Nick Dennis

Acting

Born April 26, 1904, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

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.

Filmography

• 1974The Death Squad — Greek
• Kojak — Constantine, Uncle Constantino, Charley, Charlie
• Lotsa Luck — Mario
• 1973The Night of the Cat
• Columbo — Guard
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — Engineer #2
• 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare — Nick
• Ironside
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Mr. Alexandros
• 1966Gunpoint — Nicos
• 19634 for Texas — Angel
• 1962Birdman of Alcatraz — Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Danny
• Ben Casey — Nick Kanavaras
• The Investigators
• 1961Too Late Blues — Nick Bubalinas
• 1960Spartacus — Dionysius
• 1959Alaska Passage — Pete Harris
• Johnny Staccato
• The Rebel — Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous, Trapper, Greco
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Chico Burns
• 1957Slaughter on 10th Avenue — Midget
• 1956Hot Blood — Korka (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1955East of Eden — Rantani
• 1955Kiss Me Deadly — Nick
• 1955The Big Knife — Mickey Feeney
• 1955Top of the World — Cappi
• 1953Man in the Dark — Cookie
• 1953The Glory Brigade — Cpl. Marakis
• 1952Anything Can Happen — Chancho
• Cavalcade of America — Sgt. Chiaco
• 1952Eight Iron Men — Pvt. Sapiros
• Four Star Playhouse — Waiter, Sgt. Juliana
• 1952The Iron Mistress — Nez Coupe
• 1951A Streetcar Named Desire — Pablo Gonzales
• 1951Sirocco — Nasir Aboud
• 1951Ten Tall Men — Mouse
• Lux Video Theatre — Tony
• 1947A Double Life — Stagehand (uncredited)