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A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds. Kojak taps the embezzler's phone and hears him hire a notorious hit man. Kojak has been after this hit man for many years, and he goes to the thief who stole the bonds from the embezzler with a proposition: Be a stool pigeon, sign a deposition, and return the bonds.
Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978.
Co-stars on the show included Savalas's younger brother George as Detective Stavros, a sensitive, wild-haired, quiet, comedic foil to Kojak's street-wise humor in an otherwise dark dramatic series, [34] Kevin Dobson as Kojak's trusted young partner, Det. Bobby Crocker, whose on-screen chemistry with Savalas was a success story of 1970s ...
Kevin Patrick Dobson (March 18, 1943 – September 6, 2020) was an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Detective Bobby Crocker, the trusted protege of Lt. Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) in the CBS crime drama Kojak (1973–1978), and as M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie in the prime time soap opera Knots Landing (1982–1993).
He is best known for his role as Sergeant Stavros on the TV series Kojak, which starred his brother Telly. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For the first two seasons, Savalas was credited as "Demosthenes" on screen so as not to create confusion between himself and his brother, although both men were easily distinguishable by sight (George having a full head of hair ...
A mysterious "Man in White" is out to kill famous detectives in bizarre ways, and the heroes are obvious parodies of Kojak, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, Ironside, Police Woman, Columbo, Mrs. Columbo, and McCloud. [1] The movie starts with the Man In White killing Lambretta, after which Lt. Nojack calls a meeting of all the best detectives in the ...
In the season 4 episode titled "The Godson," (episode 86) a character is introduced as Kojak's Godson (he was arrested) and his full name is given as "Theodopolous Kojak Moore". It is explained that early in his police career Kojak delivered a baby in a dirty apartment and the family was so thankful that they named the child after him and asked ...
The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film [2] directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe.Starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, the film, set in London, weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including mid-level political and police corruption and IRA fund-raising.