Sly Stallone's Early TV Role on Kojak | Kojak

Pre-"Rocky" Sylvester Stallone co-stars as Rick Daly on Kojak, a hung-ho young officer who is in Theo's squad and who idolizes him, but perhaps, does not understand his nature. Kojak is a just man first and a cop second.
From Season 3 Episode 2 "My Brother, My Enemy": Rick Daly is a young, trigger-happy cop with good intentions to help people. In response to a knife-killing, he is too quick on the trigger and winds up killing a preteen boy. Kojak attempts to shield Daly when the public reacts, demanding revenge, but gets suspicious when cracks appear in Daly's story. Now the tables are turned; the cops feel Kojak is persecuting Daly. When the guy is found who Daly was pursuing, Kojak confronts Daly on the roof where the shooting occurred to nail down the truth.
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[@Rob78169]

You have this episode listed as season 3 episode 2 when it's episode 3 when I look it up elsewhere!! Great show. Love it!!

[@jfabritz]

Dang the video quality of this clip is amazing for something from the 70's!

[@ahsansiddiqui4263]

Sly always had that star power. very charismatic yet wholesome.

[@chrisstrijbosch9318]

but in that time mickey would say, you always be a bum

[@Eire_Go_Deo]

I loved seeing this! Despite struggling as an actor, Stallone believed in his dream and wrote the Rocky Screenplay. Never give up on your dreams!

[@red2775]

Yep and just look at what he's accomplished...one of the biggest of all time. It is truly inspiring for anyone in doubt of their potential

[@johnhand8879]

He wasn't struggling as an actor he had plenty of roles before rocky

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Kojak Kodak

[@CP-kb1du]

Stallone wrote a Chuck Wepner Script wake up

[@CP-kb1du]

@@johnhand8879 In Porn in a Tub

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

Amazing to see a baby faced Sylvester Stallone at the start of his career, he certainly has come a long way.

[@lexkanyima2195]

He was on a roll

[@allans7281]

Sylvester Stallone comes across as unassuming down to earth guy that’s why some of his roles are so perfect for him

[@earlcheatham9152]

I love Kojac..then and now!! Sly in his youth was a inevitable superstar in the making.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

I thought Sly was gonna say: I AM THE LAW!!!!

[@recklessrocker1096]

Stallone actually did some good acting here; I forgot I was watching Rocky and Rambo after awhile and just saw him as a frightened young cop. He could have had more acclaim as a character actor had he taken some more risks in that area.

[@kenchristie9214]

Have you seen F.I.S.T. or Copland?

[@theman2017inc]

@@kenchristie9214 He took risks with COP LAND he held his own with Robert DiNero, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta

[@domingorubies656]

@@kenchristie9214and Tulsa King but he did focus more on action , had the potential early to habe a career closer to De Niro or Pacino

[@GabrielLopez-qe2od]

@@kenchristie9214 Nighthawks too

[@kenchristie9214]

@@GabrielLopez-qe2od My introduction to Sly was an episode of Kojak. In his role as a rookie police officer, he showed he was a very good actor.

[@christopherwilson7497]

One of my favourite Sly film's is Copland he wasn't playing an action hero but just a normal person and he played it well.

[@Inlinetodie]

Yes seriously underrated for Copland

[@johnboydojo]

Yeah he was damn good in that. I also thought he was good in Nighthawks

[@davidcastelli7893]

Well said . I honestly believe that is one of if not his best acting . He stole the show from Deniro, Liotta, and some other big names . Have the DVD and every couple of years have to watch it

[@lexkanyima2195]

He should have been nominated that year with Leo Dicaprio

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@davidcastelli7893 BS he outact them all

[@mikedoss9777]

It’s ok. I heard he took up boxing after this and ended up beating Spider Rico.

[@theeditorialsuite1070]

Mickey gave up his locker a few days later.

[@mikeshelogowski434]

Spider Rico is a BUM!

[@festival3051]

@@mikeshelogowski434 😂

[@JOECANDELA22]

@@mikeshelogowski434 "You think everybody I fight is a bum!"

[@whitneywilliams317]

@@JOECANDELA22 Well ain't they? 😂😂

[@davidcain214]

The scene where he's shouting at Kojak is basically the scene where Rocky shouts at Mick for asking to be his manager...it's the same acting style

[@ericchapman622]

Right. The style is good acting.

[@Mal_1908]

100% same scene.

[@TheDaveb84]

What about my prime!!??

[@edkeaton7242]

Wow! Sylvester Stallone looked amazing here! Hard to believe the man went on to write and star in the role that brought him instant fame: "Rocky" (1976). You the man Sly!

[@Inlinetodie]

He's in his 30s for this role

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@Inlinetodie just becoming 30

[@frankmilo4805]

Very good acting sequences by Sly and the theme at the end gave me a nostalgia attack.

