Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 26, 1904
Died
Nov 14, 1980
Place of Birth
Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Credits
41 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Death Squad
Greek
Kojak
Constantine
The Night of the Cat
Lotsa Luck
Mario
Columbo
Guard
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Engineer #2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Nick
The Danny Thomas Hour
Mr. Alexandros
Ironside
Gunpoint
Nicos
4 for Texas
Angel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Danny
Birdman of Alcatraz
Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Too Late Blues
Nick Bubalinas
The Investigators
Ben Casey
Spartacus
Dionysius
The Rebel
Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
Johnny Staccato
Alaska Passage
Pete Harris
Have Gun, Will Travel
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Midget
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Chico Burns
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Hot Blood
Korka (uncredited)
The Big Knife
Mickey Feeney
Top of the World
Cappi
Kiss Me Deadly
Nick
East of Eden
Rantani
The Glory Brigade
Cpl. Marakis
Man in the Dark
Cookie
Eight Iron Men
Pvt. Sapiros
The Iron Mistress
Nez Coupe
Cavalcade of America
Sgt. Chiaco
Four Star Playhouse
Waiter
Anything Can Happen
Chancho
Ten Tall Men
Mouse
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pablo Gonzales
Sirocco
Nasir Aboud
Lux Video Theatre
Tony
A Double Life
Stagehand (uncredited)