Nick Dennis
Acting • Born 1904-04-26 – Died 1980-11-14
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.
Filmography
46 credits
East of Eden
Movie • 1955
Rantani
Spartacus
Movie • 1960
Dionysius
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie • 1951
Pablo Gonzales
Sirocco
Movie • 1951
Nasir Aboud
A Double Life
Movie • 1947
Stagehand (uncredited)
The Big Knife
Movie • 1955
Mickey Feeney
4 for Texas
Movie • 1963
Angel
Kiss Me Deadly
Movie • 1955
Nick
Man in the Dark
Movie • 1953
Cookie
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie • 1969
Engineer #2
Too Late Blues
Movie • 1961
Nick Bubalinas
The Glory Brigade
Movie • 1953
Cpl. Marakis
Gunpoint
Movie • 1966
Nicos
Top of the World
Movie • 1955
Cappi
Alaska Passage
Movie • 1959
Pete Harris
Eight Iron Men
Movie • 1952
Pvt. Sapiros
Birdman of Alcatraz
Movie • 1962
Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Ten Tall Men
Movie • 1951
Mouse
The Iron Mistress
Movie • 1952
Nez Coupe
Anything Can Happen
Movie • 1952
Chancho
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Movie • 1957
Midget
Hot Blood
Movie • 1956
Korka (uncredited)
The Night of the Cat
Movie • 1973
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie • 1968
Nick
Kojak
TV • 1973
Constantine
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Ironside
TV • 1967
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Tony
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Chico Burns
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Sgt. Chiaco
Lotsa Luck
TV • 1973
Mario
Kojak
TV • 1973
Uncle Constantino
Kojak
TV • 1973
Charley
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Waiter
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Sgt. Juliana
Columbo
TV • 1971
Guard
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Trapper
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Greco
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Nick Kanavaras
Kojak
TV • 1973
Charlie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Danny
The Investigators
TV • 1961