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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Abby_MannAbby Mann - Wikipedia

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   Mann and Kramer also collaborated on the films Ship of Fools and A Child Is Waiting. While working for television, he created the series Kojak, starring Telly Savalas. Mann was executive producer, but was also credited as a writer on many episodes.

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3. www.tvinsider.com › 110925110 Facts We’ve Sleuthed Out About ‘Kojak,’ Now 50 Years Old

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   • It started with a TV movie based on real-life murders. TV writer Abby Mann introduced Savalas’ Kojak — spelled “Kojack” at the time — in the 1973 CBS movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders.
   • The show was a family affair — though that wasn’t evident for two seasons. Telly Savalas’ brother George Savalas starred as Detective Stavros on Kojak.
   • Savalas used lollipops to curb his smoking habit. Viewers often saw Telly Savalas’ detective character sucking on a lollipop while working a case — a quirk first seen in Kojak’s eighth episode, “Dark Sunday,” per MeTV.
   • The show won Emmys, Golden Globes, and even an Edgar. Savalas won the Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Award for his Kojak work in 1974. The following year, guest star Zohra Lampert won an Emmy for her performance in Season 2’s “Queen of the Gypsies.”

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0069599Kojak (TV Series 1973–1978) - IMDb

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   Kojak: Created by Abby Mann. With Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas. A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.

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     ASA 📺💻📹 Kojak S03e08 Over The Water, Creator Abby Mann, Stars Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson.

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6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0542631Abby Mann - IMDb

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   Abby Mann was born on 1 December 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Kojak (1973) and Skag (1980). He was married to Myra Mann. He died on 25 March 2008 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KojakKojak - Wikipedia

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   The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award-winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert murders, the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan.

8. doyouremember.com › 188546 › kojak-ended-reasons-secretsThe Controversies That Ended 'Kojak' At The Height Of Its Fame

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   It got to the point that series creator Abby Mann, who first introduced Kojak to criticize the system, complained the character was portrayed as too perfect. It’s said Stan the Man Lee from Marvel once claimed Kojak could probably solve the same crimes Spider-Man did, just as easily.

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   Why did Abby Mann criticize Kojak?

   • It got to the point that series creator Abby Mann, who first introduced Kojak to criticize the system, complained the character was portrayed as too perfect. It’s said Stan the Man Lee from Marvel once claimed Kojak could probably solve the same crimes Spider-Man did, just as easily.

   The Controversies That Ended 'Kojak' At The Height Of Its Fame

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   Who is Abby Mann?

   • Abby Mann (December 1, 1927 – March 25, 2008) was an American film writer and producer. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Mann was born as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia. He grew up in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He was best known for his work on controversial subjects and social drama.

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   Is Abby Mann Dead or still alive?

   • Abby Mann was born on 1 December 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Kojak (1973) and Skag (1980). He was previously married to Myra Mann. He died on 25 March 2008 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Myra Mann? - March 25, 2008 (his death, 3 children)

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   Who is George Savalas on 'Kojak'?

   • The show was a family affair — though that wasn’t evident for two seasons. Telly Savalas’ brother George Savalas starred as Detective Stavros on Kojak. For the first two seasons of the series, however, Kojak ’s credits listed him under the mononym Demosthenes, George’s middle name. 3. Savalas used lollipops to curb his smoking habit.

   10 Facts We’ve Sleuthed Out About ‘Kojak,’ Now 50 Years Old

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10. www.imdb.com › title › tt0621388"Kojak" The Only Way Out (TV Episode 1974) - IMDb

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    The Only Way Out: Directed by Joel Oliansky. With Telly Savalas, Lee Montgomery, John Hillerman, Dan Frazer. A boy asks Kojak to find his father who's gone missing. What they don't know is that he is being held captive.