Nick Dennis
Acting
1904-04-26 · 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
The Death Squad
1974 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
The Night of the Cat
1973 · Movie
Lotsa Luck
1973 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · Movie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Movie
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Gunpoint
1966 · Movie
4 for Texas
1963 · Movie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · Movie
Too Late Blues
1961 · Movie
The Investigators
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Spartacus
1960 · Movie
The Rebel
1959 · Series
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Series
Alaska Passage
1959 · Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957 · Movie
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Hot Blood
1956 · Movie
The Big Knife
1955 · Movie
Top of the World
1955 · Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · Movie
East of Eden
1955 · Movie
The Glory Brigade
1953 · Movie
Man in the Dark
1953 · Movie
Eight Iron Men
1952 · Movie
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Anything Can Happen
1952 · Movie
Ten Tall Men
1951 · Movie
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Movie
Sirocco
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
A Double Life
1947 · Movie