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

The fact that sly worked with telly savalas says it all he went from party at kitty and studs and then stepped up his A-Game for something greater with being in kojak and pushed further to where he is and became a very well known actor he pulled it off better than what we were told at the time.

[@normanberry8071]

No, he quit the force and became a truck driver, and arm wrestled as a side hustle.

[@whitneywilliams317]

And was after he became heavyweight Champion of world, than became a veteran and shot up small town.

[@theclaybeartravels3596]

And after Blofeld killed Bonds wife he changed his name to Kojak

[@kibitznec700]

What st ans

[@johnboydojo]

Underated comment. Hahaha

[@chrisstrijbosch9318]

@@whitneywilliams317 like trumpan said, he went home

[@debradireen3625]

Great acting from Sly, never missed Kojak.

[@billstrohler]

"Mama's apple pie, 4th of July...SHE WAS A HOOKER!"

[@neonatalpenguin]

Crocker was too green to see it, y'know?

[@rig4365]

do you know which episode that is from.?

[@billstrohler]

@@rig4365 Not even sure it is. It was a random Norm Macdonald reference he made to Jerry Seinfeld in Comedians getting coffee in cars.

[@rig4365]

@@billstrohler yes I saw that. one of the channels here is showing Kojak and I want to makes sure I see that one. ✌😎

[@rafaelvelasquez5455]

I wish we had more shows like this

[@kevint1719]

He changed his name to Marion Cobretti, moved to Los Angeles and redeemed himself by making the streets safe from psychos who bang hammers together.

[@circuscase]

YYYEEESSSSS!!!!!!!

[@kevint1719]

@Bobbie Charles :) Fun fact: Originally Andy Robinson's character in Cobra was going to be revealed as the secret leader of the hammer bashing cult and he would have tried to kill Cobra at the end but they changed it during production.

[@MrJoseCuervo77]

This is where the law stops and I start, sucka!!!

[@Possumbaby1413]

They bashed axes, not hammers.

[@aronscott9698]

Crime is a disease… and he became the cure.

[@ClayMationNation]

An amazing actor from start to finish.

[@thefrecklepuny]

"I AM A COP!!" 20 yrs or so later..."I AM THE LAW!.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

That's right, he joined the best Lawmakers ever! The Judges.

[@yorkman129]

This is one of my favourite episodes of Kojak, thanks for uploading this!

[@vintagetvandexciting]

Mine too alongside with "The Only Way Out"

[@kenray3205]

Sly acted well in this role he definitely had star charisma even in his youth

[@lexkanyima2195]

30 is not young yet

[@adnaanu]

He later moved to LA and changed his name to John Spartan. He made sure that no one died whilst he was on the job, even if it meant the building got demolished.

[@jpwcpa]

Officer Daly knew his time as a police officer had come to an end, so he decided to follow in the footsteps of Kwai Chang Caine and become a race car driver. By 2000, he became one of the best.

[@rf396]

Machine Gun Joe Viterbo

[@YouTube-tied]

Rumor has it that Sly was busy writing the Rocky screenplay while he shot this early role. Hence the pencil behind his ear. Too focused to remove it during takes.

[@dan4894]

This is true, I saw a Telly Savalas interview once and he stated that Sly had showed him the screenplay while shooting this episode.

[@johnboydojo]

Awesome bit of trivia that!

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@dan4894 he was busy by that point

[@josephshanklin9578]

Sylvester Stallone is a legend a good actor.

[@Rosebudbublegum]

Stallone is a realy good actor.

[@raimundorodriguez5652]

I remember when Lt. Kojak first appeared in the 1973 tv movie "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" based on a true story. That kind of gritty realism was baffling by tv standards and Telly Savalas impressed so much that this role led to him star in this tv series. Everybody was glued to the tv screens to watch Kojak!

[@douglaswallace7680]

05:50 Sly talking to Kojak reminds me of the end of Rambo , talking to his Colonel .

[@TheRealChanclaVanDamme]

Crazy the video quality of this is better than most of my 4k discs.

[@edkeaton]

It was amazing to see Sylvester Stallone display some serious acting chops here in one of his early roles. Later he would go on to achieve success with writing and starring in "Rocky." And the rest is history. 😎👍

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Later, this man was drafted by the U.S. army and joined the Green Berets where he was trained to live off the land, ignore pain, to kill

[@mikeshelogowski434]

Yeah yeah...talk to me when he can eat things that would make a billie goat puke.

[@deazl666]

TO KILL!!! PERIOD!!!

[@mikeshelogowski434]

@@deazl666 that's it! I'm buying the beer! I wanna be best friends with everyone in the comment section!

