Born into a family of Greek immigrants, after studying psychology at the University of Columbia participated in World War 2 and at the end it started to work as a journalist on ABC News. His vocation as an actor was late and after having participated in several TV episodes that met Burt Lancaster became a great friend and gave him the chance to debut in film with the foreboding police role in the drama "Young Wild " directed in 1961 by John Frakenheimer, with both back next year to coincide with the great " Man of Alcatraz " for which he was nominated for an Oscar. That same year he participated in another great film, the intense thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson "Cape Fear" alongside Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum and returning to play detective.
During this decade worked tirelessly usually because of their physical appearance, playing hard men when not evil or psychotic. So he was seen in blockbusters like "The Greatest Story Ever Told" of George Stevens in which he portrays Pontius Pilate, "Genghis Khan" with Omar Shariff and Stephen Boyd or war "The battle the Ardennes " film shot in Spain and starring a great cast headed by Henry Fonda, all of 1965, also appeared in westerns " The path of vengeance " (1968) that directed by Sidney Pollack, with whom he collaborated on the remarkable "The Slender Thread" , he was again paired with Burt Lancaster and "McKenna's Gold" (1969) with J again . Lee Thompson and Gregory Peck, or the war "Dirty Dozen" directed by Robert Aldrich in 1967 who provided a great role as a soldier upset and "Kelly's Heroes" (1970), with a tone comedy, given the opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood.
the seventies, which will continue to combine film and television, will be characterized by its appearance in European co-productions of all genres among which "Horror Express" directed by Eugenio MartÃn or "Capricorn One" by Peter Hyams and, above all, his role as Lt. Kojak in the series of the same name, during the six years that remained on the air (1973-1978), 118 episodes were broadcast.
is in this decade when it can be seen in several spaghetti, debuting in this subgenre with mediocre "A Town Called Bastard" (1971) with Robert Shaw and participating during Euro 1972 in three more westerns, most notably "One reason to live and to die," directed by Tonino Valerii , in addition to starring "To hell gringo" a western road between Spain and Hungary.
In the next two decades, and until his death, continues to work at a good pace especially in television productions, in reinterpreting some Lt. Kojak, while their appearances the cinema were spaced increasingly little interest in films, among them stands out his participation in the film Jesus Franco "Predators of the Night" (1987).
died in 1994 as a result of prostate cancer an actor who always associate with your detective hat and her lollipop.
Filmography SW
Filmography SW
1971 .- A Town Called Hell
1972 .- The children of the day and night
1972 .- The challenge of Pancho Villa
1972 .- A reason to live and to die / / / Additional Review
1972 .- The children of the day and night
1972 .- The challenge of Pancho Villa
1972 .- A reason to live and to die / / / Additional Review
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