telly savalas lt. theo kojak ubiquitous lollipop his longtime supervisor capt. frank mcneil (dan frazer). later in series, mcneil promoted chief of detectives in manhattan. kojak commander of manhattan south precinct s detective squad. squad includes 1 of favorite employees: young plainclothes officer, det. bobby crocker (kevin dobson). detective stavros (played telly s real-life brother george savalas, used name demosthenes screen credit; under real name, savalas received production associate credit during seasons), detective saperstein (mark russell), , detective rizzo (vince conti), gave kojak support. roger robinson appeared in 12 episodes detective gil weaver. among guest stars in series original run f. murray abraham, maud adams, patrick adiarte, danny aiello, paul anka, armand assante, eileen brennan, blair brown, dabney coleman, jackie cooper, scatman crothers, alex dreier, héctor elizondo, richard gere, ruth gordon, gloria grahame, robert ito, harvey keitel, sally kirkland,...