[@RobertMorgan34]

He was known to give people wars they wouldn't believe.

[@robd1329]

....Its Neverrr overrrr!!!!!!

[@chuckselvage3157]

Whoever said he can't act just watch this. He was quite capable

[@lexkanyima2195]

The Golden Raspberry was overreacting

[@bradmodd7856]

Policing hasn't changed since the 70s - Sly yells "Police! 0.1 of a second before opening fire 😂

[@mario3mmelero571]

I was waiting for him to say: "the kid drew first blood..."

[@koolkev2020able]

After leaving the police. He met a man called Micky, who trained him to be a boxer. On his way to becoming world champion. He went to war and came home and faced harassment from a small town sheriff.

[@junehalog024]

Once he had his name cleared, he decided to go to Vietnam for a long time to think about things and to think about his next steps. Eventually, he went back to the States to form a mercenary group.

[@koolkev2020able]

@@junehalog024 Long before he formed a mercenary group he did a short stint as a cop. He killed a few psychos. At the time he said, crimes a disease, I'm the cure. ' After he left the police. He took up arm wrestling. After that he became a mountain climber. A sad time in his life. Because his friends girlfriend died when her harness broke. He blamed himself. He did try to save her but there was nothing he could do.

[@robd1329]

I have never seen this before. Had no idea he did some tv. Even if i never saw Rocky...watching him in this episode shows he had stardom waiting! Kinda reminds me of him in Tango and Cash!

[@holdenmcgroin9774]

I read on IMDB that he rewrote some of the script in Kojak and choregraphed the fight scenes. Sly ahead of his time.

[@tysongames2750]

It's a shame that Sly acted his heart out for this role only for it to be completely forgotten.

[@edwardmalinowski5901]

Maybe but it wasn't a waste. He improved through this kind of practice.

[@vintagetvandexciting]

Episode was later reran in 1977 due to to the success of "Rocky"

[@bluevictory1010]

Maybe forgotten by the audience, but I'm sure directors and producers didn't forget.

[@markstevens1729]

“Police-bang!” Ah, the good ‘ol days. Yesterday.

[@mikeshelogowski434]

Coroner 2 hrs later: he's dead Stallone: FREEZE! POLICE!

[@byff2323]

Looks like the director of First Blood told him to use his style at 5:54 to really nail the "Nothing is OVER" scene.

[@byrongammonbyrongammon9937]

Great material from the past.

[@CBHDK59]

never knew he was on Kojak. the man has an eye for movies and creating sequels. actor is an actor but this guy is both a actor and an artist.

[@rogerbowen5753]

"Who loves ya, baby?" "ADRIAAAAAAN!"

[@robquin1525]

He looks so young in this

[@DCHurlford1]

Wasn't the great Stallone also in an early movie called "The Itallion Stallion". I remember spotting it in my local video shop back in the early 80's, although the movie may have been of the adult variety, lol.

[@tarhunta2111]

He played a rent a boy.

[@renopereira1434]

Wow i watched kojak as a kid but never realised that the LEGEND #slystallone #sylvesterstallone was in it 😲💪🏼😎👊🏼

[@cheeseburger12]

And that started Stallone's grudge against the police that flared up in the filming of First Blood.

[@harrypalmer4857]

Love Stallone. A truly remarkable man.

[@mkaleborn]

Sly's character wants what they want, and every other cop who spills his guts on the mean streets wants. For Kojak to love him, as much as he loves Kojak. That's what he wants.

[@geinikan1kan]

I remember watching this show. The theme and that face. So cool.

[@OMENAKAKKU-ex5rw]

STALLONE IS AMAZING

[@shadowman2192]

This is where the law stops…And Sly starts!

[@engx3733]

sly seems so young, but his voice remains the same..

[@lexkanyima2195]

Only bulky

[@digitalgr8ness]

And that's how the story of Rambo began...

[@richierich8334]

5:06 "I AM THE LAW"

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

I am da RAW!

[@annaelvis3138]

Today i Watch Kojak sooooo classy Telly Savalas.I see him when i was young and love so much this Great Great Actor and i see today Kojak R.I.P. wonderful man.

[@lilth501]

The one liner remember from Kojak was who loves you baby

[@andresaringola6899]

Stallone 70s good Actor .good times

[@stephenzies8867]

Now That's When Tv Was Great

[@AbhayVakil01]

Loved it and he kept punching... to be what he is today . Love Sly

[@rickrolling9140]

so do i

[@ThinkBeFree99]

One of my fab Stallone movies is Copland

[@tjs597]

Sly was great here...people always bring up Rocky and Rambo...but he is more then that.. love his acting.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

Sylvester Stallone was one of two actors who guest starred on Kojak before hitting the big screen on the A-List. The other was Richard Gere in his late 20s.

