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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 24, 1990, p. 12

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IS THE HERALD OUTLOOK February Eitertaiimei t Actor still asks who loves ya baby STAR SPEAK With his trademark lollipop and catch phrase Who loves baby Telly became an Internation al phenomenon as a tough New York cop when the TV series Kojak de buted In The CBS show ran for five years and earned the actor an Emmy award This season Savalas returned as the bald policeman In new episodes of The ABC Saturday Mystery Mov ie In the TV series he alternates with Peter Columbo another 1970s revival Smiths Chris tine Cromwell and Burt Reynolds B Stryker Born in Garden City Savalas grew up in a wealthy GreekAmeri can family He dropped out of high school to enlist In the Army during World War II He later graduated from Columbia University with a de gree in psychology After a stint as a press officer for the US State Department Savalas became a producer for ABC News 195558 When a friend who was also an agent couldnt find an actor with a foreign accent to play a role on a TV show Savalas as a lark faked an cent and auditioned himself He got the job After only three more TV produc tions made his feature film debut in of in It earned him an Oscar nomina tion for Best Supporting Actor He played a series of supporting bad guy roles including a memorable part m The Dirty Dozen on the big screen until Kojak made him the countrys most unlikely leading man Lately Savalas has taken time off from his TV series to star in a feature film being shot In Australia Based on a true story the film deals with an ab origine who became a boxing champ plays a fight promoter Which has been more fun the old or the new one A The old one Only because I was surrounded by guys I considered my playground my brother George Savalas and Kevin But as I get settled on the new show I suspect Ill have a new playground eventually Q The old series was a major hit with the critics and the viewing pub lic Why do you think the new incarna tion of Kojak Is In the ratings basement A There are four reasons The Golden Girls Its an enormously popular show and we have the mis fortune of being opposite it on Satur day nights I suppose It could be worse We could be opposite Cosby Also the old Kojak series is in a lot of markets and runs in syndication seven nights a week So in effect were also competing against ourselves never got nervous as an actor because I remembered how confident my father was NORTH END v NISSAN 610 MARTIN STREET MILTON ONTARIO 8784137 SB POSSIBLY THE WORLDS BEST BARB QUE CHICKEN FRIES HONOLULU SPECIAL 8 5 Complete Quarter Chicken Dinner 232 GUELPH ST 8731646 MOW SAT 11 SUN CLOSED Telly Savalas Telly Its hard to picture It but you once did a nightclub act in Vegas What did your act consist of A You name it singing dancing goofing off ad libbing I did an hour and a half onstage I loved it but it s too much to do if you re also doing movies and a series You must have had an affluent upbringing since you attended private boarding schools A My father had a successful res supply business We were S CRITICS CHOICES VIDEO Rentals Service Open Every Night Till p m very wealthy then he lost everything in the Depression Wc were dragged out of prep school five kids and ended up selling cakes from the back of a truck That sounds like something out of Dickens It must have been traumatic A Are you kidding I loved it I got to eat as many cakes as I wanted Se riously it wasnt traumatic because my dad was there with me Did majoring in psychology help yon later in the cutthroat world of show business A Majoring in psychology was a to tal waste of time but we wont net into that How often do you shave your head A Every time I shave my face Tell me the famous story about your mothers reaction when you told her you were going to star In The Greatest Story Ever Told A She said I would make a wonder Jesus I told her I wasnt playing Jesus I was playing Pontius Pilate My mother thought I was handsome and should be playing good guys At the premiere of The Dirty en I played a rapistmurderer in that one she yelled at the director for casting me in such a vicious role My mother was fearless She was one of the first what do you call em Womens libbers Is it true that your mother won the Miss Greece title A Absolutely She won in at the World s Fair in New York My was the original razzle 236 Guslph St Any Carry In TV Any or Microwave Repair With This Ad 8730754 LOW CARPET PRICES 8736002 345 Guelph Street Unit 25 Georgetown In the Knolcrest Centre Behind Penny EVENING SPECIAL Alter Buy One Dozen DONUTS For Only 299 Reg Baked Froth Dally on OPEN 24 HOURS Guelph SI Georgetown 8731 21 1 dazzle man He was the greatest fa ther in the world In tragedy or good times he was the greatest pop going I can sing or dance but because of my father gave it a shot Thats what he taught me I never got nervous as an actor because I always remembered how confident he was Reruns of are seen all over the globe Have you been recog- nixed as Kojak in unlikely places A Ive been to the 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