next to Telly what a treasure that was for him to work on the island with someone of this calibre.

[@Billboggs]

He was a terrific fellow, a true natural. Please subscribe here to billboggstv. (free)

[@jubalcalif9100]

Academy Award winning ? The late great Telly Savalas (wonderfully talented actor) never won an Oscar. Though he was nominated for Best Supporting Oscar for 1962s "Birdman of Alcatraz". Sadly, he didn't win. I did enjoy this interview with him. Mr Boggs is a fine interviewer. Asks intelligent questions, patiently listens and lets his subjects finish. Both Mr Boggs and Mr Savalas : CLASS ACTS !

[@bluey7007]

What a.great life he had

[@fayzemourie7776]

GOD BLESS HIS SOUL GREAT ACTOR AND DON WELL IN AMERICA

[@LB99971]

CLASS ACT!

[@ratsameecunningham666]

Wow so nice back then

[@d.b.4201]

What an amazing man & peculiar story! Wow!

[@highplainsdrifter699]

We're all born bald baby, Deal with it .... Telly Savallas quote .

[@Xodgilla]

Stone cold cool...

[@Kojak.k]

I watched the whole thing with a stupid grin on my face amazed by anything he says

[@ajsmith5295]

Brilliant guy Telly Savalas I used to use a restaurant by the way I'm about 5-ft 12 big built and got a shaved head and I used to use a restaurant in Knightsbridge and Indian restaurant and everyone there for the telly was my uncle needs to give me the star treatment was a restaurant the telly used to use rest in peace telly

[@paddle_shift]

Dang, I wish they would put the air date on these, would love to know when this aired.

[@Billboggs]

I think it was Fall 1976

[@paddle_shift]

@@Billboggs cool,thanks!

[@SteveDondley]

I was gonna say that the lapels date this as 1977. I was a year off. He was ahead of his time.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (griego: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; 21 de enero de 1922 - 22 de enero de 1994), conocido profesionalmente como Telly Savalas, fue un actor y cantante estadounidense cuya carrera abarcó cuatro décadas. Conocido por su cabeza calva y su voz profunda y resonante,​ quizás sea más conocido por interpretar al teniente Theo Kojak en la serie de drama criminal Kojak (1973-1978) y al archivillano de James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld en la película Al servicio secreto de Su Majestad (1969).

[@anthonyluisi7096]

What a cool cat !!! 👍🏻👏damn that story... very creepy 😨😨😨😨

[@guygrip2120]

Telly was allso in MARIO BAVAS. LISA AND DEVIL. AND JOHNY COOL 1963

[@itstheweather642]

The story was real. The widow confirmed it and told Telly a future event, more than once. About the baseball player and then on the golf course about the death of Pres. Kennedy.

[@d.b.4201]

Wow! Really?

[@wanderer7889]

I wonder when the interview was taken. Summer 1975? Which bridge? Where was the club?

[@Billboggs]

Host Boggs here. Knightsbridge Spoting Club part of 90 minutes special on NBC I hosted. Please subscribe to billboggstv here on youtube. thanks

[@gregzorabedian6660]

Resemblance is unreal !

[@sandrarthornton]

🥰😍

[@johnkarayiannis1725]

Kojak and the Dirty Dozen

[@Roby.324]

Di che anno è?

[@rapman5363]

Who Loves ya Baby!! 🍭

[@susannefitzpatrick9955]

Wonder if he’s any relation to Mat Boggs?

[@richardbutler4528]

Good bullshitter(in a good way). What a cliff hanger though. Where's the rest of the story?

[@RobertK1993]

He Ernst Stavro Blofeld wasn't as good as Donald Pleasence but he did good he would have been better as Felix Lieter in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

[@CRAIG5835]

Je Nais Sais Quoi. Respec.

[@drgunsmith4099]

Oh London….when people didn’t stab one another to death.

[@quinton01]

Is it safe to conclude that _cultural enrichment_ isn't working out in London?

[@jonglewongle3438]

Television Savalas did not do a movie that I know of which I give a damn about, but that is not to say that he was not a credible or brilliant or capable actor. And I don't know anything like the full catalog. Kojak was okay, but I'm not going back to that. I'd be immediately over that upon seeing any of that again. Capricorn One was a top production, but he was only in a supporting role in that.

[@susanb2015]

Kojak is back on TV and I'm watching it since I was too young in the 70s. Maybe you liked him on the Twilight Zone with the killer doll.

[@jonglewongle3438]

@@susanb2015 So he had some association with The Twilight Zone. He himself was apparently given to spinning yarns. So, it thus becomes indeterminate as to whether his surreal stories were real experiences or professional concoctions.

[@susanb2015]

@@jonglewongle3438 The episode is called Living Doll with Talky Tina a doll that hates him and wants him dead. I thought it was hilarious and thought you might like it too.

[@bmrosario8961]

This interview is a mess. We don't see the Club?? It cut off is interrupted. Story Of night. Oh, well, Telly you are great!!! Even today 3o yrs later. rIP

[@susannefitzpatrick9955]

Why the loss of sound when talking feminism???

[@Billboggs]

Likely a pure coincidence

[@OlizerVanAntoninus]

Telly Savalas was better at being a cool black dude than black dudes.

[@Solitaryman70]

Thumbs down 👎 because of the interviewer!

[@ownpetard8379]

The interviewer is very good. So, DV for you!

[@Andyfun2010]

Yes

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@ownpetard8379 I agree that Mr Boggs did a wonderful job as an interviewer. Unlike so many, he lets his subjects finish. And I thought he asked intelligent questions. I can see why Mr Boggs has had such a long successful career in broadcasting & other fields.