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Nick Dennis
Actor
Died November 14, 1980 (76 years)
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
| 1974 | The Death Squad · as Greek |
| 1973 | The Night of the Cat · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Constantine |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Guard |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · as Engineer #2 |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Nick |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Gunpoint · as Nicos |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Kostas |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Angel |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz · as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Danny |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues · as Nick Bubalinas |
| 1960 | Spartacus · as Dionysius |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Happy Masters |
| 1959 | The Rebel (TV Series) · as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Skitter - Henchman |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Mr. Primo |
| 1956 | Hot Blood · as Unknown |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Howie |
| 1955 | East of Eden · as Rantani |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Nick |
| 1955 | The Big Knife · as Mickey Feeney |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger (TV Series) · as Farrag |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1952 | The Iron Mistress · as Nez Coupe |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men · as Pvt. Sapiros |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Pietro |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Poppa Cantini |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Sgt. Chiaco |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sgt. Juliana |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire · as Pablo Gonzales |
| 1951 | Sirocco · as Nasir Aboud |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1947 | A Double Life · as Stagehand |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) · as actor |