[@lafripouille89]

His Kojak reference in Tulsa King " Look at him, fucking Kojak " And he actually had a part in it 😆😆

[@jamesshort8660]

Wow, he looks so young here. Looks like he's about 20

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

This is a good prequel to Rocky.

[@jopisano67]

Sly going up against Telly Savalas at an early age was not easy. But he pulled it off splendidly.

[@ProfessorKenneth]

After this he was a bone breaker for Tony. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Kinda a huge fall from being a cop.

[@forestgeorge8855]

Stallone was a great actor. He was one kind of a 1D actor in the early days; but that raw emotion made Rocky. I’m not saying he was actually 1D because he was 2D by Rocky III and even 3D later on. However, he really played one type of character that got him over.

[@mrjw6701]

What the hell are you talking about? Lol

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Yep a b grade actor who made a mint.

[@mrjw6701]

@@paulkyriakopoulos3444 mmm a B grade actor who got nominated twice for an Oscar? I don’t think so

[@kingomar69]

@@paulkyriakopoulos3444 Copland? Rocky Balboa? Creed 1 & 2? Get off your high horse. Stallone is a great actor when he wants to be.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@kingomar69 😂

[@joejohnson2478]

Stallone's acting ability hasn't gotten any better either!

[@christopherchristos7275]

Single

[@tyrondavis6727]

He changed his name to Rocky Balboa, starting his life all over again, and moved to Philadelphia, and redeeming himself to, becoming a heavyweight boxing champion..... And trying to correct the mistakes in his life, as part of his redemption.

[@neonatalpenguin]

Who loves ya, baby? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

[@ricardocastillo5485]

This episode was just on last night...great episode because it was morally ambiguous and left kind of unresolved, not wrapped up neatly but unrealistically like many poorly written shows.

[@mrsarcastic5331]

Stallones acting never got any better.

[@111highgh]

Neither did your grammar.

[@mrsarcastic5331]

@@111highgh wow you're complaining about that, have you seen a teenager texting. You would have to have a diploma in hieroglyphs to decipher what they're talking about.😂

[@thedigitaljedi3243]

Sly is indeed that dude. Watch the first Rambo film First Blood. He did a great job playing a Vietnam Vet looking for his friend.

[@sahidurrahman7497]

Hey, he looks like the same from Rocky (70s) & Rambo (80s) movies Mr. Stallone 😃

[@chrisstrijbosch9318]

and film legend

[@Wenchework]

Ah so this is were he got his Rocky inspiration from

[@robjohnson212]

Great episode

[@tonict3718]

5:06 Epic ! Legendary quote

[@janetebonifacio]

Adorava assisti os filmes dele detetive era muito bom

[@AnindyaMajumdar-ic2lr]

Terrific. Performance from the young Stylone in this episode of Kojak !. Obviously Tele Savalas so potential in the young man !

[@joedellaselva1251]

5:06 The seeds of the Rocky Balboa character are planted.

[@billlucas4675]

I need to do research, but I think Sly co starred with Chuck Connors in an episode of Police Story right after this

[@kurtb8474]

I saw him on Police Story playing Chuck Connor's partner.

[@mattheweubanks6163]

He did try his luck as a country singer up in New York. It was part of a bet between the blond singer and the sleazy club owner

[@DavidThomas-fb8bq]

After kojak hung Stallone out to dry, he said ' I better start making my own movies.'

[@mattheweubanks6163]

And now in 2023, it comes full circle as Sly is the star of a Paramount+ series, Tulsa King

[@emerybayblues]

Sly Stallone character just waving that gun!

[@MrYoda1972]

at the roof top scene, i thought Sly was gonna yell "Stop or my mom will shoot!" ...

[@dunbarf2413]

Wow this story rings too close to home for today's issues with police and the episode is about 50 years old and yet the outcome of the trial for the officer is still the same as in real life.

[@defjam6517]

7:12 My revenge will be terrible when I return as Rambo and clean up here.

[@Jim-oo7dk]

He did it! He was a cop who fired his gun without knowing the target! Kojak got him! (he wasn't an accomplished grunter yet, but he showed signs)

[@ElSantoLuchador]

"Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time (Don't do it.)"

[@iGoldeneYe]

COOL! Thanks for sharing.

[@Orion3741]

This was in 1975. One year before Rocky.

[@BreakTime10101]

Reminds me of when he was in Nighthawks.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Boy, Telly was a heavy smoker.

[@bluevictory1010]

Later he quit smoking. He said in a interview that while he was on the set of Kojak he got fidgety and wanted something in his hands because he was trying to quit smoking. So, some crew member handed him a lollipop and Telly asked if he could use lollipops in scenes of Kojak, and that's why in later episodes you see him with lollipops all the time.