using htmlentities string

i know i should controlling htmlentities form calm quarrel fields nonetheless doesn't work:

<?php
echo "<tr>
        <td align=\"right\">".telephone." :</td>    
        <td><input type=\"text\" name=\"telephone\" size=\"27\"
            value=\"htmlentities($row[telephone])\"> inc. dialing codes
        </td>    
</tr>";
?>

it simply shows quarrel value "htmlentities(0123456789)" form? have i finished wrong please?