Birthday: 1922-01-21

Place of Birth: Garden City, Long Island

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Biography Son

Wiki Biography: Son of Greek immigrants. Soldier during World War II. Studied psychology. Worked as journalist for ABC News. The bald-headed actor played character roles, often as sadistic or psychotic types. He became a TV favorite in the 1970s when his role as Det. Theo Kojak in the TV movie "Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders (#1.0)" (1973) was expanded into the gritty "Kojak" (1973) TV series, lasting from 1973-78.