Plot Kojak



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, zohra lampert (who won emmy 1975 guest appearance on show), tina louise, carol lynley, sheree north, geraldine page, kathleen quinlan, lynn redgrave, john ritter, sylvester stallone, danny thomas, forrest tucker, christopher walken, eli wallach, shelley winters , james woods.


although show focused on kojak s police work, veered other areas of character s lives, such first-season episode knockover included subplot involving kojak romancing (much younger) female police officer.


in 1976, acclaimed crime writer joe gores received edgar award mystery writers of america best episode in tv series teleplay third-season episode no immunity murder (first aired november 23, 1975).


the show cancelled after 5 seasons in 1978, due falling ratings. reruns of kojak became successful in syndication , on tv land. years after series ended, savalas reprised role in 2 tv movies, belarus file (1985) (an adaptation of john loftus book belarus secret) , price of justice (1987) (based on dorothy uhnak s novel investigation). kojak not character in either book.


for 1989–1990 television season, kojak revived series of 5 telefilms aired on abc. these films saw now-inspector kojak lead nypd s major crimes squad. andre braugher cast young detective assigned kojak s command.


telly savalas cast member appear in every episode of original series, , stayed throughout entire run.








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