Nick Dennis
Biography
Nick Dennis (April 26, 1904 – November 14, 1980) was a Greek American film actor born in Thessaly, Greece. The supporting actor, who began in films in 1947, was known for playing ethnic types (usually Greek) in films such as Kiss Me Deadly and the Humphrey Bogart film Sirocco. Dennis, who spoke Greek fluently, appeared in a number of television programs in the 1960s and 1970s including playing the parts of Orderly Nick Kanavaras on the medical drama Ben Casey and Uncle Constantine on the detective show Kojak. Nick Dennis also played the role of Pablo Gonzales in Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as its subsequent film version in 1951.
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Movies (24)
The Night of the Cat
1973
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
1969
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Nick
1968
Gunpoint
as Nicos
1966
4 for Texas
as Angel
1963
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
1961
Spartacus
as Dionysius
1960
Alaska Passage
as Pete Harris
1959
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget
1957
Hot Blood
as Korka (uncredited)
1956
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
1955
Top of the World
as Cappi
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
1955
East of Eden
as Rantani
1955
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Marakis
1953
Man in the Dark
as Cookie
1953
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Sapiros
1952
The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe
1952
Anything Can Happen
as Chancho
1952
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
1951
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
1951
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
TV Shows (15)
Kojak
as Constantine
1973
Lotsa Luck
as Mario
1973
Columbo
as Guard
1971
Ironside
1967
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Danny
1962
The Investigators
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Rebel
as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Chico Burns
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Cavalcade of America
as Sgt. Chiaco
1952
Four Star Playhouse
as Waiter
1952
Lux Video Theatre
as Tony
1950